9-letter words containing a, d, o, e
- anecdotum — (rare, Latinate) alternative spelling of anecdote.
- aneuploid — (of polyploid cells or organisms) having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number, caused by one chromosome set being incomplete
- angelhood — the state of being an angel
- anhedonia — the inability to feel or experience pleasure
- anhedonic — unable to feel or experience pleasure
- ankylosed — Simple past tense and past participle of ankylose.
- annointed — Simple past tense and past participle of annoint.
- annotated — supplied with critical or explanatory notes
- announced — Simple past tense and past participle of announce.
- annoyedly — With annoyance.
- anode ray — a stream of positive ions traveling from a metallic anode to the cathode in a gas-discharge tube.
- antidotes — Plural form of antidote.
- antinodes — Plural form of antinode.
- antipodes — People sometimes refer to Australia and New Zealand as the Antipodes.
- anybodies — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
- apeldoorn — a town in the Netherlands, in central Gelderland province: nearby is the summer residence of the Dutch royal family. Pop: 156 000 (2003 est)
- aperiodic — not periodic; not occurring at regular intervals
- aphorized — Simple past tense and past participle of aphorize.
- aphrodite — the goddess of love and beauty, daughter of Zeus
- applewood — The timber of the apple tree, used in carpentry and to smoke food.
- appointed — If something happens at the appointed time, it happens at the time that was decided in advance.
- apsidiole — a secondary, or small, apse
- aquadrome — a venue for water sports
- arborized — Simple past tense and past participle of arborize.
- arcsecond — unit used in astronomy
- area code — The area code for a particular city or region is the series of numbers that you have to dial before someone's personal number if you are making a telephone call to that place from a different area.
- areolated — marked by areolae
- arid zone — either of the zones of latitude 15–30° N and S characterized by very low rainfall and desert or semidesert terrain
- arrogated — Simple past tense and past participle of arrogate.
- arrowhead — An arrowhead is the sharp, pointed part of an arrow.
- arseholed — very drunk
- arytenoid — denoting either of two small cartilages of the larynx that are attached to the vocal cords
- asbestoid — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- asmoulder — in a smouldering or slowly burning manner
- asphodels — Plural form of asphodel.
- assonated — Simple past tense and past participle of assonate.
- asteroids — Plural form of asteroid.
- astounded — If you are astounded by something, you are very shocked or surprised that it could exist or happen.
- astrodome — a transparent dome on the top of an aircraft, through which observations can be made, esp of the stars
- asyndeton — the omission of a conjunction between the parts of a sentence
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- audiotape — Audiotape is magnetic tape which is used to record sound.
- audiphone — a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear
- auto idle — (processor) A facility provided by some Intel clock doubled microprocessors where the internal clock can be slowed to the external clock rate while the processor is waiting for data from memory, returning to full speed as soon as the data arrives. See also System Management Mode.
- 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.
- autodrome — a track or circuit for racing cars, go-karts, etc
- autoguide — a traffic information transmission system designed to stop congestion
- autolysed — Simple past tense and past participle of autolyse.
- automated — An automated factory, office, or industrial process uses machines to do the work instead of people.