9-letter words containing a, r, s, e
- airplanes — Plural form of airplane.
- airscrews — Plural form of airscrew.
- airstream — a wind, esp at a high altitude
- airstrike — a military attack involving aircraft
- al fresco — out-of-doors; in the open air: to dine alfresco.
- alabaster — Alabaster is a white stone that is used for making statues, vases, and ornaments.
- aldershot — a town in S England, in Hampshire: site of a large military camp. Pop: 58 170 (2001)
- alertness — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- alexiares — a son of Hercules and Hebe.
- algeciras — a port and resort in SW Spain, on the Strait of Gibraltar: scene of a conference of the Great Powers in 1906. Pop: 108 779 (2003 est)
- all-overs — a general feeling of unease and nervousness throughout the body (usually preceded by the).
- allcomers — all people who want to compete, join or take part, esp in a sporting event, as opposed to members of a specific group
- allergens — Plural form of allergen.
- allergies — Plural form of allergy.
- allergist — An allergist is a doctor who specializes in treating people with allergies.
- allostery — the condition of a protein (such as an enzyme) in which the structure and activity of the enzyme are modified by the binding of a metabolic molecule at a site other than the chemically active one
- almsgiver — a person who gives alms
- altarwise — in the position of an altar
- althusser — Louis. 1918–90, French Marxist philosopher, author of For Marx (1965) and Reading Capital (1965): committed to a mental hospital (1981) after killing his wife
- amaterasu — the Japanese Shinto goddess personifying the sun.
- amberfish — amberjack.
- ambergris — Ambergris is a waxy substance produced by sperm whales. It is used to make some perfumes.
- amerasian — People who have one American parent and one Asian parent are sometimes referred to as Amerasians.
- ameristic — not divided into parts; having no meristem.
- 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.
- amortizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amortize.
- amperages — Plural form of amperage.
- ampersand — An ampersand is the sign &, used to represent the word 'and.'
- amsterdam — the commercial capital of the Netherlands, a major industrial centre and port on the IJsselmeer, connected with the North Sea by canal: built on about 100 islands within a network of canals. Pop: 737 000 (2003 est)
- anacruses — Plural form of anacrusis.
- anaerobes — Plural form of anaerobe.
- analyzers — Plural form of analyzer.
- anarchies — Plural form of anarchy.
- anarchise — make anarchic
- 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.
- anchoress — a female anchorite
- anderssen — Adolf (ˈaːdɔlf). 1818–79, German chess player: noted for the incisiveness of his combination play
- androcles — (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn
- androgens — Plural form of androgen.
- androgeus — a son of Minos and Pasiphaë who fell victim to Athenian King Aegeus: in revenge, Minos waged war on the Athenians and forced them to send a tribute of seven maidens and seven youths to the Minotaur every nine years.
- androides — Dated form of android.
- androsace — any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
- anestrous — not showing estrus.
- aneurysms — Plural form of aneurysm.
- angashore — a miserable person given to complaining
- angerless — showing no sign of anger
- angriness — the state or quality of being angry
- anhydrase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of water
- annexures — Plural form of annexure.