9-letter words containing a, t, e, n, o
- arytenoid — denoting either of two small cartilages of the larynx that are attached to the vocal cords
- assertion — a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence
- assonated — Simple past tense and past participle of assonate.
- astounded — If you are astounded by something, you are very shocked or surprised that it could exist or happen.
- asyndeton — the omission of a conjunction between the parts of a sentence
- atonement — If you do something as an atonement for doing something wrong, you do it to show that you are sorry.
- attention — If you give someone or something your attention, you look at it, listen to it, or think about it carefully.
- attollent — (of muscle action) lifting up or raising
- attorneys — Plural form of attorney.
- attornies — Plural form of attorny.
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- augmentor — a person or thing that augments.
- aureation — (rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
- auto-tune — (sometimes lowercase) to alter (recorded audio) to correct pitch and timing or create a melody.
- autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
- autogenic — Self-produced.
- autophone — (archaic) idiophone.
- ayr stone — a fine-grained stone used for polishing marble and as a whetstone.
- aztreonam — A synthetic monobactam originally isolated from Chromobacterium violaceum, similar in action to penicillin.
- bakestone — a flat stone placed in or near an oven or fire, for baking cakes on
- ballonets — Plural form of ballonet.
- bank note — a promissory note issued by a bank, payable on demand: it is a form of paper money
- banknotes — Plural form of banknote.
- barberton — a city in NE Ohio.
- barbitone — a long-acting barbiturate used medicinally, usually in the form of the sodium salt, as a sedative or hypnotic
- barbotine — a type of clay paste used in making decorated pottery
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
- batswomen — Plural form of batswoman.
- batten on — If you say that someone battens on a particular person or thing, you disapprove of the fact that they become successful by forming a close connection with that person or thing.
- bayoneted — a daggerlike steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.
- bean shot — refined copper having a shotlike form from being thrown into water in a molten state.
- bean town — Boston, Mass. (used as a nickname).
- beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- beat-down — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beaverton — a town in NW Oregon.
- bel canto — a style of singing characterized by beauty of tone rather than dramatic power
- belafonte — Harry, born 1922, U.S. singer and actor.
- beta iron — a nonmagnetic allotrope of pure iron stable between 770°C and 910°C
- bioparent — a biological parent
- boat neck — a high slitlike neckline of a garment that extends onto the shoulders
- bombinate — to make a buzzing noise
- bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
- bosanquet — Bernard, 1848–1923, English philosopher and writer.
- botanizer — a person who botanizes
- bradenton — a city in W Florida.
- brazelton — Brazelton behavioral scale: a test widely used to evaluate infants' responses to environmental stimuli.
- brominate — to treat or react with bromine
- canaletto — original name Giovanni Antonio Canale. 1697–1768, Italian painter and etcher, noted particularly for his highly detailed paintings of cities, esp Venice, which are marked by strong contrasts of light and shade