9-letter words containing e, a, s, t, u
- asbestous — having the look, structure or qualities of asbestos
- aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
- assaulted — a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault on tradition.
- assaulter — a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault on tradition.
- assuetude — the state of being familiar with or used to something
- assurgent — (of leaves, stems, etc) curving or growing upwards; rising
- astounded — If you are astounded by something, you are very shocked or surprised that it could exist or happen.
- at source — at the point of origin
- athenaeus — late 2nd century a.d, Greek philosopher and rhetorician at Naucratis in Egypt.
- attitudes — Plural form of attitude.
- auditress — a female auditor
- 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
- auspicate — to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- austenite — a solid solution of carbon in face-centred-cubic gamma iron, usually existing above 723°C
- austerely — severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding: an austere teacher.
- austerity — Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
- austinite — (rare, mineral) A secondary mineral found in the oxidized zone of some arsenic-rich base-metal deposits.
- autarkies — Plural form of autarky.
- autecious — autoecious
- auteurism — a critical film theory according to which the primary creator of a film is the director, all of whose works are said to reflect to a certain degree the characteristics of a personal style
- auteurist — a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.
- authoress — An authoress is a female author. Many female writers object to this word, and prefer to be called authors.
- authorise — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autolysed — Simple past tense and past participle of autolyse.
- autolyses — the breakdown of plant or animal tissue by the action of enzymes contained in the tissue affected; self-digestion.
- automates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automate.
- autopsied — inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination.
- autopsies — Plural form of autopsy.
- autoscope — An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
- autosomes — Plural form of autosome.
- autospore — a nonmotile algal spore that develops adult characteristics before being released
- awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.
- baguettes — Plural form of baguette.
- balusters — Plural form of baluster.
- 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
- basketful — a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.
- bathhouse — A bathhouse is a public or private building containing baths and often other facilities such as a sauna.
- battlebus — the coach that transports politicians and their advisers round the country during an election campaign
- beauteous — Beauteous means the same as beautiful.
- bhutanese — a native or inhabitant of Bhutan
- bisulcate — marked by two grooves
- bisulfate — an acid sulfate containing the monovalent negative radical HSO4
- boathouse — A boathouse is a building at the edge of a lake, in which boats are kept.
- bosanquet — Bernard, 1848–1923, English philosopher and writer.
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- 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
- busticate — to break