9-letter words containing i, e, a
- argillite — any argillaceous rock, esp a hardened mudstone
- arid zone — either of the zones of latitude 15–30° N and S characterized by very low rainfall and desert or semidesert terrain
- aridities — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- arillated — (of seeds) having an aril
- arimathea — a town in ancient Palestine: location unknown
- aristaeus — a son of Apollo and Cyrene: protector of herds and fields
- aristides — known as Aristides the Just. ?530–?468 bc, Athenian general and statesman, who played a prominent part in the Greek victories over the Persians at Marathon (490), Salamis (480), and Plataea (479)
- aristotle — a bottle
- armistice — An armistice is an agreement between countries who are at war with one another to stop fighting and to discuss ways of making peace.
- armouries — a drill hall used for training and as headquarters by a reserve unit of the armed forces
- aromatise — Alternative spelling of aromatize.
- aromatize — to make aromatic
- arpeggios — Plural form of arpeggio.
- arpillera — a Peruvian hand-sewn wall-hanging, typically of exquisite detail
- arraigned — to call or bring before a court to answer to an indictment.
- arraigner — Lb legal One who arraigns.
- arresting — attracting attention; striking
- arrestive — tending to arrest
- arrhenius — Svante August (ˈsvantə ˈauɡʊst). 1859–1927, Swedish chemist and physicist, noted for his work on the theory of electrolytic dissociation: Nobel prize for chemistry 1903
- arrivance — the action or state of arriving
- arrive at — to reach by traveling
- arrivisme — unscrupulous ambition
- arriviste — You describe someone as an arriviste when you are criticizing them because they are trying very hard to belong to an influential or important social group which you feel they have no right to belong to.
- arrowlike — resembling an arrow
- arsaces i — founder of the Parthian empire c250 b.c.
- arseniate — (inorganic chemistry) arsenate.
- arsenical — of or containing arsenic
- arsenides — Plural form of arsenide.
- arsenious — of or containing arsenic in the trivalent state
- artemisia — any herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Artemisia, of the N hemisphere, such as mugwort, sagebrush, and wormwood: family Asteraceae (composites)
- artemotil — A fast-acting blood schizonticide specifically indicated for the treatment of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria and cerebral malaria cases.
- arterials — Physiology. pertaining to the blood in the pulmonary vein, in the left side of the heart, and in most arteries, having been oxygenated during its passage through the lungs and being normally bright red.
- arteriola — (anatomy) An arteriole.
- arteriole — any of the small subdivisions of an artery that form thin-walled vessels ending in capillaries
- arteritis — inflammation of an artery
- artichoke — Artichokes or globe artichokes are round green vegetables that have fleshy leaves arranged like the petals of a flower.
- artificer — a skilled craftsman
- artifices — Plural form of artifice.
- artillery — Artillery consists of large, powerful guns which are transported on wheels and used by an army.
- artmobile — a truck trailer outfitted to transport and exhibit works of art in areas without access to museums.
- artsiness — the condition of being artsy or affectedly creative
- arylamine — any of a group of amines in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms of ammonia are replaced by aromatic groups.
- arytenoid — denoting either of two small cartilages of the larynx that are attached to the vocal cords
- asafetida — a bad-smelling gum resin obtained from various Asiatic plants (genus Ferula) of the umbel family: it was formerly used to treat some illnesses or, in folk medicine, to repel disease
- asbestine — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- asbestoid — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- ascarides — any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- ascending — If a group of things is arranged in ascending order, each thing is bigger, greater, or more important than the thing before it.
- ascension — In some religions, when someone goes to heaven, you can refer to their ascension to heaven.
- ascensive — having the propensity to move in an upwards direction