9-letter words containing a, s, t
- asbestoid — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- asbestous — having the look, structure or qualities of asbestos
- ascendant — proceeding upwards; rising
- ascendent — a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence: With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position.
- 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.
- ascetical — a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- ascidiate — of or relating to the tunicate molluscs of the genus Ascidium
- ascii art — (graphics) (Or "character graphics", "ASCII graphics") The fine art of drawing diagrams using the ASCII character set (mainly "|-/\+"). See also boxology. Here is a serious example: o----)||(--+--|<----+ +---------o + D O L )||( | | | C U A I )||( +-->|-+ | +-\/\/-+--o - T C N )||( | | | | P E )||( +-->|-+--)---+--)|--+-o U )||( | | | GND T o----)||(--+--|<----+----------+ A power supply consisting of a full wave rectifier circuit feeding a capacitor input filter circuit Figure 1. And here are some very silly examples: +--------------------------------------------------------+ | ^^^^^^^^^^^^ | | ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ | | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | | ^^^^^^^ B ^^^^^^^^^ | | ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | +--------------------------------------------------------+ "A Bee in the Carrot Patch" Figure 3. Within humorous ASCII art, there is, for some reason, an entire flourishing subgenre of pictures of silly cows. One is shown in Figure 2; here are three more:
- ascorbate — a salt of ascorbic acid
- asemantic — not semantic
- ashburton — 1st Baron, Baring, Alexander.
- ashramite — a person who lives in an ashram or place of rest or contemplation
- ashtabula — a port in NE Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- ashtoreth — an ancient Semitic fertility goddess, identified with Astarte and Ishtar
- asiderite — an iron-free meteorite consisting of friable material.
- asininity — the quality or state of being asinine; stupidity
- ask after — If someone asks after you, they ask someone how you are.
- asomatous — having no material body; incorporeal.
- aspartame — an artificial sweetener produced from aspartic acid. Formula: C14H18N2O5
- aspartate — a salt formed from the amalgamation of a base and aspartic acid
- aspectant — (of birds, fish, and animals other than beasts of prey) face to face; respectant.
- aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
- asphalted — Simple past tense and past participle of asphalt.
- asphalter — a person who spreads a layer of asphalt
- asphaltic — Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt; bituminous.
- asphaltum — a substance used to protect surface areas of metal that do not require to be etched
- aspirants — Plural form of aspirant.
- aspirated — (of a stop) articulated with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- aspirates — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- aspirator — a device employing suction, such as a jet pump or one for removing fluids from a body cavity
- assailant — Someone's assailant is a person who has physically attacked them.
- assaulted — a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault on tradition.
- assaulter — a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault on tradition.
- assay kit — equipment used to carry out an analysis, esp a determination of the amount of metal in an ore or the amounts of impurities in a precious metal
- assay ton — a unit of weight used in assaying ore, equivalent to 29.167 grams.
- assenting — Present participle of assent.
- assentive — having the tendency to concur or comply
- asserters — Plural form of asserter.
- asserting — Present participle of assert.
- assertion — a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence
- assertive — Someone who is assertive states their needs and opinions clearly, so that people take notice.
- assertory — characterized by or relating to declaration or affirmation
- assesment — Misspelling of assessment.
- assetless — having no assets or property that can be used to pay off debts
- assiduity — constant and close application
- assist at — to be present at; attend
- assistant — Assistant is used in front of titles or jobs to indicate a slightly lower rank. For example, an assistant director is one rank lower than a director in an organization.
- assistful — (archaic) helpful.
- assisting — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.