9-letter words containing a, p, t, e
- appletini — a cocktail consisting of vodka and apple juice with apple cider, apple brandy, or apple liqueur, and sometimes vermouth
- applicate — applied practicably
- appointed — If something happens at the appointed time, it happens at the time that was decided in advance.
- appointee — An appointee is someone who has been chosen for a particular job or position of responsibility.
- appointer — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- approbate — to accept as valid
- apreciate — Misspelling of appreciate.
- aptitudes — Plural form of aptitude.
- archetype — An archetype is something that is considered to be a perfect or typical example of a particular kind of person or thing, because it has all their most important characteristics.
- art paper — a high-quality type of paper having a smooth coating of china clay or similar substance on it
- aspartame — an artificial sweetener produced from aspartic acid. Formula: C14H18N2O5
- aspartate — a salt formed from the amalgamation of a base and aspartic acid
- aspectant — (of birds, fish, and animals other than beasts of prey) face to face; respectant.
- aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
- asphalted — Simple past tense and past participle of asphalt.
- asphalter — a person who spreads a layer of asphalt
- aspirated — (of a stop) articulated with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- aspirates — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- asymptote — a straight line that is closely approached by a plane curve so that the perpendicular distance between them decreases to zero as the distance from the origin increases to infinity
- atemporal — having the quality of being uninfluenced, ungoverned or unchanged by time
- atmophile — (of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for the atmosphere, as neon or helium.
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- atrophies — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attempted — An attempted crime or unlawful action is an unsuccessful effort to commit the crime or action.
- attempter — One who attempts.
- audiotape — Audiotape is magnetic tape which is used to record sound.
- aulophyte — a free-living plant growing on or in another plant.
- auraptene — A bioactive monoterpene coumarin ether that helps to prevent degenerative diseases, first isolated from the genus Citrus.
- auspicate — to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- autophone — (archaic) idiophone.
- autophyte — an autotrophic plant, such as any green plant
- autopsied — inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination.
- autopsies — Plural form of autopsy.
- autoreply — a facility for sending automated replies to email messages
- autoscope — An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
- autospore — a nonmotile algal spore that develops adult characteristics before being released
- azeotrope — a mixture of liquids that boils at a constant temperature, at a given pressure, without change of composition
- azeotropy — the existence of azeotropes
- baby step — (in the game of giant steps) the shortest step permitted a player, executed by placing the heel of one foot against the toe of the other and drawing the back foot up to the front foot.
- backplate — a plate of armour which guards the back
- backswept — slanting backwards
- baldpated — (archaic) Lacking hair on the head; bald.
- base path — the prescribed course for a base runner on the field extending in designated areas between the bases.
- baseplate — a flat supporting plate or frame at the base of a column, designed to distribute the column's weight over a greater area and provide increased stability
- basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
- bear trap — snare to catch bears
- beaten-up — A beaten-up car or other object is old and in bad condition.
- bedplates — Plural form of bedplate.
- bee plant — any of various plants much visited by bees for nectar and pollen