9-letter words containing a, m, t
- atacamite — a mineral, green in colour, containing copper and present in Australia, Chile, and Cornwall
- atemporal — having the quality of being uninfluenced, ungoverned or unchanged by time
- athematic — not based on themes
- athenaeum — an institution for the promotion of learning
- atheromas — Plural form of atheroma.
- athletism — The state or practice of an athlete; the characteristics of an athlete.
- atm forum — (networking, body) An international non-profit arganisation aiming to encourage the user of Asynchronous Transfer Mode through interoperability specifications and to promote cooperation and awareness. The ATM Forum consists of a worldwide Technical Committee, three Marketing Committees for North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific as well as the User Committee, through which ATM end-users participate. Worldwide Headquarters: 2570 West El Camino Real, Suite 304 Mountain View, CA 94040-1313 USA. Telephone: +1 (650) 949 6700. E-mail: ATM Forum <[email protected]>.
- atmolysis — a method of separating gases that depends on their differential rates of diffusion through a porous substance
- atmometer — an instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation of water into the atmosphere
- atmometry — the science of measuring the rate at which water evaporates.
- atmophile — (of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for the atmosphere, as neon or helium.
- atom bomb — atomic bomb
- atom trap — a device in which atoms or particles are slowed by the use of lasers and then confined to a small region of space.
- atom-bomb — to bomb (a target) with an atomic bomb.
- atomicity — the state of being made up of atoms
- atomistic — of atoms or atomism
- atomizers — Plural form of atomizer.
- atomizing — Present participle of atomize.
- atomology — (dated) The doctrine of atoms.
- atonalism — atonality.
- atonement — If you do something as an atonement for doing something wrong, you do it to show that you are sorry.
- atriotomy — (medicine) The surgical opening of an atrium.
- attackman — a player whose primary role is to attack
- attempted — An attempted crime or unlawful action is an unsuccessful effort to commit the crime or action.
- attempter — One who attempts.
- augmented — (of an interval) increased or expanded from the state of being perfect or major by the raising of the higher note or the dropping of the lower note by one semitone
- augmenter — a person or thing that augments.
- augmentin — (medicine) The antibiotic amoxicillin.
- augmentor — a person or thing that augments.
- austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- auteurism — a critical film theory according to which the primary creator of a film is the director, all of whose works are said to reflect to a certain degree the characteristics of a personal style
- authorism — the state or condition of being author
- autocrime — a crime involving a motor vehicle, esp the theft of a car
- autodrome — a track or circuit for racing cars, go-karts, etc
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- automagic — done with such ease and speed as to seem like magic
- automaker — An automaker is a company that manufactures cars.
- automated — An automated factory, office, or industrial process uses machines to do the work instead of people.
- automates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automate.
- automatic — An automatic machine or device is one which has controls that enable it to perform a task without needing to be constantly operated by a person. Automatic methods and processes involve the use of such machines.
- automaton — If you say that someone is an automaton, you are critical of them because they behave as if they are so tired or bored that they do things without thinking.
- autometer — a small device inserted in a photocopier to enable the process of copying to begin and to record the number of copies made
- automized — Simple past tense and past participle of automize.
- autonomic — occurring involuntarily or spontaneously
- autosomal — any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
- autosomes — Plural form of autosome.
- autotimer — a device for turning a system on and off automatically at times predetermined by advance setting
- auxometer — an instrument measuring the magnifying power of lenses
- availment — (obsolete) Profit; advantage.
- avalement — a skiing technique that involves keeping the knees flexible so as to absorb bumps and remain in contact with the snow