9-letter words containing e, s, r
- astricted — Simple past tense and past participle of astrict.
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- astringer — a styptic or constrictive substance
- 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
- asymmetry — Asymmetry is the appearance that something has when its two sides or halves are different in shape, size, or style.
- asynergia — lack of coordination between muscles or parts, as occurs in cerebellar disease
- at source — at the point of origin
- atheromas — Plural form of atheroma.
- atherosis — (pathology) atheroma.
- atomizers — Plural form of atomizer.
- 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.
- attackers — Plural form of attacker.
- attainers — Plural form of attainer.
- attenders — Plural form of attender.
- attolaser — a high-power laser capable of producing pulses with a duration measured in attoseconds
- attorneys — Plural form of attorney.
- attornies — Plural form of attorny.
- attrahens — (of muscle) drawing or pulling towards
- auditress — a female auditor
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- auslander — (in a German-speaking country) a foreigner
- austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- austerely — severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding: an austere teacher.
- austerity — Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
- autarkies — Plural form of autarky.
- auteurism — a critical film theory according to which the primary creator of a film is the director, all of whose works are said to reflect to a certain degree the characteristics of a personal style
- auteurist — a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.
- authoress — An authoress is a female author. Many female writers object to this word, and prefer to be called authors.
- authorise — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- autospore — a nonmotile algal spore that develops adult characteristics before being released
- auxospore — a diatom cell before its silicaceous cell wall is formed
- averments — Plural form of averment.
- averroism — the teachings of Averroës
- aversions — Plural form of aversion.
- awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
- awestrike — to inspire great awe in
- awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.
- axis deer — an Asian deer, Cervus (Axis) axis, of India and Sri Lanka, having a reddish-brown coat spotted with white.
- axminster — a type of patterned carpet with a cut pile
- aylesbury — a town in SE central England, administrative centre of Buckinghamshire. Pop: 69 021 (2001)
- ayr stone — a fine-grained stone used for polishing marble and as a whetstone.
- azureness — The quality of being azure in colour.
- bachelors — Plural form of bachelor.
- back rest — a support for the back of something
- backfires — Plural form of backfire.
- backrests — Plural form of backrest.