9-letter words containing t, a
- allineate — To align.
- allmouths — Plural form of allmouth.
- allocated — to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
- allocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allocate.
- allocator — anyone or anything that allocates something
- allograft — a tissue graft from a donor genetically unrelated to the recipient
- allometry — the study of the growth of part of an organism in relation to the growth of the entire organism
- allopathy — the orthodox medical method of treating disease, by inducing a condition different from or opposed to the cause of the disease
- allopatry — the condition of existing in areas that are geographically separated from one another; esp the condition of genetically similar species which cannot interbreed because of this geographical separation
- 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
- allotment — In Britain, an allotment is a small area of land in a town which a person rents to grow plants and vegetables on.
- allotrope — any of two or more physical forms in which an element can exist
- allotropy — the existence of an element in two or more physical forms. The most common elements having this property are carbon, sulphur, and phosphorus
- allottees — Plural form of allottee.
- allottery — an allotment or allocation
- allotting — to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion: to allot the available farmland among the settlers.
- allotypic — relating to an allotype
- allthough — Obsolete form of although.
- almandite — almandine.
- aloha net — (networking) (From the Hawaiian greeting) One of the first functioning networks in the USA, conceived and implimented at the University of Hawaii campus at Manoa. Its purpose was to link the University mainframe computer to client computers located on outer islands at University campuses. Put in place in the early 1970s, it was dubed the Aloha Net. Key punch cards were fed through a reader, and sent over the commercial phone lines.
- alpargata — a sandal
- alphabets — Plural form of alphabet.
- alphasort — to arrange in alphabetical order
- alpinists — Plural form of alpinist.
- alt-right — (in the US) a political movement whose supporters hold extreme right-wing views and reject mainstream politics
- altar boy — In the Roman Catholic church, an altar boy is a boy who helps the priest during Mass.
- altarwise — in the position of an altar
- altdorfer — Albrecht (ˈalbrɛçt). ?1480–?1538, German painter and engraver: one of the earliest landscape painters
- alter ego — Your alter ego is the other side of your personality from the one which people normally see.
- alterable — capable of being altered.
- alterably — In an alterable manner.
- altercate — to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
- alternant — alternating
- alternate — When you alternate two things, you keep using one then the other. When one thing alternates with another, the first regularly occurs after the other.
- 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
- altigraph — an instrument that measures altitude and records the measurements graphically
- altimeter — An altimeter is an instrument in an aircraft that shows the height of the aircraft above the ground.
- altimetre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of altimeter.
- altimetry — the science of measuring altitudes, as with an altimeter
- altiplano — a plateau of the Andes, covering two thirds of Bolivia and extending into S Peru: contains Lake Titicaca. Height: 3000 m (10 000 ft) to 3900 m (13 000 ft)
- altissimo — (of music) very high in pitch
- altitudes — Plural form of altitude.
- alto clef — the clef that establishes middle C as being on the third line of the staff
- altricial — (of the young of some species of birds after hatching) naked, blind, and dependent on the parents for food
- altruists — Plural form of altruist.
- aluminate — a salt of the ortho or meta acid forms of aluminium hydroxide containing the ions AlO2– or AlO33–
- aluminite — a mineral, hydrous aluminum sulfate, Al 2 (SO 4)(OH) 4 ⋅7H 2 O, occurring in white, chalky masses.
- alumroots — Plural form of alumroot.
- alveolate — having many alveoli
- amalekite — a member of a nomadic tribe descended from Esau (Genesis 36:12), dwelling in the desert between Sinai and Canaan and hostile to the Israelites: they were defeated by Saul and destroyed by David (I Samuel 15–30)