9-letter words containing a, c, t, u
- dutch lap — a method of laying shingles, slates, or the like, in which each shingle or slate overlaps those below and to one side and is itself overlapped by those above and to the other side.
- duty call — a visit made for reasons of obligation rather than for social reasons
- educatees — Plural form of educatee.
- educating — Present participle of educate.
- education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- educative — serving to educate: educative knowledge.
- educators — Plural form of educator.
- educatory — educative.
- edumacate — (humorous) deliberate misspelling of educate.
- effectual — producing or capable of producing an intended effect; adequate.
- ejaculate — (of a man or male animal) eject semen from the body at the moment of sexual climax.
- electuary — A medicinal substance mixed with honey or another sweet substance.
- elucidate — Make (something) clear; explain.
- emaculate — (obsolete) To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection.
- encapture — (transitive) To capture.
- encaustic — (especially in painting and ceramics) using pigments mixed with hot wax that are burned in as an inlay.
- encurtain — to cover or surround with curtains or a veil
- enucleate — Remove the nucleus from (a cell).
- enunciate — Say or pronounce clearly.
- eucalypti — Plural form of eucalyptus.
- eucalypts — Plural form of eucalypt.
- eucaryote — Alternative spelling of eukaryote.
- eucharist — The Eucharist is the Christian religious ceremony in which Christ's last meal with his disciples is celebrated by eating bread and drinking wine.
- eunuchate — (transitive) To make a eunuch of; to castrate (a man).
- euplastic — healing quickly and well
- eutaxitic — resembling eutaxite in form
- evacuated — Having had population removed, by evacuation.
- evacuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of evacuate.
- excaudate — (zoology) Not caudate; without a cauda.
- exculpate — Show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing.
- executant — A person who carries something into effect.
- executary — a person whose job comprises tasks appropriate to a middle-management executive as well as those traditionally carried out by a secretary
- exultance — Exultation.
- exultancy — Exultance, exultation.
- facetious — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- factotums — (obsolete) Plural form of factotum.
- factually — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- faculties — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- faculty's — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- facundity — (archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech.
- faithcure — a cure or healing through prayer or faith in God
- falculate — (zoology) Curved and sharp-pointed, like a falcula.
- fast buck — money made easily or quickly and sometimes unscrupulously: He speculated briefly in the commodities market in the hope of making a fast buck.
- faunistic — of or relating to the geographical distribution of animal life.
- fecundate — to make prolific or fruitful.
- final cut — the final edited version of a film, approved by the director and producer.
- fluctuant — fluctuating; varying; unstable.
- fluctuate — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- fluviatic — living or growing in streams
- fractious — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.