9-letter words containing a, s, i, e
- antitypes — Plural form of antitype.
- antshrike — any of several antbirds, especially of the genus Thamnophilus, superficially resembling the shrike.
- antsiness — the quality of being antsy
- anxieties — Plural form of anxiety.
- anybodies — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
- apatheism — (religion) Apathy towards the existence of a god; belief that the question of the existence of a god is unimportant.
- apatheist — (religion) A person who may accept the existence of a god, but who does not care about that god's existence.
- apennines — a mountain range in Italy, extending over 1250 km (800 miles) from the northwest to the southernmost tip of the peninsula. Highest peak: Monte Corno, 2912 m (9554 ft)
- aperients — Plural form of aperient.
- aperitifs — Plural form of aperitif.
- apheresis — the omission of a letter or syllable at the beginning of a word
- aphorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aphorize.
- apiaceous — of the family Apiaceae; umbelliferous
- apishness — The state or quality of being apish.
- apneustic — of or relating to apneusis
- apologies — a written or spoken expression of one's regret, remorse, or sorrow for having insulted, failed, injured, or wronged another: He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.
- apologise — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- apostille — a marginal annotation or note.
- apothesis — (architecture) A place on the south side of the chancel in primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.
- appeasing — to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
- appetiser — Alternative spelling of appetizer.
- appetites — Plural form of appetite.
- appliques — Plural form of applique.
- 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.
- apprizers — Plural form of apprizer.
- apres-ski — Apres-ski is evening entertainment and social activities in places where people go skiing.
- aprosexia — Inability to concentrate.
- apse line — the major axis of an elliptical orbit.
- apsidiole — a secondary, or small, apse
- aptitudes — Plural form of aptitude.
- arabinose — a pentose sugar in plant gums, esp of cedars and pines. It is used as a culture medium in bacteriology. Formula: C5H10O5
- arbitress — a female arbitrator
- arccosine — the function the value of which for a given argument between –1 and 1 is the angle in radians (between 0 and π), the cosine of which is that argument: the inverse of the cosine function
- archaizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archaize.
- aridities — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- aristaeus — a son of Apollo and Cyrene: protector of herds and fields
- aristides — known as Aristides the Just. ?530–?468 bc, Athenian general and statesman, who played a prominent part in the Greek victories over the Persians at Marathon (490), Salamis (480), and Plataea (479)
- aristotle — a bottle
- 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.
- armouries — a drill hall used for training and as headquarters by a reserve unit of the armed forces
- aromatise — Alternative spelling of aromatize.
- arpeggios — Plural form of arpeggio.
- arresting — attracting attention; striking
- arrestive — tending to arrest
- arrhenius — Svante August (ˈsvantə ˈauɡʊst). 1859–1927, Swedish chemist and physicist, noted for his work on the theory of electrolytic dissociation: Nobel prize for chemistry 1903
- arrivisme — unscrupulous ambition
- arriviste — You describe someone as an arriviste when you are criticizing them because they are trying very hard to belong to an influential or important social group which you feel they have no right to belong to.