9-letter words containing i, s, n, a
- ascogonia — Plural form of ascogonium.
- ascribing — Present participle of ascribe.
- asemantic — not semantic
- ashkenazi — of or relating to the Jews of Germany and E Europe
- ashlaring — ashlars collectively
- asian flu — a type of influenza recurring in worldwide epidemics, caused by a virus (A2 strain or subsequent antigenic variants), which apparently originated in China in 1957
- asimovian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of Isaac Asimov
- asininely — In an asinine manner; very irrationally.
- asininity — the quality or state of being asinine; stupidity
- aspargine — (amino acid) A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.
- aspersing — Present participle of asperse.
- aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
- aspirants — Plural form of aspirant.
- asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- assailant — Someone's assailant is a person who has physically attacked them.
- assailing — to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- assassins — Plural form of assassin.
- assenting — Present participle of assent.
- assentive — having the tendency to concur or comply
- asserting — Present participle of assert.
- assertion — a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence
- assessing — to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation.
- assignees — Plural form of assignee.
- assigners — Plural form of assigner.
- assigning — Present participle of assign.
- assistant — Assistant is used in front of titles or jobs to indicate a slightly lower rank. For example, an assistant director is one rank lower than a director in an organization.
- assisting — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
- assoiling — Present participle of assoil.
- assorting — Present participle of assort.
- assuaging — to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
- astonying — Present participle of astony.
- astrangia — a genus of corals forming small, encrusting colonies, found in shallow waters off both coasts of the U.S.
- astrantia — a hardy flowering plant from the genus Astrantia and family Apiaceae. It produces tiny flowers in the mid-summer months and dies back after flowering every year
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- astringer — a styptic or constrictive substance
- asynapsis — failure of pairing of chromosomes at meiosis
- asyndesis — (psychiatry) A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas.
- asyndetic — (of a catalogue or index) without cross references
- asynergia — lack of coordination between muscles or parts, as occurs in cerebellar disease
- athanasia — deathlessness; immortality.
- athelings — Plural form of atheling.
- athenians — Plural form of Athenian.
- atonalism — atonality.
- atonalist — a composer who composes without knowingly or being aware of alluding to a particular tone or scale
- attainers — Plural form of attainer.
- attesting — to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing, especially affirm in an official capacity: to attest the truth of a statement.
- attornies — Plural form of attorny.
- audiences — the group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert: The audience was respectful of the speaker's opinion.
- auditions — Plural form of audition.
- aughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.