9-letter words containing s, a, t, u
- asbestous — having the look, structure or qualities of asbestos
- ashburton — 1st Baron, Baring, Alexander.
- ashtabula — a port in NE Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- asomatous — having no material body; incorporeal.
- aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
- asphaltum — a substance used to protect surface areas of metal that do not require to be etched
- assaulted — a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault on tradition.
- assaulter — a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault on tradition.
- assiduity — constant and close application
- assistful — (archaic) helpful.
- assuetude — the state of being familiar with or used to something
- assumpsit — (before 1875) an action to recover damages for breach of an express or implied contract or agreement that was not under seal
- assurgent — (of leaves, stems, etc) curving or growing upwards; rising
- astichous — having a structure or layout that is not in rows
- astounded — If you are astounded by something, you are very shocked or surprised that it could exist or happen.
- astronaut — An astronaut is a person who is trained for travelling in a spacecraft.
- astroturf — Astroturf is a type of artificial fiber that is used instead of grass on some sports fields.
- astucious — Subtle; cunning; astute.
- at a push — with difficulty; only just
- at source — at the point of origin
- athenaeus — late 2nd century a.d, Greek philosopher and rhetorician at Naucratis in Egypt.
- atrocious — If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
- attalus i — (Soter) king of Pergamum 241–197 b.c.
- attitudes — Plural form of attitude.
- auditions — Plural form of audition.
- auditress — a female auditor
- aughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- augustine — Saint. 354–430 ad, one of the Fathers of the Christian Church; bishop of Hippo in North Africa (396–430), who profoundly influenced both Catholic and Protestant theology. His most famous works are Confessions, a spiritual autobiography, and De Civitate Dei, a vindication of the Christian Church. Feast day: Aug 28
- auschwitz — an industrial town in S Poland; site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Pop: 40 686 (2007 est)
- auspicate — to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- austenite — a solid solution of carbon in face-centred-cubic gamma iron, usually existing above 723°C
- austerely — severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding: an austere teacher.
- austerity — Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
- austinite — (rare, mineral) A secondary mineral found in the oxidized zone of some arsenic-rich base-metal deposits.
- australia — a country and the smallest continent, situated between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific: a former British colony, now an independent member of the Commonwealth, constitutional links with Britain formally abolished in 1986; consists chiefly of a low plateau, mostly arid in the west, with the basin of the Murray River and the Great Dividing Range in the east and the Great Barrier Reef off the NE coast. Official language: English. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: dollar. Capital: Canberra. Pop: 23 029 674 (2013 est). Area: 7 682 300 sq km (2 966 150 sq miles)
- austrasia — the eastern region of the kingdom of the Merovingian Franks that had its capital at Metz and lasted from 511 ad until 814 ad. It covered the area now comprising NE France, Belgium, and western Germany
- autarkies — Plural form of autarky.
- autecious — autoecious
- auteurism — a critical film theory according to which the primary creator of a film is the director, all of whose works are said to reflect to a certain degree the characteristics of a personal style
- auteurist — a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.
- authoress — An authoress is a female author. Many female writers object to this word, and prefer to be called authors.
- authorise — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- authorish — like or similar to an author
- authorism — the state or condition of being author
- autistics — Plural form of autistic.
- autobahns — Plural form of autobahn.
- autocrats — Plural form of autocrat.
- autocross — a form of motor sport in which cars race over a half-mile circuit of rough grass
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.