9-letter words containing a, t, r
- aircrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of aircraft.
- airlifted — Simple past tense and past participle of airlift.
- airlifter — a large aircraft specially designed to transport heavy cargo and to land on and take off from a relatively short runway.
- airstream — a wind, esp at a high altitude
- airstrike — a military attack involving aircraft
- airstrips — Plural form of airstrip.
- airworthy — If an aircraft is airworthy, it is safe to fly.
- alabaster — Alabaster is a white stone that is used for making statues, vases, and ornaments.
- alarmists — Plural form of alarmist.
- albatross — An albatross is a very large white seabird.
- albert ii — full name Albert Felix Humbert Theodore Christian Eugene Marie. born 1934, king of Belgium (1993–2013); abdicated in favour of his son Philippe
- albertine — a female given name: derived from Albert.
- albertite — a black solid variety of bitumen that has a conchoidal fracture and occurs in veins in oil-bearing strata
- albertype — collotype.
- albuterol — a bronchodilator used by sufferers of asthma, emphysema, and other lung conditions, to treat symptoms such as wheezing or shortness of breath
- alcántara — a town in W Spain: a Roman bridge spans the River Tagus. Pop: 1739 (2003 est)
- aldershot — a town in S England, in Hampshire: site of a large military camp. Pop: 58 170 (2001)
- aleatoric — designating or of music that involves chance or unpredictability in composition or performance or both
- alectryon — any sapindaceous tree of the genus Alectryon of Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia
- alembroth — a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury, formerly believed to be a universal solvent
- alertness — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- algometer — an instrument for measuring sensitivity to pressure (pressure algometer) or to pain
- algometry — a device for determining sensitiveness to pain caused by pressure.
- algorithm — An algorithm is a series of mathematical steps, especially in a computer program, which will give you the answer to a particular kind of problem or question.
- alienator — A person who alienates.
- aliteracy — the state or quality of being able but disinclined to read
- aliterate — a person who is able to read but disinclined to do so
- all right — If you say that someone or something is all right, you mean that you find them satisfactory or acceptable.
- all sorts — All sorts of things or people means a large number of different things or people.
- all there — having his or her wits about him or her; of normal intelligence
- all-party — composed of or involving members of all of the political parties of a country
- all-right — safe; sound: Are you all right?
- allegator — (obsolete) A person who alleges.
- allergist — An allergist is a doctor who specializes in treating people with allergies.
- allethrin — a clear viscous amber-coloured liquid used as an insecticide and synergist. Formula: C19H26O3; relative density: 1.005
- alligator — An alligator is a large reptile with short legs, a long tail and very powerful jaws.
- allocator — anyone or anything that allocates something
- allograft — a tissue graft from a donor genetically unrelated to the recipient
- allometry — the study of the growth of part of an organism in relation to the growth of the entire organism
- allopatry — the condition of existing in areas that are geographically separated from one another; esp the condition of genetically similar species which cannot interbreed because of this geographical separation
- allostery — the condition of a protein (such as an enzyme) in which the structure and activity of the enzyme are modified by the binding of a metabolic molecule at a site other than the chemically active one
- allotrope — any of two or more physical forms in which an element can exist
- allotropy — the existence of an element in two or more physical forms. The most common elements having this property are carbon, sulphur, and phosphorus
- allottery — an allotment or allocation
- alpargata — a sandal
- alphasort — to arrange in alphabetical order
- alt-right — (in the US) a political movement whose supporters hold extreme right-wing views and reject mainstream politics
- altar boy — In the Roman Catholic church, an altar boy is a boy who helps the priest during Mass.
- altarwise — in the position of an altar
- altdorfer — Albrecht (ˈalbrɛçt). ?1480–?1538, German painter and engraver: one of the earliest landscape painters