9-letter words containing n, a, b
- abscising — Present participle of abscise.
- absconded — Leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft.
- abscondee — a person who absconds; absconder.
- absconder — to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution: The cashier absconded with the money.
- abseiling — the practice of descending a steep slope by a rope secured from above and coiled around one's body
- absentees — a person who is absent, especially from work or school.
- absenting — not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
- absinthes — Plural form of absinthe.
- absolvent — a person who absolves
- absolving — Present participle of absolve.
- absorbant — Alternative spelling of absorbent.
- absorbent — Absorbent material soaks up liquid easily.
- absorbing — An absorbing task or activity interests you a great deal and takes up all your attention and energy.
- abstained — to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from): to abstain from eating meat.
- abstainer — a person who abstains from something regarded as improper or unhealthy, especially the drinking of alcoholic beverages.
- abstinent — forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages: total abstinence.
- abuilding — in the process of being built or building
- abundance — An abundance of something is a large quantity of it.
- abundancy — A state of plentifulness. (First attested in the mid 16th century.).
- abundaunt — Obsolete form of abundant.
- abusement — Abuse; one or many acts of abuse.
- abutments — Plural form of abutment.
- abyssinia — Ethiopia
- accumbent — (of plant parts and plants) lying against some other part or thing
- adlibbing — to improvise all or part of (a speech, a piece of music, etc.): to ad-lib one's lines.
- adsorbant — Adsorbent.
- adsorbent — capable of adsorption
- adsorbing — Present participle of adsorb.
- adumbrant — Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
- aerobiont — an organism that requires oxygen to survive
- air-bound — stopped up by air.
- aitchbone — the rump bone or floor of the pelvis in cattle
- alabamian — of or relating to Alabama or its inhabitants
- alabamine — (formerly) astatine. Symbol: Ab.
- alan bean — Alan L(aVern) born 1932, U.S. astronaut.
- albertine — a female given name: derived from Albert.
- albescent — shading into, growing, or becoming white
- albinoism — Congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino.
- albinotic — of or relating to albinism.
- albondiga — A Spanish or Latin American variety of meatball.
- albuginea — (anatomy) A layer of white, fibrous tissue.
- alburnous — relating to alburnum
- aldebaran — a binary star, one component of which is a red giant, the brightest star in the constellation Taurus. It appears in the sky close to the star cluster Hyades. Visual magnitude: 0.85; spectral type: K5III; distance: 65 light years
- alienable — (of property) transferable to another owner
- ambiently — In an ambient way.
- ambitions — an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment: Too much ambition caused him to be disliked by his colleagues.
- ambrosian — exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant.
- ambulance — An ambulance is a vehicle for taking people to and from hospital.
- ambulante — a portable tea table, used in 18th-century France.
- ambushing — an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road.