9-letter words containing a, c, u
- announced — Simple past tense and past participle of announce.
- announcer — An announcer is someone who introduces programmes on radio or television or who reads the text of a radio or television advertisement.
- announces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of announce.
- anschluss — a political or economic union, esp the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany (1938)
- 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
- apex club — (in Australia) an association of business and professional men founded to promote community welfare
- apiaceous — of the family Apiaceae; umbelliferous
- 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
- aquagenic — (medicine, dermatology) Caused by contact with water.
- aquaholic — Addicted to water.
- aquarobic — pertaining to exercises performed standing up in a swimming pool
- aqueducts — Plural form of aqueduct.
- aquiclude — any geological formation that absorbs and holds water but does not transmit it at a sufficient rate to supply springs, wells, etc.
- aracatuba — a city in SE Brazil.
- araucania — a region of central Chile, inhabited by Araucanian Indians
- araucaria — any tree of the coniferous genus Araucaria of South America, Australia, and Polynesia, such as the monkey puzzle and bunya-bunya
- archdruid — a chief or principal druid
- archducal — of or relating to an archduke, archduchess, or archduchy
- archduchy — the territory ruled by an archduke or archduchess
- archdukes — Plural form of archduke.
- archilute — Alternative form of archlute.
- archosaur — any of a group of reptiles consisting of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, modern birds, modern crocodiles and extinct relatives of crocodiles, all having a diapsid skull
- 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
- ascendeur — a metal grip that is threaded on a rope and can be alternately tightened and slackened as an aid to climbing the rope: used attached to slings for the feet and waist
- asclepius — a god of healing; son of Apollo
- aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
- assay cup — a small wine cup for tasting wine to be offered to another person.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- audiencia — a high court, found in South America during the colonial period