9-letter words containing e, o, a
- assertion — a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence
- assertory — characterized by or relating to declaration or affirmation
- assessors — Plural form of assessor.
- associate — If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
- assonance — the use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse. Examples are time and light or mystery and mastery
- assonated — Simple past tense and past participle of assonate.
- assortive — to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- asteroids — Plural form of asteroid.
- astounded — If you are astounded by something, you are very shocked or surprised that it could exist or happen.
- astrocyte — any of the star-shaped cells in the tissue supporting the brain and spinal cord (neuroglia)
- astrodome — a transparent dome on the top of an aircraft, through which observations can be made, esp of the stars
- astrofell — (in the works of Spenser) an unidentified plant, commonly believed to be akin to an aster
- astrogate — (science fiction, intransitive) To astronavigate; to control and guide a spacecraft.
- astrolabe — an instrument used by early astronomers to measure the altitude of stars and planets and also as a navigational aid. It consists of a graduated circular disc with a movable sighting device
- asymptote — a straight line that is closely approached by a plane curve so that the perpendicular distance between them decreases to zero as the distance from the origin increases to infinity
- asyndeton — the omission of a conjunction between the parts of a sentence
- asystoles — Plural form of asystole.
- at source — at the point of origin
- ateliosis — a form of infantilism caused by pituitary malfunction, characterized by a childish face and voice and associated physical underdevelopment, but not affecting intelligence.
- atemporal — having the quality of being uninfluenced, ungoverned or unchanged by time
- atheology — a resistance or aversion to theology
- atheromas — Plural form of atheroma.
- atherosis — (pathology) atheroma.
- athetosic — relating to or characterized by athetosis
- athetosis — a condition characterized by uncontrolled rhythmic writhing movement, esp of fingers, hands, head, and tongue, caused by cerebral lesion
- athrocyte — a cell that is able to receive and store matter
- atmometer — an instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation of water into the atmosphere
- atmometry — the science of measuring the rate at which water evaporates.
- atmophile — (of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for the atmosphere, as neon or helium.
- atomizers — Plural form of atomizer.
- atonement — If you do something as an atonement for doing something wrong, you do it to show that you are sorry.
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- atrophies — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attention — If you give someone or something your attention, you look at it, listen to it, or think about it carefully.
- attleboro — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- attolaser — a high-power laser capable of producing pulses with a duration measured in attoseconds
- attollent — (of muscle action) lifting up or raising
- attorneys — Plural form of attorney.
- attornies — Plural form of attorny.
- attotesla — one-quintillionth (10 -18) of a tesla. Abbreviation: aT.
- au poivre — coated with crushed black peppercorns, sautéed, and usually flamed with brandy and served with a sauce
- au revoir — goodbye
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- audiotape — Audiotape is magnetic tape which is used to record sound.
- audiphone — a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear
- augmentor — a person or thing that augments.
- aulophyte — a free-living plant growing on or in another plant.
- aureation — (rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- autecious — autoecious