9-letter words containing e, a
- accounter — A person providing an account of events.
- accourage — to give encouragement to
- accoutred — equipped or dressed in a particular way
- accoutres — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accoutre.
- accredits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accredit.
- accresced — Simple past tense and past participle of accresce.
- accreting — Present participle of accrete.
- accretion — An accretion is an addition to something, usually one that has been added over a period of time.
- accretive — an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
- accroides — an alcohol-soluble resin, obtained from Australian trees, used in paper manufacturing and as a component of varnishes
- accruable — having the ability to be accrued
- accrument — Alternative form of accruement.
- acculture — To familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant.
- accumbent — (of plant parts and plants) lying against some other part or thing
- accurized — to improve the accuracy of (a firearm).
- accusable — having liability to be blamed or accused
- ace point — the first point in backgammon.
- acellular — not made up of or containing cells
- acephalic — having no head or one that is reduced and indistinct
- acerbated — Simple past tense and past participle of acerbate.
- acerbates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acerbate.
- acervulus — a small, asexual spore-producing structure produced by certain parasitic fungi on a host plant
- acescence — The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.
- acesodyne — mitigating pain; anodyne.
- acetaldol — aldol (def 1).
- acetamide — a white or colourless soluble deliquescent crystalline compound, used in the manufacture of organic chemicals. Formula: CH3CONH2
- acetified — Simple past tense and past participle of acetify.
- acetifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acetify.
- acetylate — to introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound)
- acetylene — Acetylene is a colourless gas which burns with a very hot bright flame. It is often used in lamps and for cutting and welding metal.
- acetylide — any of a class of carbides in which the carbon is present as a diatomic divalent ion (C22–). They are formally derivatives of acetylene
- acetyloxy — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The radical CH3COO-, common to acetate esters, when used as a substituent.
- acheilary — having no labellum or lip, or one that is undeveloped, as in the flower of certain orchids.
- acheulean — designating or of a Lower Paleolithic culture characterized by skillfully made bifacial flint hand axes
- acheulian — (in Europe) the period in the Lower Palaeolithic following the Abbevillian, represented by the use of soft hammerstones in hand axe production made of chipped stone, bone, antler, or wood. The Acheulian dates from the Riss glaciation
- achievers — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- achieving — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- achillean — the greatest Greek warrior in the Trojan War and hero of Homer's Iliad. He killed Hector and was killed when Paris wounded him in the heel, his one vulnerable spot, with an arrow.
- achimenes — any plant of the tropical S American tuberous-rooted perennial genus Achimenes, with showy red, blue, or white tubular flowers, some of which are grown as greenhouse plants: family Gesneriaceae
- achromate — a person unable to perceive color.
- aciculate — having aciculae
- acid cell — Electricity. a cell using an acid electrolyte.
- acid test — The acid test of something is an important aspect or result that it might have, which allows you to decide whether it is true or successful.
- acid-head — a person who habitually takes the drug LSD.
- acidaemia — (medicine) a medical condition marked by an abnormally high concentration of hydrogen ions in a person's blood.
- acidaemic — Pertaining to, or afflicted with, acidaemia.
- acidified — Simple past tense and past participle of acidify.
- acidifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidify.
- acidities — Plural form of acidity.
- acidulate — to make slightly acid or sour