9-letter words containing n, a
- actuarian — Insurance. a person who computes premium rates, dividends, risks, etc., according to probabilities based on statistical records.
- 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.
- acuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- acylation — the introduction into a chemical compound of an acyl group
- ad agency — An ad agency is a company whose business is to create advertisements for other companies or organizations.
- ad damnum — a formal and specific claim by a plaintiff for damages.
- adamantly — utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
- adamently — Misspelling of adamantly.
- adaptions — the act of adapting.
- adaptogen — any of various natural substances used in herbal medicine to normalize and regulate the systems of the body
- addendums — a thing to be added; an addition.
- 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.
- addington — Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth. 1757–1844, British statesman; prime minister (1801–04) and Home Secretary (1812–21)
- additions — Plural form of addition.
- addlement — a process or state of confusion
- addleness — The state or quality of being addle.
- adducting — Present participle of adduct.
- adduction — an adducing or citing
- 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
- adenology — the branch of medicine dealing with the development, structure, function, and diseases of glands.
- adenomata — a benign tumor originating in a secretory gland.
- 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
- adenotomy — (anatomy) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
- adenylate — (organic chemistry) The dissociated anion present in adenylic acid;' adenosine monophosphate.
- adeptness — very skilled; proficient; expert: an adept juggler.
- adherence — Adherence is the fact of adhering to a particular rule, agreement, or belief.
- adherents — Plural form of adherent.
- adhesions — Plural form of adhesion.
- adigranth — Granth.
- adipokine — (biochemistry) Any of several cytokines secreted by adipose tissue.
- 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.
- adjoining — being in contact; connected or neighbouring
- adjourned — to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.
- adjudging — Present participle of adjudge.
- adjunctly — In an adjunct manner.
- adjusting — Alter or move (something) slightly in order to achieve the desired fit, appearance, or result.
- adjutancy — the rank or office of a military adjutant
- adjutants — Plural form of adjutant.
- adjuvants — Plural form of adjuvant.
- adlibbing — to improvise all or part of (a speech, a piece of music, etc.): to ad-lib one's lines.
- adminicle — something contributing to prove a point without itself being complete proof
- adminship — The role of an administrator; administratorship.