9-letter words containing a, s
- awesomely — causing or inducing awe; inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear: an awesome sight.
- awesomest — Superlative form of awesome.
- awestrike — to inspire great awe in
- awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.
- awfulness — The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place.
- awl snail — any tiny, usually white land snail of the family Subulinidae, some introduced species being pests of hothouse flowers.
- axanthism — (zoology) Absence of yellow pigmentation.
- axis deer — an Asian deer, Cervus (Axis) axis, of India and Sri Lanka, having a reddish-brown coat spotted with white.
- axminster — a type of patterned carpet with a cut pile
- axolemmas — Plural form of axolemma.
- ayahuasca — a Brazilian plant, Banisteriopsis caapi, that has winged fruits and yields a powerful hallucinogenic alkaloid sometimes used to treat certain disorders of the central nervous system: family Malpighiaceae
- aylesbury — a town in SE central England, administrative centre of Buckinghamshire. Pop: 69 021 (2001)
- ayr stone — a fine-grained stone used for polishing marble and as a whetstone.
- azureness — The quality of being azure in colour.
- b bursary — the lower of two bursaries available for students entering university, polytechnic, etc
- b special — a member of a part-time largely Protestant police force formerly functioning in Northern Ireland
- babashoff — Shirley, born 1957, U.S. swimmer.
- babirusas — Plural form of babirusa.
- baboonish — resembling a baboon
- babushkas — Plural form of babushka.
- baby seat — a seat anchored to the body of the car, with straps to buckle across the baby
- baby spot — a small spotlight, usually 250–400 watts, used to highlight a specific section of a stage setting or acting area.
- baby step — (in the game of giant steps) the shortest step permitted a player, executed by placing the heel of one foot against the toe of the other and drawing the back foot up to the front foot.
- babycakes — (slang) Term of endearment for a young woman.
- babyhouse — A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture.
- babyishly — in a baby-like fashion; childishly
- bacchants — Plural form of bacchant.
- bachelors — Plural form of bachelor.
- back pass — a deliberate pass backwards to the goalkeeper
- back rest — a support for the back of something
- back seat — a seat at the back, esp of a vehicle
- backaches — Plural form of backache.
- backbeats — Plural form of backbeat.
- backbends — Plural form of backbend.
- backbites — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite.
- backblast — A dangerous blast of hot air behind a rocket or missile when it is fired.
- backbones — Plural form of backbone.
- backcross — to mate (a hybrid of the first generation) with one of its parents
- backdates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backdate.
- backdowns — Plural form of backdown.
- backdrops — Plural form of backdrop.
- backfiles — Plural form of backfile.
- backfills — Plural form of backfill.
- backfires — Plural form of backfire.
- backfisch — a teenage girl; a girl who has not yet reached maturity
- backflash — a flashback: Backflashes of the heroine's childhood fill in gaps in the novel's narrative.
- backflips — Plural form of backflip.
- backflows — Plural form of backflow.
- backhands — Plural form of backhand.
- backheels — Plural form of backheel.