9-letter words containing e, t, c
- afflicter — a person who causes distress, torment, or affliction
- affricate — a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point, such as the sound written ch, as in chair
- aftercare — Aftercare is the nursing and care of people who have been treated in hospital, and who are now recovering.
- aftercast — a casting made from a mold that was itself made from an original casting.
- afterclap — an unexpected, usually unwanted, repercussion of or sequel to an affair which had been thought to be closed
- afterdeck — the unprotected deck behind the bridge of a ship
- agelastic — never laughing; mirthless
- aitchbone — the rump bone or floor of the pelvis in cattle
- albescent — shading into, growing, or becoming white
- alchemist — An alchemist was a scientist in the Middle Ages who tried to discover how to change ordinary metals into gold.
- aleatoric — designating or of music that involves chance or unpredictability in composition or performance or both
- alecithal — (of an ovum) having little or no yolk
- alectryon — any sapindaceous tree of the genus Alectryon of Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia
- aliteracy — the state or quality of being able but disinclined to read
- alley cat — An alley cat is a cat that lives in the streets of a town, is rather fierce, and is usually not owned by anyone.
- allicient — That attracts; attracting.
- allocated — to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
- allocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allocate.
- altercate — to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
- alto clef — the clef that establishes middle C as being on the third line of the staff
- amebocyte — any cell capable of moving like an amoeba, esp. one that floats freely in the blood or other body fluids, such as a white blood corpuscle
- ameristic — not divided into parts; having no meristem.
- ametropic — relating to ametropia
- ammocoete — the larva of primitive jawless vertebrates, such as the lamprey, that lives buried in mud and feeds on microorganisms
- anacletus — flourished 1st century a.d, pope 76–88.
- analeptic — (of a drug, etc) stimulating the central nervous system
- analgetic — a painkilling drug
- 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.
- 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.
- anchorite — a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit
- anchoveta — a small anchovy, Cetengraulis mysticetus, of the American Pacific, used as bait by tuna fishermen
- anciently — in ancient times
- ancientry — the quality of being ancient, or old-fashioned style
- andesitic — relating to, or containing, andesite
- anecdotal — Anecdotal evidence is based on individual accounts, rather than on reliable research or statistics, and so may not be valid.
- anecdotes — a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- anecdotic — anecdotal
- anecdoton — (Grecian) alternative spelling of anecdote.
- anecdotum — (rare, Latinate) alternative spelling of anecdote.
- anelastic — relating to anelasticity
- annectent — linking or connecting
- anorectal — relating to the anus and rectum
- anorectic — Also, anorectous. having no appetite.
- anteceded — Simple past tense and past participle of antecede.
- antecedes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antecede.
- antechoir — the part of a church in front of the choir, usually enclosed by screens, tombs, etc
- antecourt — a forecourt.
- antelucan — occurring before the arrival of daylight, relating to the hours before dawn
- anteporch — an outer porch.