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.