9-letter words containing e, t, c
- acetylene — Acetylene is a colourless gas which burns with a very hot bright flame. It is often used in lamps and for cutting and welding metal.
- acetylide — any of a class of carbides in which the carbon is present as a diatomic divalent ion (C22–). They are formally derivatives of acetylene
- acetyloxy — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The radical CH3COO-, common to acetate esters, when used as a substituent.
- achromate — a person unable to perceive color.
- aciculate — having aciculae
- acid test — The acid test of something is an important aspect or result that it might have, which allows you to decide whether it is true or successful.
- acidities — Plural form of acidity.
- acidulate — to make slightly acid or sour
- acidulent — an acidulating substance.
- aconitine — a poison extracted from aconite
- acquireth — Archaic third-person singular form of acquire.
- acquisite — (obsolete) acquired.
- acquitted — to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty: They acquitted him of the crime. The jury acquitted her, but I still think she's guilty.
- acquitter — Agent noun of acquit; one who acquits or releases.
- acre-foot — the volume of water that would cover an area of 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot: equivalent to 43 560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic metres
- acrolects — Plural form of acrolect.
- acropetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the base upwards so that the youngest are at the apex
- acroteria — acroters
- actinides — Plural form of actinide.
- actioners — Plural form of actioner.
- activated — to make active; cause to function or act.
- activater — Alternative spelling of activator.
- activates — to make active; cause to function or act.
- actresses — Plural form of actress.
- actualise — to make actual or real; turn into action or fact.
- actualité — humorous word for truth
- actualize — to make actual or real
- actuaries — Plural form of actuary.
- acuminate — narrowing to a sharp point, as some types of leaf
- acusector — a needle for cutting tissue by means of a high-frequency electric current.
- acuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- addictive — If a drug is addictive, people who take it cannot stop taking it.
- adductive — of a nature that leads towards a change
- adipocyte — a fat cell that accumulates and stores fats
- adjection — Act of adjecting or adding, or the thing added.
- adjective — An adjective is a word such as 'big', 'dead', or 'financial' that describes a person or thing, or gives extra information about them. Adjectives usually come before nouns or after link verbs.
- adnascent — growing on or to something else
- advanceth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advance.
- advection — the transference of heat energy in a horizontal stream of gas, esp of air
- advective — relating to advection
- advocated — to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers.
- advocater — Alternative form of advocator.
- advocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advocate.
- aerobatic — (used with a plural verb) stunts performed in flight by an airplane, glider, or the like.
- aesthetic — Aesthetic is used to talk about beauty or art, and people's appreciation of beautiful things.
- affecters — to give the appearance of; pretend or feign: to affect knowledge of the situation.
- affecting — If you describe something such as a story or a piece of music as affecting, you think it is good because it makes you feel a strong emotion, especially sadness or pity.
- affection — If you regard someone or something with affection, you like them and are fond of them.
- affective — relating to affects
- afflicted — to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.