9-letter words containing e, n, l, a
- amendable — to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
- aminediyl — (organic chemistry) A nitrene.
- aminylene — (organic chemistry) A nitrene.
- ampleness — fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough: an ample supply of water; ample time to finish.
- amplidyne — an electrodynamic amplifier which uses a small electrical signal to control the position of a large motor
- anabolite — a product of anabolism
- anacletus — flourished 1st century a.d, pope 76–88.
- anal vein — one of several veins in the rear portion of the wing of an insect.
- analemmas — Plural form of analemma.
- analepsis — A form of flashback in which earlier parts of a narrative are related to others that have already been narrated.
- analeptic — (of a drug, etc) stimulating the central nervous system
- analgesia — inability to feel pain
- analgesic — An analgesic drug reduces the effect of pain.
- analgetic — a painkilling drug
- analities — Plural form of anality.
- analogies — A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
- analogise — to make use of analogy in reasoning, argument, etc.
- analogize — to make use of analogy, as in argument; draw comparisons
- analogues — Plural form of analogue.
- analyzers — Plural form of analyzer.
- ancestral — You use ancestral to refer to a person's family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time.
- anchylose — ankylose
- anciently — in ancient times
- andouille — a spicy smoked pork sausage with a blackish skin
- androcles — (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn
- anecdotal — Anecdotal evidence is based on individual accounts, rather than on reliable research or statistics, and so may not be valid.
- anelastic — relating to anelasticity
- anemology — the study of winds
- aneuploid — (of polyploid cells or organisms) having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number, caused by one chromosome set being incomplete
- angel bed — French Furniture. a bed having a suspended or bracketed canopy of less than full length. Compare duchesse bed.
- angelfish — any of various small tropical marine percoid fishes of the genus Pomacanthus and related genera, which have a deep flattened brightly coloured body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
- angelhood — the state of being an angel
- angelical — of or belonging to angels: the angelic host.
- angelicas — Plural form of angelica.
- angelique — a female given name.
- angelwing — A kind of mollusk; a piddock.
- angerless — showing no sign of anger
- angle bar — an iron or a steel structural bar that has an L-shaped cross section
- angle-bar — an iron or steel bar, brace, or cleat in the form of an angle.
- angle-off — the angle formed by the line of flight of an aerial target and the line of sight on a gun of an attacking aircraft.
- anglesite — a white or grey secondary mineral consisting of lead sulphate in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in lead-ore deposits and is a source of lead. Formula: PbSO4
- anglewing — any of several nymphalid butterflies, especially of the genus Polygonia, having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings.
- anglewise — at an angle, in an angular manner
- angleworm — an earthworm used as bait by anglers
- anglicise — (transitive) To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
- anglicize — If you anglicize something, you change it so that it resembles or becomes part of the English language or English culture.
- anglified — (sometimes lowercase) to Anglicize.
- angouleme — city in SW France: pop. 46,000
- angulated — Simple past tense and past participle of angulate.
- animalier — a painter or sculptor of animal subjects, esp a member of a group of early 19th-century French sculptors who specialized in realistic figures of animals, usually in bronze