9-letter words containing a, t, l, n
- applicant — An applicant for something such as a job or a place at a college is someone who makes a formal written request to be given it.
- arational — Not based on or governed by reason.
- arlington — a county of N Virginia: site of Arlington National Cemetery
- articling — a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- artisanal — pertaining to or noting a person skilled in an applied art: The men were taught artisanal skills such as bricklaying and carpentry.
- arylation — to introduce one or more aryl groups into (a compound).
- assailant — Someone's assailant is a person who has physically attacked them.
- at length — If someone does something at length, they do it after a long period of time.
- athelings — Plural form of atheling.
- athelstan — ?895–939 ad, king of Wessex and Mercia (924–939 ad), who extended his kingdom to include most of England
- atlantean — of, relating to, or like Atlas; extremely strong
- atonalism — atonality.
- atonalist — a composer who composes without knowingly or being aware of alluding to a particular tone or scale
- atonality — absence of or disregard for an established musical key in a composition
- atoningly — in an expiating manner
- attenable — Alternative form of attainable.
- attollent — (of muscle action) lifting up or raising
- aughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- autolysin — any agent that produces autolysis
- availment — (obsolete) Profit; advantage.
- avalement — a skiing technique that involves keeping the knees flexible so as to absorb bumps and remain in contact with the snow
- aventaile — avantail
- avirulent — (esp of bacteria) not virulent
- avolition — Lack of initiative or goals; one of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. The person may wish to do something, but the desire is without power or energy.
- balanitis — inflammation of the glans penis, usually due to infection
- ballonets — Plural form of ballonet.
- balloting — voting in an election
- ballotini — small glass beads used in reflective paints
- ballpoint — A ballpoint or a ballpoint pen is a pen with a very small metal ball at the end which transfers the ink from the pen onto a surface.
- band list — a list of Canadian Indians formally recognized as belonging to a band
- baritonal — of or relating to a baritone
- basaltine — a black or brown-green mineral (Ca, Mg, Fe)SiO3
- battalion — A battalion is a large group of soldiers that consists of three or more companies.
- batteling — Alternative form of battling.
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- bee plant — any of various plants much visited by bees for nectar and pollen
- 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 line — beta (def 6).
- bilineate — marked with two usually parallel lines.
- bit plane — (graphics) (Or "bitplane") The memory in a graphic display device which holds a complete one-bit-per-pixel image. Several bit planes may be used in conjunction to give more bits per pixel or to overlay several images or mask one with another. "Bit plane" may be used as a synonym for "bitmap", though the latter suggests the data itself rather than the memory and also suggests a graphics file format.
- blacktown — a city in New South Wales, SE Australia, near Sydney.
- blanchett — Cate (keɪt), full name Catherine Elise Blanchett. born 1969, Australian actress; her films include Elizabeth (1998), the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and Blue Jasmine (2013) for which she won an Academy Award
- bland out — to become bland
- blank out — If you blank out a particular feeling or thought, you do not allow yourself to experience that feeling or to have that thought.
- blastment — shrivelling up due to something in the air
- blatantly — Blatantly is used to add emphasis when you are describing states or situations which you think are bad.
- blitz can — Military. jerry can (def 1).
- blitz-can — Also called blitz can. Military. a narrow, flat-sided, 5-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.
- blunthead — a frequent recreational user of marijuana