9-letter words containing a, s, n, t
- agistment — the act of agisting
- agnathans — Plural form of agnathan.
- agnathous — (esp of lampreys and hagfishes) lacking jaws
- agnostics — Plural form of agnostic.
- agonistes — a person enduring an inner struggle
- agonistic — striving for effect; strained
- agrements — amenities
- agustin i — Itúrbide, Agustín de.
- ailanthus — an E Asian simaroubaceous deciduous tree, Ailanthus altissima, planted in Europe and North America, having pinnate leaves, small greenish flowers, and winged fruits
- albescent — shading into, growing, or becoming white
- alertness — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- alginates — Plural form of alginate.
- alienates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alienate.
- alienists — Plural form of alienist.
- allantois — a membranous sac growing out of the ventral surface of the hind gut of embryonic reptiles, birds, and mammals. It combines with the chorion to form the mammalian placenta
- alpinists — Plural form of alpinist.
- amaranths — Plural form of amaranth.
- amassment — the act of amassing
- amatoxins — Plural form of amatoxin.
- ambitions — an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment: Too much ambition caused him to be disliked by his colleagues.
- amenities — useful or pleasant facilities or services
- amianthus — any of the fine silky varieties of asbestos
- ammonites — a nomadic tribe living east of the Jordan: a persistent enemy of the Israelites
- amnestied — a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
- amnesties — Plural form of amnesty.
- amusement — Amusement is the feeling that you have when you think that something is funny or amusing.
- anacletus — flourished 1st century a.d, pope 76–88.
- anacostia — a section of the District of Columbia, in the SE part.
- analities — Plural form of anality.
- analogist — a person who employs or argues from analogy.
- analytics — the part of logic having to do with analyzing
- ananthous — (of higher plants) having no flowers
- anapaests — Plural form of anapaest.
- anapestic — a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
- anaplasty — Surgery. reconstruction or restoration, especially by plastic surgery, of a lost or injured part.
- anaptyxis — the insertion of a short vowel between consonants in order to make a word more easily pronounceable
- anarchist — An anarchist is a person who believes in anarchism.
- anastasia — Grand Duchess. 1901–?18, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, believed to have been executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918, although several women subsequently claimed to be her
- anastasis — the episode in Christian theology in which Jesus is believed to have descended into Hell, often referred to as the 'harrowing of Hell'
- anathemas — Plural form of anathema.
- anatomies — Plural form of anatomy.
- anatomise — to cut apart (an animal or plant) to show or examine the position, structure, and relation of the parts; display the anatomy of; dissect.
- anatomist — An anatomist is an expert in anatomy.
- 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.
- andesitic — relating to, or containing, andesite
- anecdotes — a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- anelastic — relating to anelasticity
- anestrous — not showing estrus.
- anglesite — a white or grey secondary mineral consisting of lead sulphate in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in lead-ore deposits and is a source of lead. Formula: PbSO4