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9-letter words containing s, t, e, a

  • alabaster — Alabaster is a white stone that is used for making statues, vases, and ornaments.
  • albescent — shading into, growing, or becoming white
  • alchemist — An alchemist was a scientist in the Middle Ages who tried to discover how to change ordinary metals into gold.
  • aldershot — a town in S England, in Hampshire: site of a large military camp. Pop: 58 170 (2001)
  • alertness — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
  • alginates — Plural form of alginate.
  • alienates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alienate.
  • alienists — Plural form of alienist.
  • all-state — selected on the basis of merit to represent one's state, often in a competition: an all-state debater; a pitcher on the all-state team.
  • allergist — An allergist is a doctor who specializes in treating people with allergies.
  • allocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allocate.
  • allostery — the condition of a protein (such as an enzyme) in which the structure and activity of the enzyme are modified by the binding of a metabolic molecule at a site other than the chemically active one
  • allottees — Plural form of allottee.
  • alphabets — Plural form of alphabet.
  • altarwise — in the position of an altar
  • althusser — Louis. 1918–90, French Marxist philosopher, author of For Marx (1965) and Reading Capital (1965): committed to a mental hospital (1981) after killing his wife
  • altitudes — Plural form of altitude.
  • amassment — the act of amassing
  • amaterasu — the Japanese Shinto goddess personifying the sun.
  • ambulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulate.
  • amenities — useful or pleasant facilities or services
  • ameristic — not divided into parts; having no meristem.
  • ames test — a method of preliminary screening for carcinogens, based on their ability to cause mutations in bacteria
  • amethysts — Plural form of amethyst.
  • ammonites — a nomadic tribe living east of the Jordan: a persistent enemy of the Israelites
  • amnestied — a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
  • amnesties — Plural form of amnesty.
  • amortised — Finance. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
  • amortizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amortize.
  • amputates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amputate.
  • amsterdam — the commercial capital of the Netherlands, a major industrial centre and port on the IJsselmeer, connected with the North Sea by canal: built on about 100 islands within a network of canals. Pop: 737 000 (2003 est)
  • amusement — Amusement is the feeling that you have when you think that something is funny or amusing.
  • anacletus — flourished 1st century a.d, pope 76–88.
  • analities — Plural form of anality.
  • anapaests — Plural form of anapaest.
  • anapestic — a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
  • anathemas — Plural form of anathema.
  • anatomies — Plural form of anatomy.
  • anatomise — to cut apart (an animal or plant) to show or examine the position, structure, and relation of the parts; display the anatomy of; dissect.
  • ancestors — Plural form of ancestor.
  • ancestral — You use ancestral to refer to a person's family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time.
  • andesitic — relating to, or containing, andesite
  • anecdotes — a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
  • anelastic — relating to anelasticity
  • anestrous — not showing estrus.
  • anglesite — a white or grey secondary mineral consisting of lead sulphate in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in lead-ore deposits and is a source of lead. Formula: PbSO4
  • annotates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annotate.
  • annuities — Plural form of annuity.
  • anoestrus — a period of sexual inactivity between two periods of oestrus in many mammals
  • answer to — a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.: He sent an answer to my letter promptly.
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