9-letter words containing t, e, n
- ante-post — In gambling, ante-post bets are placed before the day of a particular race or competition.
- anteaters — Plural form of anteater.
- anteceded — Simple past tense and past participle of antecede.
- antecedes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antecede.
- antechoir — the part of a church in front of the choir, usually enclosed by screens, tombs, etc
- antecourt — a forecourt.
- antedated — Simple past tense and past participle of antedate.
- antedates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antedate.
- antefixes — Plural form of antefix.
- antegrade — Moving or directed forward.
- antelopes — Plural form of antelope.
- antelucan — occurring before the arrival of daylight, relating to the hours before dawn
- antenatal — Antenatal means relating to the medical care of women when they are expecting a baby.
- antennary — of, relating to, or resembling an antenna.
- antennate — having antennae.
- antennule — one of a pair of small mobile appendages on the heads of crustaceans in front of the antennae, usually having a sensory function
- anteporch — an outer porch.
- anterooms — Plural form of anteroom.
- antessive — (grammar) Indicating the spatial relation of preceding or being before something.
- anthelion — a faint halo sometimes seen in polar or high altitude regions around the shadow of an object cast onto a thick cloud bank or fog
- anthemion — a floral design, used esp in ancient Greek and Roman architecture and decoration, usually consisting of honeysuckle, lotus, or palmette leaf motifs
- anti-hero — An anti-hero is the main character in a novel, play, or film who is not morally good and does not behave like a typical hero.
- anti-icer — a device fitted to an aircraft to prevent the formation of ice
- anti-site — a website through which people can express their contempt for a particular person, organization, etc
- antiabuse — designed to prevent abuse
- antialien — relating to the prevention of foreign animal or plant species from becoming established
- antibuser — someone who opposes busing
- anticaste — Lb sociology Opposing the social system of caste.
- anticline — a formation of stratified rock raised up, by folding, into a broad arch so that the strata slope down on both sides from a common crest
- anticrime — preventing or fighting crime
- antideath — Preventing death.
- antidotes — Plural form of antidote.
- antielite — opposed to elitism
- antigenic — Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- antiglare — Acting to reduce or combat glare.
- antihelix — the rounded piece of cartilage inside the outer rim (helix) of the ear; anthelix
- antilifer — a person in favour of abortion
- antimeres — Plural form of antimere.
- antimeson — The antiparticle corresponding to a meson.
- antimeter — (obsolete) A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles.
- antimoney — Opposing the concept of money.
- 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
- antinovel — a type of prose fiction in which conventional or traditional novelistic elements are rejected
- antinuker — a person who is opposed to nuclear weapons or energy
- antipater — ?398–319 bc, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great: regent of Macedon (334–323)
- antipedal — (in a mollusk) located opposite the foot.
- antiphase — (physics, mathematics) A difference in phase (of two waves) of 180°.
- antiphone — (music) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or singing.
- antiplane — (mechanics) Being or pertaining to a special class of deformation where the displacements in the body are zero in the plane of interest but non-zero in the direction perpendicular to that plane.