9-letter words containing a, c, s
- accustoms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accustom.
- acerbates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acerbate.
- acervulus — a small, asexual spore-producing structure produced by certain parasitic fungi on a host plant
- acescence — The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.
- acesodyne — mitigating pain; anodyne.
- acetifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acetify.
- achalasia — failure of the cardiac sphincter of the oesophagus to relax, resulting in difficulty in swallowing
- achievers — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- achimenes — any plant of the tropical S American tuberous-rooted perennial genus Achimenes, with showy red, blue, or white tubular flowers, some of which are grown as greenhouse plants: family Gesneriaceae
- achromats — Plural form of achromat.
- achromous — Colorless; achromatic.
- acid dust — air-polluting particles of dust, usually wind-borne, having high concentrations of acid.
- acid salt — a salt formed by partial replacement of the acidic hydrogen atoms of the parent acid
- acid soil — a soil that gives a pH reaction of below about 6, found esp in cool moist areas where soluble bases are leached away
- acid test — The acid test of something is an important aspect or result that it might have, which allows you to decide whether it is true or successful.
- acid-fast — (of bacteria and tissues) resistant to decolorization by mineral acids after staining
- acidifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidify.
- acidities — Plural form of acidity.
- acidulous — rather sour
- acoustics — the scientific study of sound and sound waves
- acquaints — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquaint.
- acquiesce — If you acquiesce in something, you agree to do what someone wants or to accept what they do.
- acquirers — Plural form of acquirer.
- acquisite — (obsolete) acquired.
- acridness — Bitterness or acerbity.
- acrodonts — Plural form of acrodont.
- acrolects — Plural form of acrolect.
- acroliths — Plural form of acrolith.
- acropolis — the citadel of an ancient Greek city
- acrosomal — relating to the acrosome
- acrosomes — Plural form of acrosome.
- acrospire — the first shoot developing from the plumule of a germinating grain seed
- acrospore — a spore borne at the tip of a sporophore, as a basidiospore.
- acrostics — Plural form of acrostic.
- actinides — Plural form of actinide.
- actioners — Plural form of actioner.
- actionist — a person who is bent on (spoken) action
- activates — to make active; cause to function or act.
- activists — Plural form of activist.
- actresses — Plural form of actress.
- actualise — to make actual or real; turn into action or fact.
- actualism — the doctrine that all reality is animate or in motion.
- actualist — a person who deals in hard facts; a realist
- actuaries — Plural form of actuary.
- actuators — Plural form of actuator.
- acuminous — keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.
- acupoints — Plural form of acupoint.
- acusector — a needle for cutting tissue by means of a high-frequency electric current.
- acuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- adductors — Plural form of adductor.