9-letter words containing u, a, e
- 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.
- augmented — (of an interval) increased or expanded from the state of being perfect or major by the raising of the higher note or the dropping of the lower note by one semitone
- augmenter — a person or thing that augments.
- augmentin — (medicine) The antibiotic amoxicillin.
- augmentor — a person or thing that augments.
- augustine — Saint. 354–430 ad, one of the Fathers of the Christian Church; bishop of Hippo in North Africa (396–430), who profoundly influenced both Catholic and Protestant theology. His most famous works are Confessions, a spiritual autobiography, and De Civitate Dei, a vindication of the Christian Church. Feast day: Aug 28
- aulophyte — a free-living plant growing on or in another plant.
- auntie-ji — a respectful name and form of address given to a woman from the generation older than oneself
- aurangzeb — 1618–1707, Mogul emperor of Hindustan (1658–1707), whose reign marked both the height of Mogul prosperity and the decline of its power through the revolts of the Marathas
- 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.
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- aurungzeb — Aurangzeb
- ausgleich — the agreement (1867) that established the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary
- auslander — (in a German-speaking country) a foreigner
- auspicate — to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- austenite — a solid solution of carbon in face-centred-cubic gamma iron, usually existing above 723°C
- austerely — severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding: an austere teacher.
- austerity — Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
- austinite — (rare, mineral) A secondary mineral found in the oxidized zone of some arsenic-rich base-metal deposits.
- autarkies — Plural form of autarky.
- autecious — autoecious
- auteurism — a critical film theory according to which the primary creator of a film is the director, all of whose works are said to reflect to a certain degree the characteristics of a personal style
- auteurist — a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.
- authentic — An authentic person, object, or emotion is genuine.
- authoress — An authoress is a female author. Many female writers object to this word, and prefer to be called authors.
- authorise — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- authorize — If someone in a position of authority authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen.
- auto idle — (processor) A facility provided by some Intel clock doubled microprocessors where the internal clock can be slowed to the external clock rate while the processor is waiting for data from memory, returning to full speed as soon as the data arrives. See also System Management Mode.
- auto-tune — (sometimes lowercase) to alter (recorded audio) to correct pitch and timing or create a melody.
- autoclave — a strong sealed vessel used for chemical reactions at high pressure
- autocoder — (language) Possibly the first primitive compiler. AUTOCODER was written by Alick E. Glennie in 1952. It translated symbolic statements into machine language for the Manchester Mark I computer. Autocoding later came to be a generic term for assembly language programming.
- autocrime — a crime involving a motor vehicle, esp the theft of a car
- autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
- autocutie — a young and attractive but inexperienced female television presenter
- autocycle — a bicycle powered or assisted by a small engine
- autodrome — a track or circuit for racing cars, go-karts, etc
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autoflare — a computer-operated, automatic landing system in an aircraft
- autogenic — Self-produced.
- autoguide — a traffic information transmission system designed to stop congestion
- autolysed — Simple past tense and past participle of autolyse.
- autolyses — the breakdown of plant or animal tissue by the action of enzymes contained in the tissue affected; self-digestion.
- automaker — An automaker is a company that manufactures cars.
- automated — An automated factory, office, or industrial process uses machines to do the work instead of people.
- automates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automate.
- autometer — a small device inserted in a photocopier to enable the process of copying to begin and to record the number of copies made
- automized — Simple past tense and past participle of automize.