9-letter words containing a, t, u, e, n
- astounded — If you are astounded by something, you are very shocked or surprised that it could exist or happen.
- athenaeum — an institution for the promotion of learning
- athenaeus — late 2nd century a.d, Greek philosopher and rhetorician at Naucratis in Egypt.
- attenuant — causing dilution or thinness, esp of the blood
- attenuate — To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- augmented — (of an interval) increased or expanded from the state of being perfect or major by the raising of the higher note or the dropping of the lower note by one semitone
- augmenter — a person or thing that augments.
- augmentin — (medicine) The antibiotic amoxicillin.
- augmentor — a person or thing that augments.
- augustine — Saint. 354–430 ad, one of the Fathers of the Christian Church; bishop of Hippo in North Africa (396–430), who profoundly influenced both Catholic and Protestant theology. His most famous works are Confessions, a spiritual autobiography, and De Civitate Dei, a vindication of the Christian Church. Feast day: Aug 28
- auntie-ji — a respectful name and form of address given to a woman from the generation older than oneself
- auraptene — A bioactive monoterpene coumarin ether that helps to prevent degenerative diseases, first isolated from the genus Citrus.
- aureation — (rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
- austenite — a solid solution of carbon in face-centred-cubic gamma iron, usually existing above 723°C
- austinite — (rare, mineral) A secondary mineral found in the oxidized zone of some arsenic-rich base-metal deposits.
- authentic — An authentic person, object, or emotion is genuine.
- 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.
- aventurin — Alternative form of aventurine.
- avirulent — (esp of bacteria) not virulent
- banqueted — Simple past tense and past participle of banquet.
- banqueter — A guest at a banquet.
- banquette — A banquette is a long, low, cushioned seat. Banquettes are usually long enough for more than one person to sit on at a time.
- base unit — any of the fundamental units in a system of measurement. The base SI units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole
- beaten-up — A beaten-up car or other object is old and in bad condition.
- bhutanese — a native or inhabitant of Bhutan
- blunthead — a frequent recreational user of marijuana
- bosanquet — Bernard, 1848–1923, English philosopher and writer.
- bucentaur — the state barge of Venice from which the doge and other officials dropped a ring into the sea on Ascension Day to symbolize the ceremonial marriage of the state with the Adriatic
- bundesrat — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the council of state ministers with certain legislative and administrative powers, representing the state governments at federal level
- bundestag — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the legislative assembly, which is elected by universal adult suffrage and elects the federal chancellor
- burn rate — The burn rate of a startup company is a measure of how fast it uses up its capital before becoming profitable.
- butadiene — a colourless easily liquefiable flammable gas that polymerizes readily and is used mainly in the manufacture of synthetic rubbers. Formula: CH2:CHCH:CH2
- butenandt — Adolf Frederick Johann. 1903–95, German organic chemist. He shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1939) for his pioneering work on sex hormones
- by nature — essentially or innately
- calenture — a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
- candlenut — a euphorbiaceous tree, Aleurites mollucana, of tropical Asia and Polynesia
- canefruit — a fruit, such as the raspberry, which grows on woody-stemmed plants
- cannulate — to insert a cannula into (a person)
- canulated — Simple past tense and past participle of canulate.
- canulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canulate.
- cauterant — caustic; cauterizing
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
- centaurea — any of a genus (Centaurea) of annual and perennial plants of the composite family, having egg-shaped flower heads, including the star thistles and the bachelor's buttons
- centauric — characterized by an integration of mind and body for consciousness above the ego-self