9-letter words containing a, i, s
- adoptious — adopted
- adsorbing — Present participle of adsorb.
- adventism — the belief that the Second Coming of Christ will occur soon
- adventist — a member of any of the Christian groups, such as the Seventh-Day Adventists that hold that the Second Coming of Christ is imminent
- adversion — (obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.
- adversity — an unfortunate event or incident
- advertise — If someone or something advertises a particular quality, they show it in their appearance or behaviour.
- advisable — If you tell someone that it is advisable to do something, you are suggesting that they should do it, because it is sensible or is likely to achieve the result they want.
- advisably — Wisely, in an advisable manner.
- advisedly — If you say that you are using a word or expression advisedly, you mean that you have deliberately chosen to use it, even though it may sound unusual, wrong, or offensive, because it draws attention to what you are saying.
- aegisthus — a cousin to and the murderer of Agamemnon, whose wife Clytemnestra he had seduced. He usurped the kingship of Mycenae until Orestes, Agamemnon's son, returned home and killed him
- aepyornis — any of the large extinct flightless birds of the genus Aepyornis, remains of which have been found in Madagascar
- aerialist — a trapeze artist or tightrope walker
- aerofoils — Plural form of aerofoil.
- aerolites — Plural form of aerolite.
- aerospike — a type of rocket engine
- aerotaxis — the movement of organisms towards or away from oxygen caused by changes in oxygen concentration
- aeschines — ?389–?314 bc, Athenian orator; the main political opponent of Demosthenes
- aesthesia — the normal ability to experience sensation, perception, or sensitivity
- aesthesis — sensation; feeling.
- aesthetic — Aesthetic is used to talk about beauty or art, and people's appreciation of beautiful things.
- aestivate — to pass the summer
- affiances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiance.
- affirmest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of affirm.
- aforesaid — Aforesaid means the same as aforementioned.
- afrikaans — Afrikaans is one of the official languages of South Africa.
- afterings — the last of the milk drawn from a cow in milking, which contains the richest milk
- agelastic — never laughing; mirthless
- aggrieves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggrieve.
- agileness — the quality of being agile
- agilities — the power of moving quickly and easily; nimbleness: exercises demanding agility.
- agistment — the act of agisting
- agitators — a person who stirs up others in order to upset the status quo and further a political, social, or other cause: The boss said he would fire any union agitators.
- agnostics — Plural form of agnostic.
- agnus dei — the figure of a lamb bearing a cross or banner, emblematic of Christ
- agonising — to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony.
- agonistes — a person enduring an inner struggle
- agonistic — striving for effect; strained
- agrarians — Plural form of agrarian.
- agrestial — inhabiting a rural area
- agustin i — Itúrbide, Agustín de.
- ahistoric — not related to or concerned with documented history
- ahtisaari — Martti [mahr-ti] /ˈmɑr tɪ/ (Show IPA), born 1938, president of Finland 1994–2000.
- aids test — a blood test that detects whether the blood sample contains antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and thus whether a person has or is likely to develop AIDS
- aigrettes — Plural form of aigrette.
- ailanthus — an E Asian simaroubaceous deciduous tree, Ailanthus altissima, planted in Europe and North America, having pinnate leaves, small greenish flowers, and winged fruits
- aimlessly — without aim; purposeless.
- air blast — a jet of air produced mechanically.
- air corps — (before July 26, 1947) a branch of the U.S. Army concerned with military aviation.
- air crash — a crash involving one or more aircraft