9-letter words containing o, t, s
- 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.
- arthrosis — a bone joint which enables movement
- as though — You use as if and as though when you are giving a possible explanation for something or saying that something appears to be the case when it is not.
- 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
- ascorbate — a salt of ascorbic acid
- ashburton — 1st Baron, Baring, Alexander.
- ashtoreth — an ancient Semitic fertility goddess, identified with Astarte and Ishtar
- asomatous — having no material body; incorporeal.
- aspirator — a device employing suction, such as a jet pump or one for removing fluids from a body cavity
- assay ton — a unit of weight used in assaying ore, equivalent to 29.167 grams.
- assertion — a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence
- assertory — characterized by or relating to declaration or affirmation
- associate — If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
- assonated — Simple past tense and past participle of assonate.
- assorting — Present participle of assort.
- assortive — to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- asteroids — Plural form of asteroid.
- astichous — having a structure or layout that is not in rows
- astomatal — having no stoma
- astonying — Present participle of astony.
- 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.
- astroglia — The group of star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord.
- 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
- astrology — Astrology is the study of the movements of the planets, sun, moon, and stars in the belief that these movements can have an influence on people's lives.
- astronaut — An astronaut is a person who is trained for travelling in a spacecraft.
- astronomy — Astronomy is the scientific study of the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.
- astroturf — Astroturf is a type of artificial fiber that is used instead of grass on some sports fields.
- astucious — Subtle; cunning; astute.
- 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.
- asystolic — Pertaining to asystole.
- at a loss — If a business produces something at a loss, they sell it at a price which is less than it cost them to produce it or buy it.
- at source — at the point of origin
- ateliosis — a form of infantilism caused by pituitary malfunction, characterized by a childish face and voice and associated physical underdevelopment, but not affecting intelligence.
- atheromas — Plural form of atheroma.
- atherosis — (pathology) atheroma.
- athetosic — relating to or characterized by athetosis
- athetosis — a condition characterized by uncontrolled rhythmic writhing movement, esp of fingers, hands, head, and tongue, caused by cerebral lesion
- atmolysis — a method of separating gases that depends on their differential rates of diffusion through a porous substance
- atomistic — of atoms or atomism
- atomizers — Plural form of atomizer.
- atonalism — atonality.