9-letter words containing a, l, n, c
- anchylose — ankylose
- anciently — in ancient times
- ancillary — The ancillary workers in an institution are the people such as cleaners and cooks whose work supports the main work of the institution.
- ancipital — flattened and having two edges
- androcles — (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn
- anecdotal — Anecdotal evidence is based on individual accounts, rather than on reliable research or statistics, and so may not be valid.
- anelastic — relating to anelasticity
- angelical — of or belonging to angels: the angelic host.
- angelicas — Plural form of angelica.
- anglicise — (transitive) To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
- anglicism — a word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to the English language, esp as spoken in England
- anglicist — an expert in or student of English literature or language
- anglicize — If you anglicize something, you change it so that it resembles or becomes part of the English language or English culture.
- ankylotic — Of or pertaining to ankylosis.
- anorectal — relating to the anus and rectum
- anschluss — a political or economic union, esp the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany (1938)
- antelucan — occurring before the arrival of daylight, relating to the hours before dawn
- anti-lock — designating or of an automotive braking system that prevents the wheels from locking during a sudden stop
- antiblack — showing discrimination against Black people
- antically — in a ludicrous or grotesque manner
- antichild — Opposing children.
- antichlor — a substance used to remove chlorine from a material after bleaching or to neutralize the chlorine present
- anticline — a formation of stratified rock raised up, by folding, into a broad arch so that the strata slope down on both sides from a common crest
- anticling — of a nature that prevents clothes from clinging
- antiulcer — acting against ulcers
- anucleate — (of a cell) having no nucleus
- aplanatic — (of a lens or mirror) free from spherical aberration
- aplanetic — (esp of some algal and fungal spores) nonmotile or lacking a motile stage
- appliance — An appliance is a device or machine in your home that you use to do a job such as cleaning or cooking. Appliances are often electrical.
- applicant — An applicant for something such as a job or a place at a college is someone who makes a formal written request to be given it.
- archangel — In the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions, an archangel is an angel of the highest rank.
- arecoline — a drug derived from betel nuts and producing a range of effects, including increased salivation, body temperature, and heart rate
- arsenical — of or containing arsenic
- articling — a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- auriculin — atrial natriuretic factor.
- avalanche — An avalanche is a large mass of snow that falls down the side of a mountain.
- avuncular — An avuncular man or a man with avuncular behaviour is friendly and helpful towards someone younger.
- bacchanal — a follower of Bacchus
- back link — (hypertext) A link in one direction implied by the existence of an explicit link in the other direction.
- backlands — Plural form of backland.
- backplane — A board to which the main circuit boards of a computer may be connected and that provides connections between them.
- balancers — Plural form of balancer.
- balancing — the process of achieving or maintaining equilibrium
- balconied — That has a balcony attached.
- balconies — Plural form of balcony.
- baldachin — a richly ornamented silk and gold brocade
- balmacaan — a man's knee-length loose flaring overcoat with raglan sleeves
- barcelona — the chief port of Spain, on the NE Mediterranean coast: seat of the Republican government during the Civil War (1936–39); the commercial capital of Spain. Pop: 1 582 738 (2003 est)
- barnacled — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- barnacles — nose pincers for controlling an unruly horse