9-letter words containing a, l
- abusively — using, containing, or characterized by harshly or coarsely insulting language: an abusive author; abusive remarks.
- abysmally — of or like an abyss; immeasurably deep or great.
- acalculia — an inability to make simple mathematical calculations
- acalephan — an acaleph
- acapsular — (botany): Having no capsule.
- acarology — the study of mites and ticks
- accentual — of, relating to, or having accents; rhythmic
- acclaimed — publicly acknowledged as excellent
- acclaimer — One who acclaims.
- acclamate — (rare) To acclaim.
- acclimate — When you acclimate or are acclimated to a new situation, place, or climate, you become used to it.
- acclivity — an upward slope, esp of the ground
- acclivous — Sloping upward; rising like a hillside.
- accoladed — any award, honor, or laudatory notice: The play received accolades from the press.
- accolades — Plural form of accolade.
- accolated — (of portraits on a coin, medal, or escutcheon) overlapping and facing in the same direction; conjoined.
- accruable — having the ability to be accrued
- acculture — To familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant.
- accusable — having liability to be blamed or accused
- accusably — in an accusable manner
- acellular — not made up of or containing cells
- acephalic — having no head or one that is reduced and indistinct
- acervulus — a small, asexual spore-producing structure produced by certain parasitic fungi on a host plant
- acetaldol — aldol (def 1).
- acetylate — to introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound)
- acetylene — Acetylene is a colourless gas which burns with a very hot bright flame. It is often used in lamps and for cutting and welding metal.
- acetylide — any of a class of carbides in which the carbon is present as a diatomic divalent ion (C22–). They are formally derivatives of acetylene
- acetyloxy — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The radical CH3COO-, common to acetate esters, when used as a substituent.
- achalasia — failure of the cardiac sphincter of the oesophagus to relax, resulting in difficulty in swallowing
- acheilary — having no labellum or lip, or one that is undeveloped, as in the flower of certain orchids.
- acheulean — designating or of a Lower Paleolithic culture characterized by skillfully made bifacial flint hand axes
- acheulian — (in Europe) the period in the Lower Palaeolithic following the Abbevillian, represented by the use of soft hammerstones in hand axe production made of chipped stone, bone, antler, or wood. The Acheulian dates from the Riss glaciation
- achillean — the greatest Greek warrior in the Trojan War and hero of Homer's Iliad. He killed Hector and was killed when Paris wounded him in the heel, his one vulnerable spot, with an arrow.
- acholuria — the absence of bile pigments in the urine.
- aciculate — having aciculae
- acid cell — Electricity. a cell using an acid electrolyte.
- acid salt — a salt formed by partial replacement of the acidic hydrogen atoms of the parent acid
- acid soil — a soil that gives a pH reaction of below about 6, found esp in cool moist areas where soluble bases are leached away
- acidophil — (of cells or cell contents) easily stained by acid dyes
- acidulant — an acidulating substance.
- acidulate — to make slightly acid or sour
- acidulent — an acidulating substance.
- acidulous — rather sour
- acoluthic — following, subsequent; specifically, relating to an afterimage
- acquittal — Acquittal is a formal declaration in a court of law that someone who has been accused of a crime is innocent.
- acritical — showing no indication of crisis
- acrolects — Plural form of acrolect.
- acroliths — Plural form of acrolith.
- acrologic — Of or pertaining to the naming of hieroglyphic symbols by the first phonetic sound of the picture they represent.
- acronical — happening at sunset, as the rising of a star