9-letter words containing c, i, a, n
- aminergic — (physiology) Activated by a biochemical amine.
- aminoacid — Alternative spelling of amino acid.
- aminocarb — a crystalline compound, C 11 H 16 N 2 O 2 , used as a nonsystemic insecticide on various food crops and forest growth.
- ammonical — (inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to ammonia.
- ammonitic — Relating to, or containing, ammonites.
- amplicons — Plural form of amplicon.
- amsinckia — a genus of flowering herb found in Europe and the Americas
- anabiotic — a bringing back to consciousness; reanimation after apparent death.
- anacharis — a genus of water plant native to North America and commonly used in aquariums
- anacidity — the abnormal absence of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
- anaclinal — (of valleys and similar formations) progressing in a direction opposite to the dip of the surrounding rock strata
- anaclisis — the choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of a resemblance to early childhood protective and parental figures.
- anaclitic — of or relating to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on others or another
- anacostia — a section of the District of Columbia, in the SE part.
- anacrusis — one or more unstressed syllables at the beginning of a line of verse
- anaerobic — Anaerobic creatures or processes do not need oxygen in order to function or survive.
- analcimic — characterized by the presence of analcite
- analeptic — (of a drug, etc) stimulating the central nervous system
- analgesic — An analgesic drug reduces the effect of pain.
- analgetic — a painkilling drug
- analytics — the part of logic having to do with analyzing
- anapestic — a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
- anaphasic — relating to the third stage in cell division
- anaphoric — of or relating to anaphora
- anaplasic — Of or pertaining to anaplasia.
- anaptotic — (of languages) tending to become uninflected, in accordance with a theory that languages evolve from uninflected to inflected and back.
- anarchial — characterized by anarchy or political confusion
- anarchies — Plural form of anarchy.
- anarchise — make anarchic
- anarchism — Anarchism is the belief that the laws and power of governments should be replaced by people working together freely.
- anarchist — An anarchist is a person who believes in anarchism.
- anarchize — to make anarchic, to destroy the order of things
- anarthric — relating to anarthria
- anchoring — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- anchorite — a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit
- anchovies — Plural form of anchovy.
- anciently — in ancient times
- ancientry — the quality of being ancient, or old-fashioned style
- ancillary — The ancillary workers in an institution are the people such as cleaners and cooks whose work supports the main work of the institution.
- ancipital — flattened and having two edges
- andesitic — relating to, or containing, andesite
- anecdotic — anecdotal
- anecdysis — the period between moults in arthropods
- anelastic — relating to anelasticity
- angelical — of or belonging to angels: the angelic host.
- angelicas — Plural form of angelica.
- angiocarp — a plant bearing an angiocarpous fruit.
- anglicise — (transitive) To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
- anglicism — a word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to the English language, esp as spoken in England
- anglicist — an expert in or student of English literature or language