9-letter words containing t
- acuminate — narrowing to a sharp point, as some types of leaf
- acupoints — Plural form of acupoint.
- acusector — a needle for cutting tissue by means of a high-frequency electric current.
- acuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- acylation — the introduction into a chemical compound of an acyl group
- ad patres — dead.
- adamantly — utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
- adamently — Misspelling of adamantly.
- adaptable — If you describe a person or animal as adaptable, you mean that they are able to change their ideas or behaviour in order to deal with new situations.
- adaptably — In an adaptable manner.
- adaptions — the act of adapting.
- adaptogen — any of various natural substances used in herbal medicine to normalize and regulate the systems of the body
- add up to — If amounts add up to a particular total, they result in that total when they are put together.
- adderwort — the bistort, a herbaceous flowering plant, Polygonum bistorta, of the dock family
- addicting — a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.
- addiction — Addiction is the condition of taking harmful drugs and being unable to stop taking them.
- addictive — If a drug is addictive, people who take it cannot stop taking it.
- addington — Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth. 1757–1844, British statesman; prime minister (1801–04) and Home Secretary (1812–21)
- additions — Plural form of addition.
- additives — Plural form of additive.
- addlement — a process or state of confusion
- addlepate — Alternative form of addle pate.
- adducting — Present participle of adduct.
- adduction — an adducing or citing
- adductive — of a nature that leads towards a change
- adductors — Plural form of adductor.
- ademption — the failure of a specific legacy, as by a testator disposing of the subject matter in his lifetime
- adenomata — a benign tumor originating in a secretory gland.
- adenotomy — (anatomy) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
- adenylate — (organic chemistry) The dissociated anion present in adenylic acid;' adenosine monophosphate.
- adeodatus — Saint, died a.d. 676, pope 672–676.
- adeptness — very skilled; proficient; expert: an adept juggler.
- adequated — Simple past tense and past participle of adequate.
- adherents — Plural form of adherent.
- adiabatic — (of a thermodynamic process) taking place without loss or gain of heat
- adigranth — Granth.
- adipocyte — a fat cell that accumulates and stores fats
- adiposity — the state of being fat; obesity
- adjection — Act of adjecting or adding, or the thing added.
- adjective — An adjective is a word such as 'big', 'dead', or 'financial' that describes a person or thing, or gives extra information about them. Adjectives usually come before nouns or after link verbs.
- adjunctly — In an adjunct manner.
- adjusters — Plural form of adjuster.
- adjusting — Alter or move (something) slightly in order to achieve the desired fit, appearance, or result.
- adjustive — allowing for adjustment
- adjutancy — the rank or office of a military adjutant
- adjutants — Plural form of adjutant.
- adjuvants — Plural form of adjuvant.
- admiralty — In Britain, the Admiralty is the government department that is in charge of the navy.
- admittees — a person who has been or is going to be admitted: Every admittee must present a ticket at the door.
- admitting — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.