9-letter words containing e, a, t, u
- aethalium — a large, plump, pillow-shaped fruiting body of certain myxomycetes, formed by the aggregation of plasmodia into a single functional mass.
- affatuate — (obsolete) To infatuate.
- 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.
- air route — a designated route for aircraft flying between particular ground locations at specified minimum altitudes.
- albuterol — a bronchodilator used by sufferers of asthma, emphysema, and other lung conditions, to treat symptoms such as wheezing or shortness of breath
- aliquoted — Divided into, or distributed in aliquots.
- 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.
- 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.
- amaritude — Bitterness.
- amaterasu — the Japanese Shinto goddess personifying the sun.
- ambiguate — To make a situation or something more ambiguous.
- 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.
- ambulette — a motor vehicle designed for transporting disabled people
- amourette — a brief affair or an affair that is insignificant to oneself
- 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.
- anecdotum — (rare, Latinate) alternative spelling of anecdote.
- anestrous — not showing estrus.
- angulated — Simple past tense and past participle of angulate.
- annuities — Plural form of annuity.
- annuitize — If you annuitize a lump sum payment, you convert it into a regular income such as a pension or annuity.
- annulated — Having rings.
- annulment — The annulment of a contract or marriage is an official declaration that it is invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- anoestrus — a period of sexual inactivity between two periods of oestrus in many mammals
- antecourt — a forecourt.
- antelucan — occurring before the arrival of daylight, relating to the hours before dawn
- antennule — one of a pair of small mobile appendages on the heads of crustaceans in front of the antennae, usually having a sensory function
- antiabuse — designed to prevent abuse
- antibuser — someone who opposes busing
- antinuker — a person who is opposed to nuclear weapons or energy
- antiquate — to make obsolete or old-fashioned
- antiquely — in an antique manner
- antiquers — a person who takes a special interest in antiques; a collector of antiquities; antiquary.
- antiserum — blood serum containing antibodies against a specific antigen, used to treat or provide immunity to a disease
- antiulcer — acting against ulcers
- antonescu — Ion. 1882–1946, Romanian general and statesman; appointed prime minister (1940) by King Carol II. He was executed for war crimes
- anucleate — (of a cell) having no nucleus
- apertural — relating to aperture or an aperture
- apertured — having an aperture