9-letter words containing o, e, s
- archstone — a wedge-shaped stone forming the curved part of an arch
- arcsecond — unit used in astronomy
- areopagus — the hill to the northwest of the Acropolis in Athens
- areostyle — (of columned buildings) having a wide intercolumniation equal to four or more diameters of one of the columns
- argentous — of or containing silver in the monovalent state
- aristotle — a bottle
- armorless — any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- armourers — Plural form of armourer.
- armouries — a drill hall used for training and as headquarters by a reserve unit of the armed forces
- aromatase — an enzyme that converts testosterone into an oestrogen
- aromatise — Alternative spelling of aromatize.
- arousable — able to be aroused
- arpeggios — Plural form of arpeggio.
- arrestors — Plural form of arrestor.
- arrogates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arrogate.
- arrowless — having no arrows
- arseholed — very drunk
- arsenious — of or containing arsenic in the trivalent state
- art house — a motion-picture theater specializing in the exhibition of art films.
- art-house — An art-house film is a film that is intended to be a serious artistic work rather than a piece of popular entertainment.
- artemovsk — a city in E Ukraine.
- arthroses — Plural form of arthrosis.
- asbestoid — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- asbestous — having the look, structure or qualities of asbestos
- ascension — In some religions, when someone goes to heaven, you can refer to their ascension to heaven.
- ascorbate — a salt of ascorbic acid
- ascospore — one of the spores (usually eight in number) that are produced in an ascus
- asepalous — (of a plant or flower) having no sepals
- ashtoreth — an ancient Semitic fertility goddess, identified with Astarte and Ishtar
- asmoulder — in a smouldering or slowly burning manner
- aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
- asphodels — Plural form of asphodel.
- assertion — a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence
- assertory — characterized by or relating to declaration or affirmation
- assessors — Plural form of assessor.
- associate — If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
- assonance — the use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse. Examples are time and light or mystery and mastery
- assonated — Simple past tense and past participle of assonate.
- assortive — to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- asteroids — Plural form of asteroid.
- astounded — If you are astounded by something, you are very shocked or surprised that it could exist or happen.
- astrocyte — any of the star-shaped cells in the tissue supporting the brain and spinal cord (neuroglia)
- astrodome — a transparent dome on the top of an aircraft, through which observations can be made, esp of the stars
- astrofell — (in the works of Spenser) an unidentified plant, commonly believed to be akin to an aster
- astrogate — (science fiction, intransitive) To astronavigate; to control and guide a spacecraft.
- astrolabe — an instrument used by early astronomers to measure the altitude of stars and planets and also as a navigational aid. It consists of a graduated circular disc with a movable sighting device
- asymptote — a straight line that is closely approached by a plane curve so that the perpendicular distance between them decreases to zero as the distance from the origin increases to infinity
- asyndeton — the omission of a conjunction between the parts of a sentence
- asystoles — Plural form of asystole.
- at source — at the point of origin