9-letter words containing a, l
- annualize — to convert (a rate of interest) to an annual rate when it is quoted for a period of less than a year
- annularly — In an annular manner.
- annulated — Having rings.
- annulling — (especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage.
- annulment — The annulment of a contract or marriage is an official declaration that it is invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- anomalies — a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form. Synonyms: abnormality, exception, peculiarity.
- anomalism — the state or quality of being anomalous.
- anomalous — Something that is anomalous is different from what is usual or expected.
- anopheles — any of various mosquitoes constituting the genus Anopheles, some species of which transmit the malaria parasite to man
- anorectal — relating to the anus and rectum
- anovulant — any drug preventing ovulation
- anschluss — a political or economic union, esp the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany (1938)
- antalkali — a substance that neutralizes alkalis, esp one used to treat alkalosis
- antelopes — Plural form of antelope.
- antelucan — occurring before the arrival of daylight, relating to the hours before dawn
- antenatal — Antenatal means relating to the medical care of women when they are expecting a baby.
- antennule — one of a pair of small mobile appendages on the heads of crustaceans in front of the antennae, usually having a sensory function
- anthelion — a faint halo sometimes seen in polar or high altitude regions around the shadow of an object cast onto a thick cloud bank or fog
- anthology — An anthology is a collection of writings by different writers published together in one book.
- anti-lock — designating or of an automotive braking system that prevents the wheels from locking during a sudden stop
- anti-pill — denoting a material that does not form pills or that resists pilling
- antialien — relating to the prevention of foreign animal or plant species from becoming established
- antiblack — showing discrimination against Black people
- antibully — Intended to counter bullying.
- 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
- antidotal — a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
- antielite — opposed to elitism
- antiglare — Acting to reduce or combat glare.
- antihelix — the rounded piece of cartilage inside the outer rim (helix) of the ear; anthelix
- antilabor — opposed to labor unions or to the interests of workers
- antilifer — a person in favour of abortion
- antimonyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group SbO-
- antimoral — Opposing or countering moral behaviour.
- antinodal — the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- antinovel — a type of prose fiction in which conventional or traditional novelistic elements are rejected
- antipapal — opposed to the pope
- antipedal — (in a mollusk) located opposite the foot.
- antiplane — (mechanics) Being or pertaining to a special class of deformation where the displacements in the body are zero in the plane of interest but non-zero in the direction perpendicular to that plane.
- antiplant — Designed to kill plants; herbicidal.
- antipodal — of or relating to diametrically opposite points on the earth's surface
- antipolar — of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- antiquely — in an antique manner
- antiroyal — opposed to the monarchy
- antisleep — acting to prevent sleep
- antisolar — facing in the opposite direction to the sun
- antistyle — a style that rejects or subverts conventional style