9-letter words containing n, a, c
- adjacence — the state of being adjacent
- adjacency — the quality or state of being adjacent; nearness
- adjection — Act of adjecting or adding, or the thing added.
- adjunctly — In an adjunct manner.
- adjutancy — the rank or office of a military adjutant
- adminicle — something contributing to prove a point without itself being complete proof
- admirance — an admiration (for)
- adnascent — growing on or to something else
- advancers — Plural form of advancer.
- advanceth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advance.
- advancing — to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
- advection — the transference of heat energy in a horizontal stream of gas, esp of air
- aerogenic — producing gas, as certain bacteria.
- aeromancy — the interpretation of the weather and atmospheric conditions to foretell the future
- aeronomic — of or relating to the study of the upper atmosphere
- aeschines — ?389–?314 bc, Athenian orator; the main political opponent of Demosthenes
- affecting — If you describe something such as a story or a piece of music as affecting, you think it is good because it makes you feel a strong emotion, especially sadness or pity.
- affection — If you regard someone or something with affection, you like them and are fond of them.
- affianced — betrothed; engaged.
- affiances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiance.
- affluence — Affluence is the state of having a lot of money or a high standard of living.
- affluency — affluence (def 2).
- 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
- agnatical — relating to agnates
- agnostics — Plural form of agnostic.
- agonistic — striving for effect; strained
- agreeance — the act or state of agreeing; agreement.
- agronomic — the science of soil management and the production of field crops.
- ailanthic — of or relating to the ailanthus tree
- air-lance — to clean with an air lance.
- aitchbone — the rump bone or floor of the pelvis in cattle
- al capone — Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- alamannic — the high German speech of Switzerland, Alsace, and southwestern Germany. Compare Bavarian (def 3).
- albescent — shading into, growing, or becoming white
- albinotic — of or relating to albinism.
- alcántara — a town in W Spain: a Roman bridge spans the River Tagus. Pop: 1739 (2003 est)
- alcimedon — an Arcadian hero whose daughter, Philao, was seduced by Hercules.
- alcyoneus — a giant who threw a stone at Hercules and was killed when Hercules hit the stone back with his club.
- alectryon — any sapindaceous tree of the genus Alectryon of Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia
- alemannic — the group of High German dialects spoken in Alsace, Switzerland, and SW Germany
- aleuronic — related to the aleurone layer
- allantoic — of or in the allantois
- allianced — Simple past tense and past participle of alliance.
- alliances — Plural form of alliance.
- allicient — That attracts; attracting.
- allogenic — Immunology. allogeneic.
- allowance — An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need.
- ambulance — An ambulance is a vehicle for taking people to and from hospital.
- amenaunce — a person's bearing or demeanour
- americana — Objects that come from or relate to America are referred to as Americana, especially when they are in a collection.