9-letter words containing s, o, e
- androcles — (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn
- androgens — Plural form of androgen.
- androgeus — a son of Minos and Pasiphaë who fell victim to Athenian King Aegeus: in revenge, Minos waged war on the Athenians and forced them to send a tribute of seven maidens and seven youths to the Minotaur every nine years.
- androides — Dated form of android.
- androsace — any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
- anecdotes — a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- anestrous — not showing estrus.
- angashore — a miserable person given to complaining
- ankylosed — Simple past tense and past participle of ankylose.
- annotates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annotate.
- announces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of announce.
- anoestrus — a period of sexual inactivity between two periods of oestrus in many mammals
- anomalies — a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form. Synonyms: abnormality, exception, peculiarity.
- anonymise — (transitive) To render anonymous; especially to remove data that would establish the identity of a person.
- anopheles — any of various mosquitoes constituting the genus Anopheles, some species of which transmit the malaria parasite to man
- anorexics — Plural form of anorexic.
- answer to — a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.: He sent an answer to my letter promptly.
- ante-post — In gambling, ante-post bets are placed before the day of a particular race or competition.
- antelopes — Plural form of antelope.
- anterooms — Plural form of anteroom.
- antidotes — Plural form of antidote.
- antimeson — The antiparticle corresponding to a meson.
- antinodes — Plural form of antinode.
- antinoise — sound generated so that it is out of phase with a noise, such as that made by an engine, in order to reduce the noise level by interference
- antipodes — People sometimes refer to Australia and New Zealand as the Antipodes.
- antipopes — Plural form of antipope.
- antismoke — preventing smoke
- antonescu — Ion. 1882–1946, Romanian general and statesman; appointed prime minister (1940) by King Carol II. He was executed for war crimes
- anybodies — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
- apetalous — (of flowering plants) having no petals
- aphorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aphorize.
- apiaceous — of the family Apiaceae; umbelliferous
- apologies — a written or spoken expression of one's regret, remorse, or sorrow for having insulted, failed, injured, or wronged another: He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.
- apologise — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- apologues — Plural form of apologue.
- apophyges — Plural form of apophyge.
- apophyses — Plural form of apophyse.
- apostates — Plural form of apostate.
- apostille — a marginal annotation or note.
- apothegms — Plural form of apothegm.
- apothesis — (architecture) A place on the south side of the chancel in primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.
- apposable — capable of being apposed or brought into apposition
- approvers — a person who approves.
- aprosexia — Inability to concentrate.
- apsidiole — a secondary, or small, apse
- aqueously — in water, or by means of water
- arabinose — a pentose sugar in plant gums, esp of cedars and pines. It is used as a culture medium in bacteriology. Formula: C5H10O5
- aragonese — a native or inhabitant of Aragon
- arboreous — thickly wooded; having many trees
- 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