9-letter words containing e, n, t, s
- anapaests — Plural form of anapaest.
- anapestic — a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
- anathemas — Plural form of anathema.
- anatomies — Plural form of anatomy.
- anatomise — to cut apart (an animal or plant) to show or examine the position, structure, and relation of the parts; display the anatomy of; dissect.
- ancestors — Plural form of ancestor.
- 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.
- andesitic — relating to, or containing, andesite
- anecdotes — a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- anelastic — relating to anelasticity
- anestrous — not showing estrus.
- 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
- annotates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annotate.
- annuities — Plural form of annuity.
- anoestrus — a period of sexual inactivity between two periods of oestrus in many mammals
- answer to — a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.: He sent an answer to my letter promptly.
- answereth — Archaic third-person singular form of answer.
- ante-post — In gambling, ante-post bets are placed before the day of a particular race or competition.
- anteaters — Plural form of anteater.
- antecedes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antecede.
- antedates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antedate.
- antefixes — Plural form of antefix.
- antelopes — Plural form of antelope.
- anterooms — Plural form of anteroom.
- antessive — (grammar) Indicating the spatial relation of preceding or being before something.
- anti-site — a website through which people can express their contempt for a particular person, organization, etc
- antiabuse — designed to prevent abuse
- antibuser — someone who opposes busing
- anticaste — Lb sociology Opposing the social system of caste.
- antidotes — Plural form of antidote.
- antimeres — Plural form of antimere.
- antimeson — The antiparticle corresponding to a meson.
- antinodes — Plural form of antinode.
- antinoise — sound generated so that it is out of phase with a noise, such as that made by an engine, in order to reduce the noise level by interference
- antiphase — (physics, mathematics) A difference in phase (of two waves) of 180°.
- antipodes — People sometimes refer to Australia and New Zealand as the Antipodes.
- antipopes — Plural form of antipope.
- antipress — opposed to or acting against the press
- antiquers — a person who takes a special interest in antiques; a collector of antiquities; antiquary.
- antisense — (of a drug) acting in an opposite way to RNA
- antiserum — blood serum containing antibodies against a specific antigen, used to treat or provide immunity to a disease
- antishake — denoting a technology that reduces the blurring caused by movement of the person taking a photograph
- antisleep — acting to prevent sleep
- antismoke — preventing smoke
- antistate — opposed to or acting against state authority
- antistyle — a style that rejects or subverts conventional style
- antitypes — Plural form of antitype.
- antonescu — Ion. 1882–1946, Romanian general and statesman; appointed prime minister (1940) by King Carol II. He was executed for war crimes
- antshrike — any of several antbirds, especially of the genus Thamnophilus, superficially resembling the shrike.
- antsiness — the quality of being antsy