9-letter words containing a, c, r
- ancientry — the quality of being ancient, or old-fashioned style
- ancillary — The ancillary workers in an institution are the people such as cleaners and cooks whose work supports the main work of the institution.
- androcles — (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn
- androsace — any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
- angiocarp — a plant bearing an angiocarpous fruit.
- announcer — An announcer is someone who introduces programmes on radio or television or who reads the text of a radio or television advertisement.
- anorchism — Anorchia.
- anorectal — relating to the anus and rectum
- anorectic — Also, anorectous. having no appetite.
- anorexics — Plural form of anorexic.
- antarctic — The Antarctic is the area around the South Pole.
- antechoir — the part of a church in front of the choir, usually enclosed by screens, tombs, etc
- antecourt — a forecourt.
- anteporch — an outer porch.
- anthocarp — a composite false fruit, consisting of the actual fruit and the perianth
- anthracic — relating to anthrax
- anthropic — of or relating to human beings
- anti-icer — a device fitted to an aircraft to prevent the formation of ice
- antichlor — a substance used to remove chlorine from a material after bleaching or to neutralize the chlorine present
- anticrack — protecting a computer against unauthorized access
- anticrime — preventing or fighting crime
- antiulcer — acting against ulcers
- aperiodic — not periodic; not occurring at regular intervals
- apheretic — Standard spelling of aphaeretic.
- apocenter — the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
- apocrypha — the 14 books included as an appendix to the Old Testament in the Septuagint and the Vulgate but not included in the Hebrew canon. They are not printed in Protestant versions of the Bible
- applecart — a cart or barrow from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street
- apreciate — Misspelling of appreciate.
- aquarobic — pertaining to exercises performed standing up in a swimming pool
- arabicize — to make or become Arab
- aracatuba — a city in SE Brazil.
- arachidic — of or derived from arachidic acid.
- arachnids — Plural form of arachnid.
- arachnoid — the middle of the three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord
- araucania — a region of central Chile, inhabited by Araucanian Indians
- araucaria — any tree of the coniferous genus Araucaria of South America, Australia, and Polynesia, such as the monkey puzzle and bunya-bunya
- arc light — Arc lights are a type of very bright electric light.
- arccosine — the function the value of which for a given argument between –1 and 1 is the angle in radians (between 0 and π), the cosine of which is that argument: the inverse of the cosine function
- arch beam — a crowned metal beam, as of the deck of a ship.
- arch head — a vertical, arc-shaped member fixed to the end of a walking beam, for supporting a chain from which a pump rod or the like is suspended in such a way as to let it rise and fall vertically.
- archabbey — An abbey which is the seat of an archabbot (high monastic rank within an order or congregation).
- archabbot — In certain Catholic (notably Benedictine) congregations, the title of the general superior, ranking above all other abbots, vested in a particular abbey, which hence is called an archabbey (usually its motherhouse, such as Beuron, which gave its name to a Benedictine congregation).
- archaeol. — archaeology
- archaical — Archaic form of archaic.
- archaisms — Plural form of archaism.
- archaized — Simple past tense and past participle of archaize.
- archaizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archaize.
- archangel — In the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions, an archangel is an angel of the highest rank.
- archdruid — a chief or principal druid
- archducal — of or relating to an archduke, archduchess, or archduchy