9-letter words containing i, l, t
- autolysin — any agent that produces autolysis
- autolysis — the destruction of cells and tissues of an organism by enzymes produced by the cells themselves
- autolytic — the breakdown of plant or animal tissue by the action of enzymes contained in the tissue affected; self-digestion.
- autopilot — automatic pilot
- autotelic — having a purpose in and justifying itself
- auxilytic — promoting lysis or increasing lytic action.
- availment — (obsolete) Profit; advantage.
- aventaile — avantail
- avertible — Capable of being averted; preventable.
- avirulent — (esp of bacteria) not virulent
- avolition — Lack of initiative or goals; one of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. The person may wish to do something, but the desire is without power or energy.
- azimuthal — Astronomy, Navigation. the arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point, in astronomy, or from the north point, in navigation, to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon.
- b-toolkit — (tool, programming, product) A set of software tools designed to support a rigorous or formal development of software systems using the B-Method. The Toolkit also provides a development environment automating the management of all associated files, ensuring that the entire development, including code and documentation, is always in a consistent state. The Toolkit includes: a specification, design and code configuration management system, including integrity and dependency management and source file editing facilities; a set of software specification and design analysis tools, which includes syntax checkers, type checkers and a specification animator; a set of verification tools, which includes a proof-obligation generator and automatic and interactive provers; a set of coding tools, which includes a translator, linker, rapid prototyping facilities and a reusable specification/code module library; a documentation tool for automatically producing fully cross-referenced and indexed type-set documents from source files; a re-making tool for automatically re-checking and re-generating specifications, designs, code and documentation after modifications to source files. A normal licence costs 25,000 pounds, academic 6,250 pounds.
- backlifts — Plural form of backlift.
- backlight — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- backlists — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlist.
- bacterial — Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.
- balanitis — inflammation of the glans penis, usually due to infection
- balladist — someone who composes or performs ballads
- ballastic — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballistae — an ancient military engine for throwing stones or other missiles.
- ballister — (obsolete) A crossbow.
- ballistic — Ballistic means relating to ballistics.
- balloting — voting in an election
- ballotini — small glass beads used in reflective paints
- ballpoint — A ballpoint or a ballpoint pen is a pen with a very small metal ball at the end which transfers the ink from the pen onto a surface.
- ballsiest — Superlative form of ballsy.
- baltimore — a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)
- band list — a list of Canadian Indians formally recognized as belonging to a band
- baptismal — Baptismal means relating to or connected with baptism.
- baritonal — of or relating to a baritone
- bartholdi — Frédéric August. 1834–1904, French sculptor and architect, who designed (1884) the Statue of Liberty
- basaltine — a black or brown-green mineral (Ca, Mg, Fe)SiO3
- basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
- bastilles — Plural form of bastille.
- batholite — (obsolete) alternative name of batholith.
- batholith — a very large irregular-shaped mass of igneous rock, esp granite, formed from an intrusion of magma at great depth, esp one exposed after erosion of less resistant overlying rocks
- batmobile — (slang) To proceed in a fast, urgent, or reckless way, especially in a vehicle.
- battalion — A battalion is a large group of soldiers that consists of three or more companies.
- batteling — Alternative form of battling.
- be-little — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- beastlier — Comparative form of beastly.
- beastlike — resembling a beast
- beautiful — A beautiful person is very attractive to look at.
- bedlamite — a lunatic; insane person
- belection — bolection.
- belemnite — any extinct marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Belemnoidea, related to the cuttlefish
- belitoeng — an island in Indonesia, between Borneo and Sumatra. 1866 sq. mi. (4833 sq. km).
- bellatrix — the third brightest star in the constellation Orion
- belt line — a transportation system partially or wholly surrounding a city, terminal, district, or port.