9-letter words containing a, s, t
- air hoist — a pneumatic hoist.
- air scout — a scout belonging to a scout troop that specializes in flying, gliding, etc
- air shaft — a shaft for ventilation, esp in a mine or tunnel
- air stack — stack (def 13).
- air twist — a serpentine motif within the stem of a goblet, produced by extending and twisting an air bubble during glass blowing.
- airbursts — Plural form of airburst.
- aircrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of aircraft.
- airstream — a wind, esp at a high altitude
- airstrike — a military attack involving aircraft
- airstrips — Plural form of airstrip.
- akathisia — the inability to sit still because of uncontrollable movement caused by reaction to drugs
- akathisic — Relating to, or exhibiting, akathisia.
- akoluthos — the title of a commander of a regiment in the Byzantine Varangian Guard
- al-fustat — a city in N Egypt, near the modern city of Cairo, founded in the 7th century a.d.
- alabaster — Alabaster is a white stone that is used for making statues, vases, and ornaments.
- alabastos — alabastron.
- alarmists — Plural form of alarmist.
- albatross — An albatross is a very large white seabird.
- albescent — shading into, growing, or becoming white
- alcathous — a son of Pelops and Hippodamia who married Euachme and became king of Megara.
- alchemist — An alchemist was a scientist in the Middle Ages who tried to discover how to change ordinary metals into gold.
- alchymist — Alternative spelling of alchemist.
- 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.
- alginates — Plural form of alginate.
- alienates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alienate.
- alienists — Plural form of alienist.
- all sorts — All sorts of things or people means a large number of different things or people.
- all-state — selected on the basis of merit to represent one's state, often in a competition: an all-state debater; a pitcher on the all-state team.
- 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
- allergist — An allergist is a doctor who specializes in treating people with allergies.
- allmouths — Plural form of allmouth.
- allocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allocate.
- 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
- allottees — Plural form of allottee.
- alphabets — Plural form of alphabet.
- alphasort — to arrange in alphabetical order
- alpinists — Plural form of alpinist.
- 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
- altissimo — (of music) very high in pitch
- altitudes — Plural form of altitude.
- altruists — Plural form of altruist.
- alumroots — Plural form of alumroot.
- amaranths — Plural form of amaranth.
- amassment — the act of amassing
- amaterasu — the Japanese Shinto goddess personifying the sun.
- 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.
- ambitious — Someone who is ambitious has a strong desire to be successful, rich, or powerful.