9-letter words containing i, t, o
- ado-ekiti — a town in SE Nigeria.
- adoptions — Plural form of adoption.
- adoptious — adopted
- adorating — Present participle of adorate.
- adoration — Adoration is a feeling of great admiration and love for someone or something.
- adulation — Adulation is uncritical admiration and praise of someone or something.
- advection — the transference of heat energy in a horizontal stream of gas, esp of air
- aerobatic — (used with a plural verb) stunts performed in flight by an airplane, glider, or the like.
- aerobiont — an organism that requires oxygen to survive
- aerolites — Plural form of aerolite.
- aerotaxis — the movement of organisms towards or away from oxygen caused by changes in oxygen concentration
- aerotrain — a high-speed train driven by a fan jet engine
- aetiology — the philosophy or study of causation
- affection — If you regard someone or something with affection, you like them and are fond of them.
- afflation — the inspiration or influence of someone or something
- aflatoxin — a toxin produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus growing on peanuts, maize, etc, causing liver disease (esp cancer) in man
- aforetime — formerly
- agincourt — a battle fought in 1415 near the village of Azincourt, N France: a decisive victory for English longbowmen under Henry V over French forces vastly superior in number
- agitation — If someone is in a state of agitation, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
- agitators — a person who stirs up others in order to upset the status quo and further a political, social, or other cause: The boss said he would fire any union agitators.
- agnolotti — a dish of small pasta shaped like half moons and usually filled with tortellini stuffing: boiled and served in broth or with a sauce.
- agnostics — Plural form of agnostic.
- agonistes — a person enduring an inner struggle
- agonistic — striving for effect; strained
- agreation — the procedure followed by a government for determining the acceptability to a foreign government of a proposed envoy.
- agrigento — a town in Italy, in SW Sicily: site of six Greek temples. Pop: 54 619 (2001)
- ahistoric — not related to or concerned with documented history
- air frost — the deposition of ice condensed from water vapour in the atmosphere on the surface when the air temperature is below 0°C
- air hoist — a pneumatic hoist.
- air route — a designated route for aircraft flying between particular ground locations at specified minimum altitudes.
- air scout — a scout belonging to a scout troop that specializes in flying, gliding, etc
- airworthy — If an aircraft is airworthy, it is safe to fly.
- aitchbone — the rump bone or floor of the pelvis in cattle
- aitiology — Alternative form of aetiology.
- albinotic — of or relating to albinism.
- aldington — Richard. 1892–1962, English poet, novelist, and biographer. His novels include Death of a Hero (1929) and The Colonel's Daughter (1931), which reflect postwar disillusion following World War I
- aleatoric — designating or of music that involves chance or unpredictability in composition or performance or both
- alepidote — (of a fish) not having scales.
- algorithm — An algorithm is a series of mathematical steps, especially in a computer program, which will give you the answer to a particular kind of problem or question.
- alienator — A person who alienates.
- aliquoted — Divided into, or distributed in aliquots.
- alkalotic — characterized by alkalosis
- allantoic — of or in the allantois
- allantoid — relating to or resembling the allantois
- allantoin — a substance derived from the secretions of snails and contained in some plants, used in skin care products and valued for its soothing properties
- allantois — a membranous sac growing out of the ventral surface of the hind gut of embryonic reptiles, birds, and mammals. It combines with the chorion to form the mammalian placenta
- alligator — An alligator is a large reptile with short legs, a long tail and very powerful jaws.
- allotting — to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion: to allot the available farmland among the settlers.
- allotypic — relating to an allotype
- altiplano — a plateau of the Andes, covering two thirds of Bolivia and extending into S Peru: contains Lake Titicaca. Height: 3000 m (10 000 ft) to 3900 m (13 000 ft)