9-letter words containing a, t, l, n
- allantoin — a substance derived from the secretions of snails and contained in some plants, used in skin care products and valued for its soothing properties
- allantois — a membranous sac growing out of the ventral surface of the hind gut of embryonic reptiles, birds, and mammals. It combines with the chorion to form the mammalian placenta
- allayment — an abatement, moderation or alleviation
- allegiant — a person who displays constancy, duty, and faithfulness, esp to a ruling body
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- allentown — a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Lehigh River. Pop: 105 958 (2003 est)
- allethrin — a clear viscous amber-coloured liquid used as an insecticide and synergist. Formula: C19H26O3; relative density: 1.005
- alleviant — a medical treatment that reduces pain but does not cure the underlying problem
- allicient — That attracts; attracting.
- allineate — To align.
- allotment — In Britain, an allotment is a small area of land in a town which a person rents to grow plants and vegetables on.
- allotting — to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion: to allot the available farmland among the settlers.
- almandite — almandine.
- aloha net — (networking) (From the Hawaiian greeting) One of the first functioning networks in the USA, conceived and implimented at the University of Hawaii campus at Manoa. Its purpose was to link the University mainframe computer to client computers located on outer islands at University campuses. Put in place in the early 1970s, it was dubed the Aloha Net. Key punch cards were fed through a reader, and sent over the commercial phone lines.
- alpinists — Plural form of alpinist.
- alternant — alternating
- alternate — When you alternate two things, you keep using one then the other. When one thing alternates with another, the first regularly occurs after the other.
- altiplano — a plateau of the Andes, covering two thirds of Bolivia and extending into S Peru: contains Lake Titicaca. Height: 3000 m (10 000 ft) to 3900 m (13 000 ft)
- aluminate — a salt of the ortho or meta acid forms of aluminium hydroxide containing the ions AlO2– or AlO33–
- aluminite — a mineral, hydrous aluminum sulfate, Al 2 (SO 4)(OH) 4 ⋅7H 2 O, occurring in white, chalky masses.
- ambiently — In an ambient way.
- ambulante — a portable tea table, used in 18th-century France.
- anabolite — a product of anabolism
- anacletus — flourished 1st century a.d, pope 76–88.
- anaclitic — of or relating to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on others or another
- anaglypta — a type of thick embossed wallpaper
- analeptic — (of a drug, etc) stimulating the central nervous system
- analgetic — a painkilling drug
- analities — Plural form of anality.
- analogist — a person who employs or argues from analogy.
- analytics — the part of logic having to do with analyzing
- anaplasty — Surgery. reconstruction or restoration, especially by plastic surgery, of a lost or injured part.
- anatolian — of or relating to Anatolia or its inhabitants
- ancestral — You use ancestral to refer to a person's family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time.
- anciently — in ancient times
- ancipital — flattened and having two edges
- anecdotal — Anecdotal evidence is based on individual accounts, rather than on reliable research or statistics, and so may not be valid.
- anelastic — relating to anelasticity
- anglesite — a white or grey secondary mineral consisting of lead sulphate in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in lead-ore deposits and is a source of lead. Formula: PbSO4
- anglicist — an expert in or student of English literature or language
- angulated — Simple past tense and past participle of angulate.
- animalist — a person driven by animal appetites; sensualist.
- animality — the animal side of man, as opposed to the intellectual or spiritual
- animately — In an animate way.
- ankylotic — Of or pertaining to ankylosis.
- annalists — Plural form of annalist.
- annulated — Having rings.
- annulment — The annulment of a contract or marriage is an official declaration that it is invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- anorectal — relating to the anus and rectum
- anovulant — any drug preventing ovulation