9-letter words containing a, m
- amebocyte — any cell capable of moving like an amoeba, esp. one that floats freely in the blood or other body fluids, such as a white blood corpuscle
- amenaunce — a person's bearing or demeanour
- amendable — to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
- amendment — An amendment is a section that is added to a law or rule in order to change it.
- amenhotep — name of four kings of Egypt who ruled during the 16th, 15th, & 14th cent. b.c.
- amenities — useful or pleasant facilities or services
- amerasian — People who have one American parent and one Asian parent are sometimes referred to as Amerasians.
- americana — Objects that come from or relate to America are referred to as Americana, especially when they are in a collection.
- americano — a drink consisting of espresso coffee diluted with hot water
- americium — a white metallic transuranic element artificially produced from plutonium. It is used as an alpha-particle source. Symbol: Am; atomic no: 95; half-life of most stable isotope, 243Am: 7.4 × 103 years; valency: 2,3,4,5, or 6; relative density: 13.67; melting pt: 1176°C; boiling pt: 2607°C (est)
- ameristic — not divided into parts; having no meristem.
- ames test — a method of preliminary screening for carcinogens, based on their ability to cause mutations in bacteria
- amethysts — Plural form of amethyst.
- ametropia — loss of ability to focus images on the retina, caused by an imperfection in the refractive function of the eye
- ametropic — relating to ametropia
- amianthus — any of the fine silky varieties of asbestos
- amidation — to convert into an amide.
- amidships — Amidships means halfway along the length of a ship.
- amiloride — a potassium-sparing diuretic, C 6 H 8 ClN 7 O, used in the treatment of hypertension.
- amination — to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- aminediyl — (organic chemistry) A nitrene.
- aminergic — (physiology) Activated by a biochemical amine.
- aminoacid — Alternative spelling of amino acid.
- aminocarb — a crystalline compound, C 11 H 16 N 2 O 2 , used as a nonsystemic insecticide on various food crops and forest growth.
- aminylene — (organic chemistry) A nitrene.
- amissible — likely to be lost
- ammocoete — the larva of primitive jawless vertebrates, such as the lamprey, that lives buried in mud and feeds on microorganisms
- ammoniate — to unite or treat with ammonia
- ammonical — (inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to ammonia.
- ammonites — a nomadic tribe living east of the Jordan: a persistent enemy of the Israelites
- ammonitic — Relating to, or containing, ammonites.
- ammonoids — Plural form of ammonoid.
- amnestied — a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
- amnesties — Plural form of amnesty.
- amniotomy — the artificial rupturing of the fetal membranes by a doctor or midwife to induce or expedite labour
- amoebaean — of or relating to lines of verse dialogue that answer each other alternately
- amoralism — the doctrine or attitude that ignores or rejects moral vaues, or deems them to be irrelevant
- amoralist — a person who adheres to the doctrine of amoralism
- amorality — not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral.
- amoristic — relating to, or characteristic of, romantic love
- amornings — of a morning
- amorosity — a loving feeling
- amorously — inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love: an amorous disposition.
- amorphism — the state or quality of being amorphous.
- amorphous — Something that is amorphous has no clear shape or structure.
- amortised — Finance. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
- amortized — Finance. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
- amortizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amortize.
- amount to — If you say that one thing amounts to something else, you consider the first thing to be the same as the second thing.
- amounting — the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.