9-letter words containing s, e, t, i, n, a
- 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.
- aperients — Plural form of aperient.
- apneustic — of or relating to apneusis
- arresting — attracting attention; striking
- arseniate — (inorganic chemistry) arsenate.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- astringer — a styptic or constrictive substance
- asyndetic — (of a catalogue or index) without cross references
- athelings — Plural form of atheling.
- athenians — Plural form of Athenian.
- attainers — Plural form of attainer.
- attesting — to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing, especially affirm in an official capacity: to attest the truth of a statement.
- attornies — Plural form of attorny.
- 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
- austenite — a solid solution of carbon in face-centred-cubic gamma iron, usually existing above 723°C
- austinite — (rare, mineral) A secondary mineral found in the oxidized zone of some arsenic-rich base-metal deposits.
- avisement — the careful consideration or observation of something
- axminster — a type of patterned carpet with a cut pile
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- banisters — the railing and supporting balusters on a staircase; balustrade
- bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert). born 1929, British athlete and doctor: first man to run a mile in under four minutes (1954)
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- basaltine — a black or brown-green mineral (Ca, Mg, Fe)SiO3
- base unit — any of the fundamental units in a system of measurement. The base SI units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole
- bassanite — (mineral) A saline evaporite, consisting of calcium sulphate, found at Vesuvius.
- bassinets — Plural form of bassinet.
- bastinade — bastinado.
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
- battiness — the characteristic of being batty; craziness; insanity; eccentricity
- beastings — beestings
- beatinest — most remarkable or unusual: This is the beatinest town I ever did see.
- brainstem — the stalklike part of the brain consisting of the medulla oblongata, the midbrain, and the pons Varolii
- breasting — Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- caithness — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland, now part of Highland
- canistels — Plural form of canistel.
- canisters — Plural form of canister.
- cannister — Misspelling of canister.