9-letter words containing a, s, o
- anaphoras — Plural form of anaphora.
- 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.
- anchoress — a female anchorite
- anchovies — Plural form of anchovy.
- anchylose — ankylose
- and so on — You use and so on or and so forth at the end of a list to indicate that there are other items that you could also mention.
- 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.
- anecdotes — a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- anestrous — not showing estrus.
- angashore — a miserable person given to complaining
- angostura — the bitter, aromatic bark of either of two South American citrus trees, Galipea officinalis or G. cusparia, used in medicine and in the preparation of liqueurs and bitters.
- angoumois — a region and former province of W France: famous as source of cognac.
- angstroms — Plural form of angstrom.
- anhydrous — containing no water, esp no water of crystallization
- aniconism — the belief in not using or worshipping images of deities
- aniconist — a believer or follower of aniconism
- animators — Plural form of animator.
- animosity — Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike and anger. Animosities are feelings of this kind.
- anisogamy — a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar, either in size alone or in size and form
- ankylosed — Simple past tense and past participle of ankylose.
- ankylosis — abnormal adhesion or immobility of the bones in a joint, as by a direct joining of the bones, a fibrous growth of tissues within the joint, or surgery
- annapolis — the capital of Maryland, near the mouth of the Severn River on Chesapeake Bay: site of the US Naval Academy. Pop: 36 178 (2003 est)
- annotates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annotate.
- announces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of announce.
- anoestrus — a period of sexual inactivity between two periods of oestrus in many mammals
- anomalies — a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form. Synonyms: abnormality, exception, peculiarity.
- anomalism — the state or quality of being anomalous.
- anomalous — Something that is anomalous is different from what is usual or expected.
- anonymise — (transitive) To render anonymous; especially to remove data that would establish the identity of a person.
- anonymous — If you remain anonymous when you do something, you do not let people know that you were the person who did it.
- anopheles — any of various mosquitoes constituting the genus Anopheles, some species of which transmit the malaria parasite to man
- anorakish — (British, informal) Obsessively absorbed in a subject, especially an unusual or obscure subject.
- anorchism — Anorchia.
- anorexics — Plural form of anorexic.
- anorgasmy — inability to experience sexual orgasm.
- answer to — a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.: He sent an answer to my letter promptly.
- ante-post — In gambling, ante-post bets are placed before the day of a particular race or competition.
- antelopes — Plural form of antelope.
- anterooms — Plural form of anteroom.
- antiatoms — Plural form of antiatom.
- anticosti — an island of E Canada, in the Gulf of St Lawrence; part of Quebec. Area: 7881 sq km (3043 sq miles)
- antidotes — Plural form of antidote.
- antigonus — (Gonatus) c319–239 b.c, king of Macedonia 283–239 (son of Demetrius I).