9-letter words containing a, t, e
- acre-foot — the volume of water that would cover an area of 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot: equivalent to 43 560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic metres
- acrolects — Plural form of acrolect.
- acropetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the base upwards so that the youngest are at the apex
- acroteria — acroters
- actinides — Plural form of actinide.
- actioners — Plural form of actioner.
- activated — to make active; cause to function or act.
- activater — Alternative spelling of activator.
- activates — to make active; cause to function or act.
- actresses — Plural form of actress.
- actualise — to make actual or real; turn into action or fact.
- actualité — humorous word for truth
- actualize — to make actual or real
- actuaries — Plural form of actuary.
- acuminate — narrowing to a sharp point, as some types of leaf
- acusector — a needle for cutting tissue by means of a high-frequency electric current.
- acuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- ad patres — dead.
- adamently — Misspelling of adamantly.
- adaptable — If you describe a person or animal as adaptable, you mean that they are able to change their ideas or behaviour in order to deal with new situations.
- adaptogen — any of various natural substances used in herbal medicine to normalize and regulate the systems of the body
- adderwort — the bistort, a herbaceous flowering plant, Polygonum bistorta, of the dock family
- addictive — If a drug is addictive, people who take it cannot stop taking it.
- additives — Plural form of additive.
- addlement — a process or state of confusion
- addlepate — Alternative form of addle pate.
- adductive — of a nature that leads towards a change
- ademption — the failure of a specific legacy, as by a testator disposing of the subject matter in his lifetime
- adenomata — a benign tumor originating in a secretory gland.
- adenotomy — (anatomy) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
- adenylate — (organic chemistry) The dissociated anion present in adenylic acid;' adenosine monophosphate.
- adeodatus — Saint, died a.d. 676, pope 672–676.
- adeptness — very skilled; proficient; expert: an adept juggler.
- adequated — Simple past tense and past participle of adequate.
- adherents — Plural form of adherent.
- adipocyte — a fat cell that accumulates and stores fats
- adjection — Act of adjecting or adding, or the thing added.
- adjective — An adjective is a word such as 'big', 'dead', or 'financial' that describes a person or thing, or gives extra information about them. Adjectives usually come before nouns or after link verbs.
- adjusters — Plural form of adjuster.
- adjustive — allowing for adjustment
- admittees — a person who has been or is going to be admitted: Every admittee must present a ticket at the door.
- admixture — Admixture means the same as mixture.
- adnascent — growing on or to something else
- ado-ekiti — a town in SE Nigeria.
- adoptable — able to be adopted
- adorement — (obsolete) The act of adoring; adoration.
- adornment — An adornment is something that is used to make a person or thing more beautiful.
- adsorbate — a substance that has been or is to be adsorbed on a surface
- adsorbent — capable of adsorption
- aduantage — Obsolete spelling of advantage.