9-letter words containing a, p, s
- apologist — An apologist is a person who writes or speaks in defence of a belief, a cause, or a person's life.
- apologues — Plural form of apologue.
- apophasis — the device of mentioning a subject by stating that it will not be mentioned
- apophyges — Plural form of apophyge.
- apophyses — Plural form of apophyse.
- apophysis — a process, outgrowth, or swelling from part of an animal or plant
- apoptosis — the programmed death of some of an organism's cells as part of its natural growth and development
- apostates — Plural form of apostate.
- apostille — a marginal annotation or note.
- apostolic — Apostolic means belonging or relating to a Christian religious leader, especially the Pope.
- apostolos — a book containing parts of the Epistles and parts of the Acts of the Apostles.
- apothegms — Plural form of apothegm.
- apothesis — (architecture) A place on the south side of the chancel in primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.
- appaloosa — a breed of horse, originally from America, typically having a spotted rump
- appanages — Plural form of appanage.
- apparatus — The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation.
- appealers — Plural form of appealer.
- appearers — Plural form of appearer.
- appeasers — to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
- appeasing — to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
- appenages — Plural form of appenage.
- appetiser — Alternative spelling of appetizer.
- appetites — Plural form of appetite.
- applauses — hand clapping as a demonstration of approval, appreciation, acclamation, or the like.
- appleseed — Johnny(name for John Chapman) 1774-1845; U.S. frontiersman who planted apple trees throughout the Midwest
- appliques — Plural form of applique.
- apposable — capable of being apposed or brought into apposition
- appraisal — If you make an appraisal of something, you consider it carefully and form an opinion about it.
- appraised — Simple past tense and past participle of appraise.
- appraisee — a person who is being appraised
- appraiser — An appraiser is someone whose job is to estimate the cost or value of something such as property.
- appraises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appraise.
- appressed — pressed closely against, but not joined to, a surface
- apprising — appraise.
- apprizers — Plural form of apprizer.
- approvals — Plural form of approval.
- approvers — a person who approves.
- apres-ski — Apres-ski is evening entertainment and social activities in places where people go skiing.
- apriorism — the philosophical doctrine that there may be genuine knowledge independent of experience
- apriorist — a person who believes in apriorism
- apronfuls — Plural form of apronful.
- aprosexia — Inability to concentrate.
- apse line — the major axis of an elliptical orbit.
- apsidiole — a secondary, or small, apse
- aptitudes — Plural form of aptitude.
- arapaimas — Plural form of arapaima.
- areopagus — the hill to the northwest of the Acropolis in Athens
- arhatship — the state of having achieved enlightenment, which is the ultimate goal of Theravada Buddhists
- arpeggios — Plural form of arpeggio.
- asclepiad — a plant that belongs to the class Asclepiadaceae