9-letter words containing a, s, u, l
- annualise — To express (a quantity such as an interest rate, profit, expenditure etc.) as if it applied or were measured over one year.
- anomalous — Something that is anomalous is different from what is usual or expected.
- anschluss — a political or economic union, esp the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany (1938)
- anxiously — full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous: Her parents were anxious about her poor health.
- apetalous — (of flowering plants) having no petals
- aphyllous — (of plants) having no leaves
- apologues — Plural form of apologue.
- applauses — hand clapping as a demonstration of approval, appreciation, acclamation, or the like.
- appliques — Plural form of applique.
- apronfuls — Plural form of apronful.
- aqueously — in water, or by means of water
- arduously — requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.
- arousable — able to be aroused
- aryballus — aryballos.
- as a rule — If you say that something happens as a rule, you mean that it usually happens.
- asclepius — a god of healing; son of Apollo
- asepalous — (of a plant or flower) having no sepals
- asexually — Biology. having no sex or sexual organs. independent of sexual processes, especially not involving the union of male and female germ cells.
- ashtabula — a port in NE Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- asian flu — a type of influenza recurring in worldwide epidemics, caused by a virus (A2 strain or subsequent antigenic variants), which apparently originated in China in 1957
- asmoulder — in a smouldering or slowly burning manner
- aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
- asphaltum — a substance used to protect surface areas of metal that do not require to be etched
- asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- assaulted — a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault on tradition.
- assaulter — a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault on tradition.
- assistful — (archaic) helpful.
- assumable — capable of being assumed, as an office or an obligation: Assumable mortgages are hard to find these days.
- assumably — in a presumable manner
- assumedly — in a presumed manner
- assuredly — If something is assuredly true, it is definitely true.
- attalus i — (Soter) king of Pergamum 241–197 b.c.
- aughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- auriculas — Plural form of auricula.
- ausgleich — the agreement (1867) that established the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary
- auslander — (in a German-speaking country) a foreigner
- auspicial — of or relating to auspices: auspicial rites.
- austerely — severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding: an austere teacher.
- australia — a country and the smallest continent, situated between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific: a former British colony, now an independent member of the Commonwealth, constitutional links with Britain formally abolished in 1986; consists chiefly of a low plateau, mostly arid in the west, with the basin of the Murray River and the Great Dividing Range in the east and the Great Barrier Reef off the NE coast. Official language: English. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: dollar. Capital: Canberra. Pop: 23 029 674 (2013 est). Area: 7 682 300 sq km (2 966 150 sq miles)
- autolycus — a crater in the NW quadrant of the moon about 38 km in diameter and 3000 m deep
- autolysed — Simple past tense and past participle of autolyse.
- autolyses — the breakdown of plant or animal tissue by the action of enzymes contained in the tissue affected; self-digestion.
- autolysin — any agent that produces autolysis
- autolysis — the destruction of cells and tissues of an organism by enzymes produced by the cells themselves
- autoplast — autograft.
- autosomal — any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
- avascular — (of certain tissues, such as cartilage) lacking blood vessels
- awfulness — The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place.
- aylesbury — a town in SE central England, administrative centre of Buckinghamshire. Pop: 69 021 (2001)
- ballismus — a condition characterized by twisting, shaking, and jerking motions.