9-letter words containing a, c, e
- ascorbate — a salt of ascorbic acid
- ascospore — one of the spores (usually eight in number) that are produced in an ascus
- asemantic — not semantic
- aspectant — (of birds, fish, and animals other than beasts of prey) face to face; respectant.
- aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
- asskicker — to kick ass. See kick (def 33).
- associate — If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
- assonance — the use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse. Examples are time and light or mystery and mastery
- assurance — If you give someone an assurance that something is true or will happen, you say that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, in order to make them feel less worried.
- astricted — Simple past tense and past participle of astrict.
- astrocyte — any of the star-shaped cells in the tissue supporting the brain and spinal cord (neuroglia)
- asyndetic — (of a catalogue or index) without cross references
- at source — at the point of origin
- atacamite — a mineral, green in colour, containing copper and present in Australia, Chile, and Cornwall
- atheistic — Atheistic means connected with or holding the belief that there is no God.
- athematic — not based on themes
- athetosic — relating to or characterized by athetosis
- athletics — Athletics refers to track and field sports such as running, the high jump, and the javelin.
- athrocyte — a cell that is able to receive and store matter
- attackers — Plural form of attacker.
- attracted — feeling a pleasing, alluring, or fascinating influence from someone or something
- attracter — to draw by a physical force causing or tending to cause to approach, adhere, or unite; pull (opposed to repel): The gravitational force of the earth attracts smaller bodies to it.
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- audiences — the group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert: The audience was respectful of the speaker's opinion.
- audiencia — a high court, found in South America during the colonial period
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- ausgleich — the agreement (1867) that established the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary
- auspicate — to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- autecious — autoecious
- authentic — An authentic person, object, or emotion is genuine.
- autoclave — a strong sealed vessel used for chemical reactions at high pressure
- autocoder — (language) Possibly the first primitive compiler. AUTOCODER was written by Alick E. Glennie in 1952. It translated symbolic statements into machine language for the Manchester Mark I computer. Autocoding later came to be a generic term for assembly language programming.
- autocrime — a crime involving a motor vehicle, esp the theft of a car
- autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
- autocutie — a young and attractive but inexperienced female television presenter
- autocycle — a bicycle powered or assisted by a small engine
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autogenic — Self-produced.
- autoscope — An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
- autotelic — having a purpose in and justifying itself
- aux cayes — former name of Les Cayes.
- avalanche — An avalanche is a large mass of snow that falls down the side of a mountain.
- aviatrice — a woman who is a pilot; aviator.
- avicebron — (Solomon ben Judah ibn-Gabirol) 1021?–58, Jewish poet and philosopher in Spain.
- avocadoes — Alternative spelling of avocados Plural form of avocado.
- avoidance — Avoidance of someone or something is the act of avoiding them.
- awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.
- ayurvedic — Ayurvedic medicine is a type of complementary medicine, originally from India, that uses herbs and other natural treatments.
- azedarach — the astringent bark of the chinaberry tree, formerly used as an emetic and cathartic
- azederach — Alternative spelling of azedarach.