9-letter words containing s, e, n, i
- antipopes — Plural form of antipope.
- antipress — opposed to or acting against the press
- antiquers — a person who takes a special interest in antiques; a collector of antiquities; antiquary.
- antisense — (of a drug) acting in an opposite way to RNA
- antiserum — blood serum containing antibodies against a specific antigen, used to treat or provide immunity to a disease
- antishake — denoting a technology that reduces the blurring caused by movement of the person taking a photograph
- antisleep — acting to prevent sleep
- antismoke — preventing smoke
- antistate — opposed to or acting against state authority
- antistyle — a style that rejects or subverts conventional style
- antitypes — Plural form of antitype.
- antshrike — any of several antbirds, especially of the genus Thamnophilus, superficially resembling the shrike.
- antsiness — the quality of being antsy
- anxieties — Plural form of anxiety.
- anybodies — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
- apennines — a mountain range in Italy, extending over 1250 km (800 miles) from the northwest to the southernmost tip of the peninsula. Highest peak: Monte Corno, 2912 m (9554 ft)
- aperients — Plural form of aperient.
- apishness — The state or quality of being apish.
- apneustic — of or relating to apneusis
- appeasing — to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
- apse line — the major axis of an elliptical orbit.
- arabinose — a pentose sugar in plant gums, esp of cedars and pines. It is used as a culture medium in bacteriology. Formula: C5H10O5
- arccosine — the function the value of which for a given argument between –1 and 1 is the angle in radians (between 0 and π), the cosine of which is that argument: the inverse of the cosine function
- arresting — attracting attention; striking
- arrhenius — Svante August (ˈsvantə ˈauɡʊst). 1859–1927, Swedish chemist and physicist, noted for his work on the theory of electrolytic dissociation: Nobel prize for chemistry 1903
- arseniate — (inorganic chemistry) arsenate.
- arsenical — of or containing arsenic
- arsenides — Plural form of arsenide.
- arsenious — of or containing arsenic in the trivalent state
- artsiness — the condition of being artsy or affectedly creative
- asbestine — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- ascending — If a group of things is arranged in ascending order, each thing is bigger, greater, or more important than the thing before it.
- ascension — In some religions, when someone goes to heaven, you can refer to their ascension to heaven.
- ascensive — having the propensity to move in an upwards direction
- ascertain — If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
- asemantic — not semantic
- ashkenazi — of or relating to the Jews of Germany and E Europe
- asininely — In an asinine manner; very irrationally.
- aspargine — (amino acid) A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.
- aspersing — Present participle of asperse.
- aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
- asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- assenting — Present participle of assent.
- assentive — having the tendency to concur or comply
- asserting — Present participle of assert.
- assertion — a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence
- assessing — to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation.
- assignees — Plural form of assignee.
- assigners — Plural form of assigner.
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.