9-letter words containing a, r, n
- aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
- aspirants — Plural form of aspirant.
- asserting — Present participle of assert.
- assertion — a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence
- assigners — Plural form of assigner.
- assorting — Present participle of assort.
- assurance — If you give someone an assurance that something is true or will happen, you say that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, in order to make them feel less worried.
- assurgent — (of leaves, stems, etc) curving or growing upwards; rising
- astrachan — a fur of young lambs, with lustrous, closely curled wool, from Astrakhan.
- astrakhan — Astrakhan is black or grey curly fur from the skins of lambs. It is used for making coats and hats.
- astrangia — a genus of corals forming small, encrusting colonies, found in shallow waters off both coasts of the U.S.
- astrantia — a hardy flowering plant from the genus Astrantia and family Apiaceae. It produces tiny flowers in the mid-summer months and dies back after flowering every year
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- astringer — a styptic or constrictive substance
- astronaut — An astronaut is a person who is trained for travelling in a spacecraft.
- astronomy — Astronomy is the scientific study of the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.
- asynergia — lack of coordination between muscles or parts, as occurs in cerebellar disease
- at anchor — If a boat is at anchor, it is floating in a particular place and is prevented from moving by its anchor.
- at random — If you choose people or things at random, you do not use any particular method, so they all have an equal chance of being chosen.
- attainder — (formerly) the extinction of a person's civil rights resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry on conviction for treason or felony
- attainers — Plural form of attainer.
- attenders — Plural form of attender.
- attorneys — Plural form of attorney.
- attornies — Plural form of attorny.
- attrahens — (of muscle) drawing or pulling towards
- attrahent — attracting or drawing in
- attriting — Also, attrited. worn by rubbing or attrition.
- attrition — Attrition is a process in which you steadily reduce the strength of an enemy by continually attacking them.
- au gratin — covered and cooked with browned breadcrumbs and sometimes cheese
- aubergine — An aubergine is a vegetable with a smooth, dark purple skin.
- augmenter — a person or thing that augments.
- augmentor — a person or thing that augments.
- aurangzeb — 1618–1707, Mogul emperor of Hindustan (1658–1707), whose reign marked both the height of Mogul prosperity and the decline of its power through the revolts of the Marathas
- auranofin — a gold-containing compound, C 20 H 34 AuO 9 PS, used orally in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
- auraptene — A bioactive monoterpene coumarin ether that helps to prevent degenerative diseases, first isolated from the genus Citrus.
- aureation — (rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
- auriculin — atrial natriuretic factor.
- aurobindo — Sri (Sri Aurobindo Ghose) 1872–1950, Indian scholar and spiritual leader.
- aurungzeb — Aurangzeb
- auslander — (in a German-speaking country) a foreigner
- authoring — Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the Internet.
- autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
- aventurin — Alternative form of aventurine.
- averaging — Present participle of average.
- averments — Plural form of averment.
- aversions — Plural form of aversion.
- avicebron — (Solomon ben Judah ibn-Gabirol) 1021?–58, Jewish poet and philosopher in Spain.
- avirulent — (esp of bacteria) not virulent
- avoparcin — an antibiotic, now banned in the EU, formerly used to treat farm animals
- avuncular — An avuncular man or a man with avuncular behaviour is friendly and helpful towards someone younger.