9-letter words containing o, r, a
- accourage — to give encouragement to
- accoutred — equipped or dressed in a particular way
- accoutres — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accoutre.
- accretion — An accretion is an addition to something, usually one that has been added over a period of time.
- accroides — an alcohol-soluble resin, obtained from Australian trees, used in paper manufacturing and as a component of varnishes
- acholuria — the absence of bile pigments in the urine.
- achromate — a person unable to perceive color.
- achromats — Plural form of achromat.
- achromous — Colorless; achromatic.
- acid drop — a boiled sweet with a sharp taste
- acid rock — a type of rock music characterized by electronically amplified bizarre instrumental effects
- aciniform — shaped like a bunch of grapes
- acorn cup — the woody cuplike base that holds the nut from an oak tree
- acre-foot — the volume of water that would cover an area of 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot: equivalent to 43 560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic metres
- acrobatic — An acrobatic movement or display involves difficult physical acts such as jumping and balancing, especially in a circus.
- acrodonts — Plural form of acrodont.
- acrodrome — (of the veins of a leaf) running parallel to the edges of the leaf and fusing at the tip
- acrodynia — (pathology) An epidemic disease of the skin characterized by increased sensibility of the soles and palms, with pricking sensations in them and rheumatoid pains in the hands and feet.
- acrolects — Plural form of acrolect.
- acroliths — Plural form of acrolith.
- acrologic — Of or pertaining to the naming of hieroglyphic symbols by the first phonetic sound of the picture they represent.
- acronical — happening at sunset, as the rising of a star
- acronymed — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- acronymic — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- acropathy — any disease of the extremities.
- acropetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the base upwards so that the youngest are at the apex
- acrophobe — a person who is abnormally afraid of heights
- acrophony — the use of symbols to represent sounds
- acropolis — the citadel of an ancient Greek city
- acrosomal — relating to the acrosome
- acrosomes — Plural form of acrosome.
- acrospire — the first shoot developing from the plumule of a germinating grain seed
- acrospore — a spore borne at the tip of a sporophore, as a basidiospore.
- acrostics — Plural form of acrostic.
- acroteria — acroters
- actionary — (business, obsolete) A shareholder in a joint-stock company.
- actioners — Plural form of actioner.
- activator — a thing or person that activates
- actuators — Plural form of actuator.
- acusector — a needle for cutting tissue by means of a high-frequency electric current.
- acyclovir — an antiviral drug used to treat herpes. Formula: C8H11N5O3
- adderwort — the bistort, a herbaceous flowering plant, Polygonum bistorta, of the dock family
- addressor — a speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons: the president's address on the state of the economy.
- adductors — Plural form of adductor.
- adhocracy — management that responds to urgent problems rather than planning to avoid them
- adiaphora — matters of indifference
- adipocere — a waxlike fatty substance formed during the decomposition of corpses
- adjourned — to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.
- admonitor — a person who admonishes
- adorating — Present participle of adorate.