9-letter words containing i, n, t, e
- ant tribe — (in China) a generation of young people who have migrated from rural areas to cities in large numbers
- antechoir — the part of a church in front of the choir, usually enclosed by screens, tombs, etc
- antefixes — Plural form of antefix.
- antessive — (grammar) Indicating the spatial relation of preceding or being before something.
- anthelion — a faint halo sometimes seen in polar or high altitude regions around the shadow of an object cast onto a thick cloud bank or fog
- anthemion — a floral design, used esp in ancient Greek and Roman architecture and decoration, usually consisting of honeysuckle, lotus, or palmette leaf motifs
- anti-hero — An anti-hero is the main character in a novel, play, or film who is not morally good and does not behave like a typical hero.
- anti-icer — a device fitted to an aircraft to prevent the formation of ice
- anti-site — a website through which people can express their contempt for a particular person, organization, etc
- antiabuse — designed to prevent abuse
- antialien — relating to the prevention of foreign animal or plant species from becoming established
- antibuser — someone who opposes busing
- anticaste — Lb sociology Opposing the social system of caste.
- anticline — a formation of stratified rock raised up, by folding, into a broad arch so that the strata slope down on both sides from a common crest
- anticrime — preventing or fighting crime
- antideath — Preventing death.
- antidotes — Plural form of antidote.
- antielite — opposed to elitism
- antigenic — Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- antiglare — Acting to reduce or combat glare.
- antihelix — the rounded piece of cartilage inside the outer rim (helix) of the ear; anthelix
- antilifer — a person in favour of abortion
- antimeres — Plural form of antimere.
- antimeson — The antiparticle corresponding to a meson.
- antimeter — (obsolete) A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles.
- antimoney — Opposing the concept of money.
- antinodes — Plural form of antinode.
- antinoise — sound generated so that it is out of phase with a noise, such as that made by an engine, in order to reduce the noise level by interference
- antinovel — a type of prose fiction in which conventional or traditional novelistic elements are rejected
- antinuker — a person who is opposed to nuclear weapons or energy
- antipater — ?398–319 bc, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great: regent of Macedon (334–323)
- antipedal — (in a mollusk) located opposite the foot.
- antiphase — (physics, mathematics) A difference in phase (of two waves) of 180°.
- antiphone — (music) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or singing.
- antiplane — (mechanics) Being or pertaining to a special class of deformation where the displacements in the body are zero in the plane of interest but non-zero in the direction perpendicular to that plane.
- antipodes — People sometimes refer to Australia and New Zealand as the Antipodes.
- antipopes — Plural form of antipope.
- antipress — opposed to or acting against the press
- antiquate — to make obsolete or old-fashioned
- antiquely — in an antique manner
- antiquers — a person who takes a special interest in antiques; a collector of antiquities; antiquary.
- antisense — (of a drug) acting in an opposite way to RNA
- antiserum — blood serum containing antibodies against a specific antigen, used to treat or provide immunity to a disease
- antishake — denoting a technology that reduces the blurring caused by movement of the person taking a photograph
- antisleep — acting to prevent sleep
- antismoke — preventing smoke
- antistate — opposed to or acting against state authority
- antistyle — a style that rejects or subverts conventional style
- antitheft — (of a device, campaign, system, etc) designed to prevent theft
- antitrade — a wind in the upper atmosphere blowing in the opposite direction from and above the trade winds