9-letter words containing t, r, e, a
- asterixis — (pathology) An abnormal muscular tremor characterized by involuntary jerking of the hands.
- asteroids — Plural form of asteroid.
- astraddle — with a leg on either side of something
- astricted — Simple past tense and past participle of astrict.
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- astringer — a styptic or constrictive substance
- astrocyte — any of the star-shaped cells in the tissue supporting the brain and spinal cord (neuroglia)
- astrodome — a transparent dome on the top of an aircraft, through which observations can be made, esp of the stars
- astrofell — (in the works of Spenser) an unidentified plant, commonly believed to be akin to an aster
- astrogate — (science fiction, intransitive) To astronavigate; to control and guide a spacecraft.
- astrolabe — an instrument used by early astronomers to measure the altitude of stars and planets and also as a navigational aid. It consists of a graduated circular disc with a movable sighting device
- asymmetry — Asymmetry is the appearance that something has when its two sides or halves are different in shape, size, or style.
- at livery — being kept in a livery stable
- at market — at the current price
- at retail — directly to the consumer at retail prices
- at source — at the point of origin
- atemporal — having the quality of being uninfluenced, ungoverned or unchanged by time
- atheromas — Plural form of atheroma.
- atherosis — (pathology) atheroma.
- athrocyte — a cell that is able to receive and store matter
- atmometer — an instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation of water into the atmosphere
- atmometry — the science of measuring the rate at which water evaporates.
- atomizers — Plural form of atomizer.
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- atrophies — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attackers — Plural form of attacker.
- attainder — (formerly) the extinction of a person's civil rights resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry on conviction for treason or felony
- attainers — Plural form of attainer.
- attempter — One who attempts.
- attenders — Plural form of attender.
- attleboro — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- attolaser — a high-power laser capable of producing pulses with a duration measured in attoseconds
- attorneys — Plural form of attorney.
- attornies — Plural form of attorny.
- attracted — feeling a pleasing, alluring, or fascinating influence from someone or something
- attracter — to draw by a physical force causing or tending to cause to approach, adhere, or unite; pull (opposed to repel): The gravitational force of the earth attracts smaller bodies to it.
- attrahens — (of muscle) drawing or pulling towards
- attrahent — attracting or drawing in
- attribute — If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.
- attritive — Causing attrition.
- attritted — to wear down (an opposing military force) by numerical superiority in troops or firepower.
- aubrietia — any trailing purple-flowered plant of the genus Aubrieta, native to European mountains but widely planted in rock gardens: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- auditress — a female auditor
- auger bit — an auger having a square tang at its upper end and rotated by a brace, used for boring through wood.
- augmenter — a person or thing that augments.
- augmentor — a person or thing that augments.
- auraptene — A bioactive monoterpene coumarin ether that helps to prevent degenerative diseases, first isolated from the genus Citrus.
- aureation — (rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
- austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- austerely — severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding: an austere teacher.