9-letter words containing a, s, c, e, r
- arcsecond — unit used in astronomy
- armistice — An armistice is an agreement between countries who are at war with one another to stop fighting and to discuss ways of making peace.
- arms race — An arms race is a situation in which two countries or groups of countries are continually trying to get more and better weapons than each other.
- arsaces i — founder of the Parthian empire c250 b.c.
- arsenical — of or containing arsenic
- artefacts — Plural form of artefact.
- artifices — Plural form of artifice.
- ascarides — any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- ascenders — Plural form of ascender.
- ascendeur — a metal grip that is threaded on a rope and can be alternately tightened and slackened as an aid to climbing the rope: used attached to slings for the feet and waist
- ascerbate — Misspelling of acerbate.
- ascertain — If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
- ascorbate — a salt of ascorbic acid
- ascospore — one of the spores (usually eight in number) that are produced in an ascus
- asskicker — to kick ass. See kick (def 33).
- 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.
- astricted — Simple past tense and past participle of astrict.
- astrocyte — any of the star-shaped cells in the tissue supporting the brain and spinal cord (neuroglia)
- at source — at the point of origin
- attackers — Plural form of attacker.
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.
- bachelors — Plural form of bachelor.
- back rest — a support for the back of something
- backfires — Plural form of backfire.
- backrests — Plural form of backrest.
- backshore — the area of a beach above the usual high tide mark
- backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
- bacterias — (US) Plural form of bacteria.
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- balancers — Plural form of balancer.
- barbecues — Plural form of barbecue.
- barbicels — Plural form of barbicel.
- barnacles — nose pincers for controlling an unruly horse
- baroscope — any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere
- barouches — Plural form of barouche.
- bescatter — to scatter or strew about
- bleachers — The bleachers are a part of an outdoor sports stadium, or the seats in that area, which are usually uncovered and are the least expensive place where people can sit.
- bracelets — a slang name for handcuffs
- braincase — the part of the cranium that protects the brain
- brash ice — small, floating fragments of sea ice or river ice.
- briefcase — A briefcase is a case used for carrying documents in.
- broachers — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- c-spanner — a sickle-shaped spanner having a projection at the end of the curve, used for turning large narrow nuts that have an indentation into which the projection on the spanner fits
- cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
- caesarean — of or relating to any of the Caesars, esp Julius Caesar
- caesarian — of or relating to a Cesarean.
- caesarism — an autocratic system of government
- cagebirds — Plural form of cagebird.