9-letter words containing e, i, c
- advection — the transference of heat energy in a horizontal stream of gas, esp of air
- advective — relating to advection
- adviceful — thoughtful or attentive
- aerobatic — (used with a plural verb) stunts performed in flight by an airplane, glider, or the like.
- aerogenic — producing gas, as certain bacteria.
- aeronomic — of or relating to the study of the upper atmosphere
- aeschines — ?389–?314 bc, Athenian orator; the main political opponent of Demosthenes
- aesthetic — Aesthetic is used to talk about beauty or art, and people's appreciation of beautiful things.
- affecting — If you describe something such as a story or a piece of music as affecting, you think it is good because it makes you feel a strong emotion, especially sadness or pity.
- affection — If you regard someone or something with affection, you like them and are fond of them.
- affective — relating to affects
- affianced — betrothed; engaged.
- affiances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiance.
- afflicted — to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
- afflicter — a person who causes distress, torment, or affliction
- affricate — a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point, such as the sound written ch, as in chair
- agelastic — never laughing; mirthless
- ahimelech — a priest who was killed by Saul for helping David. I Sam. 21:1–9; 22:9–23.
- air cover — the use of aircraft to provide aerial protection for ground forces against enemy air attack
- air force — An air force is the part of a country's armed forces that is concerned with fighting in the air.
- air space — a space occupied by air.
- air-lance — to clean with an air lance.
- airscrews — Plural form of airscrew.
- aitchbone — the rump bone or floor of the pelvis in cattle
- alchemies — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
- alchemise — to change by or as by alchemy; transmute: to alchemize lead into gold.
- alchemist — An alchemist was a scientist in the Middle Ages who tried to discover how to change ordinary metals into gold.
- alchemize — to alter (an element, metal, etc) by alchemy; transmute
- alcimedes — the mother of Jason.
- alcimedon — an Arcadian hero whose daughter, Philao, was seduced by Hercules.
- aldehydic — any of a class of organic compounds containing the group −CHO, which yields acids when oxidized and alcohols when reduced.
- aleatoric — designating or of music that involves chance or unpredictability in composition or performance or both
- alecithal — (of an ovum) having little or no yolk
- alemannic — the group of High German dialects spoken in Alsace, Switzerland, and SW Germany
- aleuronic — related to the aleurone layer
- algaecide — a chemical substance for killing and preventing the growth of algae
- algebraic — Algebraic equations, expressions, and principles are based on or use algebra.
- algeciras — a port and resort in SW Spain, on the Strait of Gibraltar: scene of a conference of the Great Powers in 1906. Pop: 108 779 (2003 est)
- algicides — Plural form of algicide.
- aliteracy — the state or quality of being able but disinclined to read
- allegoric — consisting of or pertaining to allegory; of the nature of or containing allgegory; figurative: an allegorical poem; an allegorical meaning.
- allianced — Simple past tense and past participle of alliance.
- alliances — Plural form of alliance.
- allicient — That attracts; attracting.
- allogenic — Immunology. allogeneic.
- allspices — Plural form of allspice.
- alopecoid — resembling a fox
- americana — Objects that come from or relate to America are referred to as Americana, especially when they are in a collection.
- americano — a drink consisting of espresso coffee diluted with hot water
- americium — a white metallic transuranic element artificially produced from plutonium. It is used as an alpha-particle source. Symbol: Am; atomic no: 95; half-life of most stable isotope, 243Am: 7.4 × 103 years; valency: 2,3,4,5, or 6; relative density: 13.67; melting pt: 1176°C; boiling pt: 2607°C (est)