9-letter words containing a, c
- asskicker — to kick ass. See kick (def 33).
- associate — If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
- assonance — the use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse. Examples are time and light or mystery and mastery
- 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.
- asthmatic — People who suffer from asthma are sometimes referred to as asthmatics.
- astichous — having a structure or layout that is not in rows
- astrachan — a fur of young lambs, with lustrous, closely curled wool, from Astrakhan.
- astricted — Simple past tense and past participle of astrict.
- astrocyte — any of the star-shaped cells in the tissue supporting the brain and spinal cord (neuroglia)
- astucious — Subtle; cunning; astute.
- asyllabic — not functioning in the manner of a syllable
- asyndetic — (of a catalogue or index) without cross references
- asystolic — Pertaining to asystole.
- at a clip — If something moves or happens at a fast clip, it moves or happens quickly.
- at anchor — If a boat is at anchor, it is floating in a particular place and is prevented from moving by its anchor.
- at source — at the point of origin
- atacamite — a mineral, green in colour, containing copper and present in Australia, Chile, and Cornwall
- ataractic — able to calm or tranquillize
- atavistic — Atavistic feelings or behaviour seem to be very primitive, like the feelings or behaviour of our earliest ancestors.
- athabasca — river rising in the Rocky Mountains of SW Alberta, Canada, and flowing northeast into Lake Athabasca: 765 mi (1,231 km)
- atheistic — Atheistic means connected with or holding the belief that there is no God.
- athematic — not based on themes
- athetosic — relating to or characterized by athetosis
- athletics — Athletics refers to track and field sports such as running, the high jump, and the javelin.
- athrocyte — a cell that is able to receive and store matter
- atomicity — the state of being made up of atoms
- atomistic — of atoms or atomism
- atonicity — lack of tone; atony.
- atrocious — If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
- attaching — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
- attack ad — a public notice, such as a printed display or a short film on television, in which a political party criticizes or abuses an opponent
- attackers — Plural form of attacker.
- attacking — to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands.
- attackman — a player whose primary role is to attack
- attracted — feeling a pleasing, alluring, or fascinating influence from someone or something
- attracter — to draw by a physical force causing or tending to cause to approach, adhere, or unite; pull (opposed to repel): The gravitational force of the earth attracts smaller bodies to it.
- attractor — a person or thing that attracts.
- atypicals — Plural form of atypical.
- 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
- auricular — of, relating to, or received by the sense or organs of hearing; aural
- auriculas — Plural form of auricula.
- auriculin — atrial natriuretic factor.
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- auriscopy — (medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
- auschwitz — an industrial town in S Poland; site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Pop: 40 686 (2007 est)
- ausgleich — the agreement (1867) that established the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary