9-letter words containing a, c, u
- acquiring — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
- acquisite — (obsolete) acquired.
- acquittal — Acquittal is a formal declaration in a court of law that someone who has been accused of a crime is innocent.
- acquitted — to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty: They acquitted him of the crime. The jury acquitted her, but I still think she's guilty.
- acquitter — Agent noun of acquit; one who acquits or releases.
- actualise — to make actual or real; turn into action or fact.
- actualism — the doctrine that all reality is animate or in motion.
- actualist — a person who deals in hard facts; a realist
- actualité — humorous word for truth
- actuality — Actuality is the state of really existing rather than being imagined.
- actualize — to make actual or real
- actuarial — Actuarial means relating to the work of an actuary.
- actuarian — Insurance. a person who computes premium rates, dividends, risks, etc., according to probabilities based on statistical records.
- actuaries — Plural form of actuary.
- actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- actuation — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- actuators — Plural form of actuator.
- acuminate — narrowing to a sharp point, as some types of leaf
- acuminous — keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.
- acupoints — Plural form of acupoint.
- acusector — a needle for cutting tissue by means of a high-frequency electric current.
- acuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- adducting — Present participle of adduct.
- adduction — an adducing or citing
- adductive — of a nature that leads towards a change
- adductors — Plural form of adductor.
- adjunctly — In an adjunct manner.
- adjutancy — the rank or office of a military adjutant
- adviceful — thoughtful or attentive
- aeschylus — ?525–?456 bc, Greek dramatist, regarded as the father of Greek tragedy. Seven of his plays are extant, including Seven Against Thebes, The Persians, Prometheus Bound, and the trilogy of the Oresteia
- affluence — Affluence is the state of having a lot of money or a high standard of living.
- affluency — affluence (def 2).
- 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
- albucasis — Abu al-Qāsim
- alcathous — a son of Pelops and Hippodamia who married Euachme and became king of Megara.
- alcyoneus — a giant who threw a stone at Hercules and was killed when Hercules hit the stone back with his club.
- aleuronic — related to the aleurone layer
- alum rock — a town in W central California, near San Jose.
- amaurotic — partial or total loss of sight, especially in the absence of a gross lesion or injury.
- ambulacra — Plural form of ambulacrum.
- ambulance — An ambulance is a vehicle for taking people to and from hospital.
- ambuscade — an ambush
- ambuscado — an ambush
- amenaunce — a person's bearing or demeanour
- americium — a white metallic transuranic element artificially produced from plutonium. It is used as an alpha-particle source. Symbol: Am; atomic no: 95; half-life of most stable isotope, 243Am: 7.4 × 103 years; valency: 2,3,4,5, or 6; relative density: 13.67; melting pt: 1176°C; boiling pt: 2607°C (est)
- anacletus — flourished 1st century a.d, pope 76–88.
- anacruses — Plural form of anacrusis.
- anacrusis — one or more unstressed syllables at the beginning of a line of verse
- anecdotum — (rare, Latinate) alternative spelling of anecdote.