9-letter words containing a, c, u, t
- adjunctly — In an adjunct manner.
- adjutancy — the rank or office of a military adjutant
- agincourt — a battle fought in 1415 near the village of Azincourt, N France: a decisive victory for English longbowmen under Henry V over French forces vastly superior in number
- air scout — a scout belonging to a scout troop that specializes in flying, gliding, etc
- alcathous — a son of Pelops and Hippodamia who married Euachme and became king of Megara.
- amaurotic — partial or total loss of sight, especially in the absence of a gross lesion or injury.
- anacletus — flourished 1st century a.d, pope 76–88.
- anecdotum — (rare, Latinate) alternative spelling of anecdote.
- antecourt — a forecourt.
- antelucan — occurring before the arrival of daylight, relating to the hours before dawn
- antimusic — any form of music intended to overthrow traditional conventions and expectations
- antiochus — name of thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty of Syria
- antiulcer — acting against ulcers
- antonescu — Ion. 1882–1946, Romanian general and statesman; appointed prime minister (1940) by King Carol II. He was executed for war crimes
- anucleate — (of a cell) having no nucleus
- apiculate — (of leaves) ending in a short sharp point
- apneustic — of or relating to apneusis
- aquabatic — of or relating to gymnastic feats that are performed in water
- aqueducts — Plural form of aqueduct.
- aracatuba — a city in SE Brazil.
- archilute — Alternative form of archlute.
- arcminute — unit of angular measurement, 1⁄60 of a degree
- arcturian — a first-magnitude star in the constellation Boötes.
- arcuately — In an arcuate way.
- arcuation — the use of arches or vaults in buildings
- art music — music written by a composer rather than passed on by oral tradition
- articular — of or relating to joints or to the structural components in a joint
- aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
- astichous — having a structure or layout that is not in rows
- astucious — Subtle; cunning; astute.
- at source — at the point of origin
- atrocious — If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- auctorial — of or relating to an author
- auschwitz — an industrial town in S Poland; site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Pop: 40 686 (2007 est)
- auspicate — to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- autarchic — absolute sovereignty.
- autecious — autoecious
- authentic — An authentic person, object, or emotion is genuine.
- autistics — Plural form of autistic.
- autocidal — (of insect pest control) effected by the introduction of sterile or genetically altered individuals into the wild population
- autoclave — a strong sealed vessel used for chemical reactions at high pressure
- autocoder — (language) Possibly the first primitive compiler. AUTOCODER was written by Alick E. Glennie in 1952. It translated symbolic statements into machine language for the Manchester Mark I computer. Autocoding later came to be a generic term for assembly language programming.
- autocracy — Autocracy is government or control by one person who has complete power.
- autocrats — Plural form of autocrat.
- autocrime — a crime involving a motor vehicle, esp the theft of a car
- autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
- autocross — a form of motor sport in which cars race over a half-mile circuit of rough grass
- autocutie — a young and attractive but inexperienced female television presenter
- autocycle — a bicycle powered or assisted by a small engine