9-letter words containing t, i, o, n
- agnolotti — a dish of small pasta shaped like half moons and usually filled with tortellini stuffing: boiled and served in broth or with a sauce.
- agnostics — Plural form of agnostic.
- agonistes — a person enduring an inner struggle
- agonistic — striving for effect; strained
- agreation — the procedure followed by a government for determining the acceptability to a foreign government of a proposed envoy.
- agrigento — a town in Italy, in SW Sicily: site of six Greek temples. Pop: 54 619 (2001)
- aitchbone — the rump bone or floor of the pelvis in cattle
- albinotic — of or relating to albinism.
- aldington — Richard. 1892–1962, English poet, novelist, and biographer. His novels include Death of a Hero (1929) and The Colonel's Daughter (1931), which reflect postwar disillusion following World War I
- alienator — A person who alienates.
- allantoic — of or in the allantois
- allantoid — relating to or resembling the allantois
- allantoin — a substance derived from the secretions of snails and contained in some plants, used in skin care products and valued for its soothing properties
- allantois — a membranous sac growing out of the ventral surface of the hind gut of embryonic reptiles, birds, and mammals. It combines with the chorion to form the mammalian placenta
- allotting — to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion: to allot the available farmland among the settlers.
- 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)
- amatorian — amatorial
- amatoxins — Plural form of amatoxin.
- amazonite — a green variety of microcline used as a gemstone. Formula: KAlSi3O8
- ambitions — an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment: Too much ambition caused him to be disliked by his colleagues.
- amidation — to convert into an amide.
- amination — to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- ammoniate — to unite or treat with ammonia
- ammonites — a nomadic tribe living east of the Jordan: a persistent enemy of the Israelites
- ammonitic — Relating to, or containing, ammonites.
- amniotomy — the artificial rupturing of the fetal membranes by a doctor or midwife to induce or expedite labour
- amounting — the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- amyotonia — a condition in which the muscle tissues lack normal vigor and tension; lack of muscle tone
- anabiotic — a bringing back to consciousness; reanimation after apparent death.
- anabolite — a product of anabolism
- anacostia — a section of the District of Columbia, in the SE part.
- analogist — a person who employs or argues from analogy.
- anamniote — any vertebrate animal, such as a fish or amphibian, that lacks an amnion, chorion, and allantois during embryonic development
- anaptotic — (of languages) tending to become uninflected, in accordance with a theory that languages evolve from uninflected to inflected and back.
- anatolian — of or relating to Anatolia or its inhabitants
- 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.
- anatomist — An anatomist is an expert in anatomy.
- anatomize — If you anatomise a subject or an issue, you examine it in great detail.
- anchorite — a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit
- andantino — (to be performed) slightly faster, or slightly more slowly, than andante
- anecdotic — anecdotal
- angiomata — a benign tumor consisting chiefly of dilated or newly formed blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma)
- aniconist — a believer or follower of aniconism
- animation — Animation is the process of making films in which drawings or puppets appear to move.
- animators — Plural form of animator.
- animatron — An animatronic robot.
- animosity — Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike and anger. Animosities are feelings of this kind.
- ankylotic — Of or pertaining to ankylosis.
- annointed — Simple past tense and past participle of annoint.