9-letter words containing e, n, o
- aeromancy — the interpretation of the weather and atmospheric conditions to foretell the future
- aeronauts — A traveler in a hot-air balloon, airship, or other flying craft.
- aeronomer — a scientist who studies the upper atmosphere of planets
- aeronomic — of or relating to the study of the upper atmosphere
- aerophone — any musical instrument in which sound is produced by air vibrations
- aeroplane — An aeroplane is a vehicle with wings and one or more engines that enable it to fly through the air.
- aerotrain — a high-speed train driven by a fan jet engine
- affection — If you regard someone or something with affection, you like them and are fond of them.
- affronted — experiencing an insult
- affrontee — having faces or fronts towards each other
- affronter — Someone who affronts.
- aforehand — beforehand; in advance
- afternoon — The afternoon is the part of each day which begins at lunchtime and ends at about six o'clock.
- agamemnon — a king of Mycenae who led the Greeks at the siege of Troy. On his return home he was murdered by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus
- agonistes — a person enduring an inner struggle
- agreation — the procedure followed by a government for determining the acceptability to a foreign government of a proposed envoy.
- agrigento — a town in Italy, in SW Sicily: site of six Greek temples. Pop: 54 619 (2001)
- aitchbone — the rump bone or floor of the pelvis in cattle
- akhetaton — the capital of ancient Egypt under the reign of Amenhotep IV: its excavated site is at the modern village of Tell el Amarna.
- al capone — Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- alcimedon — an Arcadian hero whose daughter, Philao, was seduced by Hercules.
- alcyoneus — a giant who threw a stone at Hercules and was killed when Hercules hit the stone back with his club.
- alectryon — any sapindaceous tree of the genus Alectryon of Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia
- aleuronic — related to the aleurone layer
- alienator — A person who alienates.
- alimonied — provided or supplied with alimony
- allentown — a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Lehigh River. Pop: 105 958 (2003 est)
- allogenic — Immunology. allogeneic.
- allophane — a variously coloured amorphous mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium silicate and occurring in cracks in some sedimentary rocks
- allophone — any of several speech sounds that are regarded as contextual or environmental variants of the same phoneme. In English the aspirated initial (p) in pot and the unaspirated (p) in spot are allophones of the phoneme /p/
- allotment — In Britain, an allotment is a small area of land in a town which a person rents to grow plants and vegetables on.
- allowance — An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need.
- aloha net — (networking) (From the Hawaiian greeting) One of the first functioning networks in the USA, conceived and implimented at the University of Hawaii campus at Manoa. Its purpose was to link the University mainframe computer to client computers located on outer islands at University campuses. Put in place in the early 1970s, it was dubed the Aloha Net. Key punch cards were fed through a reader, and sent over the commercial phone lines.
- aloneness — the state of being alone
- alongside — If one thing is alongside another thing, the first thing is next to the second.
- aloofness — the quality or state of being aloof, distant, or reserved; indifference: His girlfriend's recent aloofness may be a sign that the relationship is over.
- alpenglow — a reddish light on the summits of snow-covered mountain peaks at sunset or sunrise
- alpenhorn — a long, powerful horn of wood or bark, with a cupped mouthpiece and a curved bell at opposite ends, used by Swiss herders and mountaineers.
- amazonite — a green variety of microcline used as a gemstone. Formula: KAlSi3O8
- amenhotep — name of four kings of Egypt who ruled during the 16th, 15th, & 14th cent. b.c.
- americano — a drink consisting of espresso coffee diluted with hot water
- ammoniate — to unite or treat with ammonia
- ammonites — a nomadic tribe living east of the Jordan: a persistent enemy of the Israelites
- amoebaean — of or relating to lines of verse dialogue that answer each other alternately
- amphinome — a maiden who, along with her sister Evadne, was deceived by Medea into murdering their father, Pelias.
- anabolite — a product of anabolism
- anaerobes — Plural form of anaerobe.
- anaerobic — Anaerobic creatures or processes do not need oxygen in order to function or survive.
- 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.