9-letter words containing o, r, a, t, e
- appointer — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- approbate — to accept as valid
- aragonite — a generally white or grey mineral, found in sedimentary rocks and as deposits from hot springs. Composition: calcium carbonate. Formula: CaCO3. Crystal structure: orthorhombic
- arboretum — An arboretum is a specially designed garden of different types of trees.
- archstone — a wedge-shaped stone forming the curved part of an arch
- arctogaea — a zoogeographical area comprising the Palaearctic, Nearctic, Oriental, and Ethiopian regions
- arenation — the use of hot sand as a medical poultice
- areolated — marked by areolae
- 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
- argue out — If two or more people argue something out, they discuss it or thoroughly in order to reach a conclusion or decision.
- aristotle — a bottle
- aromatase — an enzyme that converts testosterone into an oestrogen
- aromatise — Alternative spelling of aromatize.
- aromatize — to make aromatic
- arrestors — Plural form of arrestor.
- arrogated — Simple past tense and past participle of arrogate.
- arrogates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arrogate.
- 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.
- artemotil — A fast-acting blood schizonticide specifically indicated for the treatment of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria and cerebral malaria cases.
- artemovsk — a city in E Ukraine.
- arteriola — (anatomy) An arteriole.
- arteriole — any of the small subdivisions of an artery that form thin-walled vessels ending in capillaries
- arternoon — Eye dialect of afternoon.
- arthroses — Plural form of arthrosis.
- artichoke — Artichokes or globe artichokes are round green vegetables that have fleshy leaves arranged like the petals of a flower.
- artmobile — a truck trailer outfitted to transport and exhibit works of art in areas without access to museums.
- arytenoid — denoting either of two small cartilages of the larynx that are attached to the vocal cords
- ascorbate — a salt of ascorbic acid
- ashtoreth — an ancient Semitic fertility goddess, identified with Astarte and Ishtar
- assertion — a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence
- assertory — characterized by or relating to declaration or affirmation
- assortive — to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- asteroids — Plural form of asteroid.
- 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
- at source — at the point of origin
- atemporal — having the quality of being uninfluenced, ungoverned or unchanged by time
- atheromas — Plural form of atheroma.
- atherosis — (pathology) atheroma.
- athrocyte — a cell that is able to receive and store matter
- atmometer — an instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation of water into the atmosphere
- atmometry — the science of measuring the rate at which water evaporates.
- atomizers — Plural form of atomizer.
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- atrophies — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.