9-letter words containing a, e, c, u
- anacruses — Plural form of anacrusis.
- anecdotum — (rare, Latinate) alternative spelling of anecdote.
- 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.
- antecourt — a forecourt.
- antelucan — occurring before the arrival of daylight, relating to the hours before dawn
- 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
- aquagenic — (medicine, dermatology) Caused by contact with water.
- 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.
- archdukes — Plural form of archduke.
- archilute — Alternative form of archlute.
- arcminute — unit of angular measurement, 1⁄60 of a degree
- arcuately — In an arcuate way.
- 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
- 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.
- at source — at the point of origin
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- 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
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- ausgleich — the agreement (1867) that established the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary
- auspicate — to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- autecious — autoecious
- authentic — An authentic person, object, or emotion is genuine.
- 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.
- 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
- autocutie — a young and attractive but inexperienced female television presenter
- autocycle — a bicycle powered or assisted by a small engine
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autogenic — Self-produced.
- autoscope — An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
- autotelic — having a purpose in and justifying itself
- aux cayes — former name of Les Cayes.
- awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.
- ayurvedic — Ayurvedic medicine is a type of complementary medicine, originally from India, that uses herbs and other natural treatments.
- bachelour — Obsolete form of bachelor.
- backer-up — a supporter; backer; second.
- backhouse — an outdoor privy; outhouse