9-letter words containing u, s, e
- asbestous — having the look, structure or qualities of asbestos
- ascendeur — a metal grip that is threaded on a rope and can be alternately tightened and slackened as an aid to climbing the rope: used attached to slings for the feet and waist
- asclepius — a god of healing; son of Apollo
- asepalous — (of a plant or flower) having no sepals
- asexually — Biology. having no sex or sexual organs. independent of sexual processes, especially not involving the union of male and female germ cells.
- asmoulder — in a smouldering or slowly burning manner
- aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
- asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- assaulted — a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault on tradition.
- assaulter — a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault on tradition.
- assuasive — soothing; allaying
- assuetude — the state of being familiar with or used to something
- assumable — capable of being assumed, as an office or an obligation: Assumable mortgages are hard to find these days.
- assumedly — in a presumed manner
- assurance — If you give someone an assurance that something is true or will happen, you say that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, in order to make them feel less worried.
- assuredly — If something is assuredly true, it is definitely true.
- assurgent — (of leaves, stems, etc) curving or growing upwards; rising
- astounded — If you are astounded by something, you are very shocked or surprised that it could exist or happen.
- at source — at the point of origin
- athenaeus — late 2nd century a.d, Greek philosopher and rhetorician at Naucratis in Egypt.
- attitudes — Plural form of attitude.
- audiences — the group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert: The audience was respectful of the speaker's opinion.
- auditress — a female auditor
- 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
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- 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.
- 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.
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- 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.
- automates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automate.
- autopsied — inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination.
- autopsies — Plural form of autopsy.
- autoscope — An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
- autosomes — Plural form of autosome.
- autospore — a nonmotile algal spore that develops adult characteristics before being released
- aux cayes — former name of Les Cayes.
- auxospore — a diatom cell before its silicaceous cell wall is formed