9-letter words containing a, c, t, e, s
- gearstick — The lever used to change gear in a vehicle.
- geomatics — The discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering geographic information.
- geostatic — of or relating to pressure exerted by the weight of overlying rock.
- glaciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glaciate.
- hanseatic — of or relating to the Hanseatic League or to any of the towns belonging to it.
- harvest c — A C compiler, assembler and linker for the Macintosh by Eric W. Sink. The parts of the system are integrated in a single application, which manages a "project" composed by several C source files and resource files (which contain data). Version 1.3.
- headstick — a piece of wood formerly used in typesetting to create a margin at the top of a page
- headstock — the part of a machine containing or directly supporting the moving or working parts, as the assembly supporting and driving the live spindle in a lathe.
- heartsick — extremely depressed or unhappy.
- hecatombs — Plural form of hecatomb.
- hepaticas — Plural form of hepatica.
- heptarchs — Plural form of heptarch.
- hesitance — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hesychast — one of a sect of mystics that originated in the 14th century among the monks on Mt. Athos, Greece.
- hexastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of six lines.
- horsecart — A cart drawn by a horse.
- hot sauce — any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of pepper or chili.
- housecats — Plural form of housecat.
- housecoat — a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.
- ice-skate — to skate on ice.
- ideaistic — of ideas, especially in their abstract or symbolic character.
- incessant — continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending: an incessant noise.
- incubates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incubate.
- indicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indicate.
- inelastic — not elastic; lacking flexibility or resilience; unyielding.
- infuscate — darkened with a fuscous or brownish tinge.
- insectary — a laboratory for the study of live insects, their life histories, effects on plants, reaction to insecticides, etc.
- instanced — Simple past tense and past participle of instance.
- instances — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- interacts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interact.
- intestacy — the state or fact of being intestate at death.
- inviscate — To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.
- isocrates — 436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- isooctane — the octane C 8 H 18 , used as one of the standards in establishing the octane number of a fuel.
- italicise — to print in italic type.
- jacksmelt — a large silversides, Atherinopsis californiensis, found along the coast of California, that grows to a length of 22 inches (55 cm).
- jackstone — jack1 (def 5a, b).
- jacobsite — a rare magnetic mineral, manganese iron oxide, MnFe 2 O 4 , similar to magnetite.
- lace stay — that part of an Oxford shoe into which eyelets and laces are inserted.
- lacerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lacerate.
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- lactulose — (organic compound) A disaccharide of galactose and fructose formed when milk is heated.
- lancaster — the English royal family that reigned 1399–1461, descended from John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster), and that included Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Compare York (def 1).
- lancelets — Plural form of lancelet.
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- latencies — Plural form of latency.
- latescent — becoming latent
- leachates — Plural form of leachate.