9-letter words containing a, u, t
- affixture — an affixing or being affixed
- affluents — Plural form of affluent.
- after you — please go, enter, etc, before me
- after-run — the continued running of an internal-combustion engine after the ignition is switched off: Heavy carbon buildup can cause annoying engine after-run.
- agincourt — a battle fought in 1415 near the village of Azincourt, N France: a decisive victory for English longbowmen under Henry V over French forces vastly superior in number
- agnathous — (esp of lampreys and hagfishes) lacking jaws
- agustin i — Itúrbide, Agustín de.
- ailanthus — an E Asian simaroubaceous deciduous tree, Ailanthus altissima, planted in Europe and North America, having pinnate leaves, small greenish flowers, and winged fruits
- air route — a designated route for aircraft flying between particular ground locations at specified minimum altitudes.
- air scout — a scout belonging to a scout troop that specializes in flying, gliding, etc
- airbursts — Plural form of airburst.
- akoluthos — the title of a commander of a regiment in the Byzantine Varangian Guard
- akutagawa — Ryunosuke [ryoo-naw-soo-ke] /ryʊˈnɔ sʊˌkɛ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1927, Japanese short-story writer and essayist.
- al-fustat — a city in N Egypt, near the modern city of Cairo, founded in the 7th century a.d.
- albuterol — a bronchodilator used by sufferers of asthma, emphysema, and other lung conditions, to treat symptoms such as wheezing or shortness of breath
- alcathous — a son of Pelops and Hippodamia who married Euachme and became king of Megara.
- aliquoted — Divided into, or distributed in aliquots.
- allmouths — Plural form of allmouth.
- allthough — Obsolete form of although.
- althusser — Louis. 1918–90, French Marxist philosopher, author of For Marx (1965) and Reading Capital (1965): committed to a mental hospital (1981) after killing his wife
- altitudes — Plural form of altitude.
- altruists — Plural form of altruist.
- 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.
- alumroots — Plural form of alumroot.
- amaritude — Bitterness.
- amaterasu — the Japanese Shinto goddess personifying the sun.
- amaurotic — partial or total loss of sight, especially in the absence of a gross lesion or injury.
- ambiguate — To make a situation or something more ambiguous.
- ambiguity — If you say that there is ambiguity in something, you mean that it is unclear or confusing, or it can be understood in more than one way.
- ambitious — Someone who is ambitious has a strong desire to be successful, rich, or powerful.
- ambulante — a portable tea table, used in 18th-century France.
- ambulated — Simple past tense and past participle of ambulate.
- ambulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulate.
- ambulator — a person who walks
- ambulette — a motor vehicle designed for transporting disabled people
- amianthus — any of the fine silky varieties of asbestos
- amount to — If you say that one thing amounts to something else, you consider the first thing to be the same as the second thing.
- amounting — the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- amourette — a brief affair or an affair that is insignificant to oneself
- amphitruo — a comedy (c200 b.c.) by Plautus.
- amplitude — In physics, the amplitude of a sound wave or electrical signal is its strength.
- ampullate — Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied.
- amputated — Simple past tense and past participle of amputate.
- amputates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amputate.
- amusement — Amusement is the feeling that you have when you think that something is funny or amusing.
- anacletus — flourished 1st century a.d, pope 76–88.
- ananthous — (of higher plants) having no flowers
- anecdotum — (rare, Latinate) alternative spelling of anecdote.
- anestrous — not showing estrus.