9-letter words containing i
- acropolis — the citadel of an ancient Greek city
- acrospire — the first shoot developing from the plumule of a germinating grain seed
- acrostics — Plural form of acrostic.
- acroteria — acroters
- actinides — Plural form of actinide.
- actinopod — any protozoan of the phylum Actinopoda, such as a radiolarian or a heliozoan, having stiff radiating cytoplasmic projections
- actionary — (business, obsolete) A shareholder in a joint-stock company.
- actioners — Plural form of actioner.
- actioning — Present participle of action.
- actionist — a person who is bent on (spoken) action
- activated — to make active; cause to function or act.
- activater — Alternative spelling of activator.
- activates — to make active; cause to function or act.
- activator — a thing or person that activates
- activists — Plural form of activist.
- actualise — to make actual or real; turn into action or fact.
- actualism — the doctrine that all reality is animate or in motion.
- actualist — a person who deals in hard facts; a realist
- actualité — humorous word for truth
- actuality — Actuality is the state of really existing rather than being imagined.
- actualize — to make actual or real
- actuarial — Actuarial means relating to the work of an actuary.
- actuarian — Insurance. a person who computes premium rates, dividends, risks, etc., according to probabilities based on statistical records.
- actuaries — Plural form of actuary.
- actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- actuation — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- acuminate — narrowing to a sharp point, as some types of leaf
- acuminous — keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.
- acupoints — Plural form of acupoint.
- acyclical — (economics) Moving independent of the overall state of an economy.
- acyclovir — an antiviral drug used to treat herpes. Formula: C8H11N5O3
- acylation — the introduction into a chemical compound of an acyl group
- adapazari — city in NW Turkey: pop. 152,000
- adaptions — the act of adapting.
- addicting — a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.
- addiction — Addiction is the condition of taking harmful drugs and being unable to stop taking them.
- addictive — If a drug is addictive, people who take it cannot stop taking it.
- addington — Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth. 1757–1844, British statesman; prime minister (1801–04) and Home Secretary (1812–21)
- additions — Plural form of addition.
- additives — Plural form of additive.
- adducting — Present participle of adduct.
- adduction — an adducing or citing
- adductive — of a nature that leads towards a change
- ademption — the failure of a specific legacy, as by a testator disposing of the subject matter in his lifetime
- adenoidal — having the nasal tones or impaired breathing of one with enlarged adenoids
- adenosine — a nucleoside formed by the condensation of adenine and ribose. It is present in all living cells in a combined form, as in ribonucleic acids. Formula: C10H13N5O4
- adephagia — bulimia (def 1).
- adhesions — Plural form of adhesion.
- adhesives — Plural form of adhesive.
- adiabatic — (of a thermodynamic process) taking place without loss or gain of heat