9-letter words containing a, n, t, r
- agreement — An agreement is a formal decision about future action which is made by two or more countries, groups, or people.
- agrements — amenities
- agrigento — a town in Italy, in SW Sicily: site of six Greek temples. Pop: 54 619 (2001)
- air plant — an epiphyte, esp an orchid of the large Old World tropical genus Aerides, grown for its white scented flowers spotted with red, purple, or rose, or a bromeliad, esp of the genus Tillandsia
- air train — an airplane towing one or more gliders.
- air-thing — a direction.
- albertine — a female given name: derived from Albert.
- alcántara — a town in W Spain: a Roman bridge spans the River Tagus. Pop: 1739 (2003 est)
- alectryon — any sapindaceous tree of the genus Alectryon of Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia
- alertness — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- alienator — A person who alienates.
- allethrin — a clear viscous amber-coloured liquid used as an insecticide and synergist. Formula: C19H26O3; relative density: 1.005
- alternant — alternating
- alternate — When you alternate two things, you keep using one then the other. When one thing alternates with another, the first regularly occurs after the other.
- amaranths — Plural form of amaranth.
- amarantin — a protein contained within the amaranth seed
- amatorian — amatorial
- anarchist — An anarchist is a person who believes in anarchism.
- anarthria — loss of the ability to speak coherently
- anarthric — relating to anarthria
- anaxarete — a princess turned to stone for scorning the love of a commoner.
- ancestors — Plural form of ancestor.
- ancestral — You use ancestral to refer to a person's family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time.
- anchorite — a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit
- ancientry — the quality of being ancient, or old-fashioned style
- andradite — a yellow, green, or brownish-black garnet that consists of calcium iron silicate and is used as a gemstone. Formula: Ca3Fe2(SiO4)3
- anestrous — not showing estrus.
- angostura — the bitter, aromatic bark of either of two South American citrus trees, Galipea officinalis or G. cusparia, used in medicine and in the preparation of liqueurs and bitters.
- angstroms — Plural form of angstrom.
- anhydrate — (organic chemistry) An acid anhydride.
- anhydrite — a colourless or greyish-white mineral, found in sedimentary rocks. It is used in the manufacture of cement, fertilizers, and chemicals. Composition: anhydrous calcium sulphate. Formula: CaSO4. Crystal structure: orthorhombic
- animators — Plural form of animator.
- animatron — An animatronic robot.
- annotator — One who annotates.
- anoestrus — a period of sexual inactivity between two periods of oestrus in many mammals
- anorectal — relating to the anus and rectum
- anorectic — Also, anorectous. having no appetite.
- anorthite — a white to greyish-white or reddish-white mineral of the feldspar group and plagioclase series, found chiefly in igneous rocks and more rarely in metamorphic rocks. It is used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics. Composition: calcium aluminium silicate. Formula: CaAl2Si2O8. Crystal structure: triclinic
- answer to — a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.: He sent an answer to my letter promptly.
- answereth — Archaic third-person singular form of answer.
- ant tribe — (in China) a generation of young people who have migrated from rural areas to cities in large numbers
- antaranga — the three angas pertaining to the mind: dharana or concentration, dhyana or meditation, and samadhi or contemplation.
- antarctic — The Antarctic is the area around the South Pole.
- anteaters — Plural form of anteater.
- antechoir — the part of a church in front of the choir, usually enclosed by screens, tombs, etc
- antecourt — a forecourt.
- antegrade — Moving or directed forward.
- antennary — of, relating to, or resembling an antenna.
- anteporch — an outer porch.
- anterooms — Plural form of anteroom.