9-letter words containing a, s, u
- adjusting — Alter or move (something) slightly in order to achieve the desired fit, appearance, or result.
- adjustive — allowing for adjustment
- adjutants — Plural form of adjutant.
- adjuvants — Plural form of adjuvant.
- admeasure — to measure out (land, etc) as a share; apportion
- adoptious — adopted
- adstratum — a substratum or superstratum.
- adultness — the state or quality of being an adult; an impression of maturity
- adultress — a female adulterer
- aedoeagus — aedeagus.
- aegisthus — a cousin to and the murderer of Agamemnon, whose wife Clytemnestra he had seduced. He usurped the kingship of Mycenae until Orestes, Agamemnon's son, returned home and killed him
- aeronauts — A traveler in a hot-air balloon, airship, or other flying craft.
- aeropause — the region of the upper atmosphere above which aircraft cannot fly
- aeropulse — a pulsejet engine
- aeschylus — ?525–?456 bc, Greek dramatist, regarded as the father of Greek tragedy. Seven of his plays are extant, including Seven Against Thebes, The Persians, Prometheus Bound, and the trilogy of the Oresteia
- affluents — Plural form of affluent.
- agnathous — (esp of lampreys and hagfishes) lacking jaws
- agnus dei — the figure of a lamb bearing a cross or banner, emblematic of Christ
- agustin i — Itúrbide, Agustín de.
- ahasuerus — a king of ancient Persia and husband of Esther, generally identified with Xerxes
- ailanthus — an E Asian simaroubaceous deciduous tree, Ailanthus altissima, planted in Europe and North America, having pinnate leaves, small greenish flowers, and winged fruits
- air scout — a scout belonging to a scout troop that specializes in flying, gliding, etc
- airbursts — Plural form of airburst.
- 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.
- albucasis — Abu al-Qāsim
- alburnous — relating to alburnum
- alcathous — a son of Pelops and Hippodamia who married Euachme and became king of Megara.
- alcyoneus — a giant who threw a stone at Hercules and was killed when Hercules hit the stone back with his club.
- alehouses — Plural form of alehouse.
- alexius i — (Alexius Comnenus) 1048-1118; emperor of the Byzantine Empire (1081-1118)
- all fours — both the arms and legs of a person or all the legs of a quadruped (esp in the phrase on all fours)
- alleluias — Plural form of alleluia.
- allmouths — Plural form of allmouth.
- allusions — Plural form of allusion.
- almshouse — Almshouses are houses in Britain which were built and run by charities to provide accommodation for poor or old people who could not afford to pay rent.
- alphonsus — a crater in the SE quadrant of the moon, about 112 km in diameter, in which volcanic activity may have occurred
- 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
- altitudes — Plural form of altitude.
- altruists — Plural form of altruist.
- aluminise — To coat with a layer of aluminium.
- aluminous — resembling aluminium
- alumroots — Plural form of alumroot.
- amaterasu — the Japanese Shinto goddess personifying the sun.
- amaurosis — blindness, esp when occurring without observable damage to the eye
- ambagious — ambiguous
- ambiguous — If you describe something as ambiguous, you mean that it is unclear or confusing because it can be understood in more than one way.
- ambitious — Someone who is ambitious has a strong desire to be successful, rich, or powerful.
- ambulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulate.
- ambuscade — an ambush