9-letter words containing a, c, s
- assay cup — a small wine cup for tasting wine to be offered to another person.
- 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.
- asthmatic — People who suffer from asthma are sometimes referred to as asthmatics.
- astichous — having a structure or layout that is not in rows
- astrachan — a fur of young lambs, with lustrous, closely curled wool, from Astrakhan.
- 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)
- astucious — Subtle; cunning; astute.
- asyllabic — not functioning in the manner of a syllable
- asyndetic — (of a catalogue or index) without cross references
- asystolic — Pertaining to asystole.
- at source — at the point of origin
- atavistic — Atavistic feelings or behaviour seem to be very primitive, like the feelings or behaviour of our earliest ancestors.
- athabasca — river rising in the Rocky Mountains of SW Alberta, Canada, and flowing northeast into Lake Athabasca: 765 mi (1,231 km)
- atheistic — Atheistic means connected with or holding the belief that there is no God.
- athetosic — relating to or characterized by athetosis
- athletics — Athletics refers to track and field sports such as running, the high jump, and the javelin.
- atomistic — of atoms or atomism
- atrocious — If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
- attackers — Plural form of attacker.
- atypicals — Plural form of atypical.
- audacious — Someone who is audacious takes risks in order to achieve something.
- 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.
- auriculas — Plural form of auricula.
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- auriscopy — (medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
- auschwitz — an industrial town in S Poland; site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Pop: 40 686 (2007 est)
- 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
- auspicial — of or relating to auspices: auspicial rites.
- auspicing — (AU) administration of a grant by one group on behalf of another.
- autecious — autoecious
- autistics — Plural form of autistic.
- autocrats — Plural form of autocrat.
- autocross — a form of motor sport in which cars race over a half-mile circuit of rough grass
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autofocus — a device that focuses a lens, camera, etc. automatically
- autoicous — (of plants, esp mosses) having male and female reproductive organs on the same plant
- autolycus — a crater in the NW quadrant of the moon about 38 km in diameter and 3000 m deep
- autoscope — An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
- autoscopy — the experience of hallucination in which one sees oneself from outside one's own body
- aux cayes — former name of Les Cayes.
- avascular — (of certain tissues, such as cartilage) lacking blood vessels
- avocadoes — Alternative spelling of avocados Plural form of avocado.
- aw shucks — characterized by a shy, embarrassed, often provincial manner.
- aw-shucks — seeming to be modest, self-deprecating, or shy
- awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.