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9-letter words containing a

  • accroides — an alcohol-soluble resin, obtained from Australian trees, used in paper manufacturing and as a component of varnishes
  • accruable — having the ability to be accrued
  • accrument — Alternative form of accruement.
  • acculture — To familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant.
  • accumbent — (of plant parts and plants) lying against some other part or thing
  • accurized — to improve the accuracy of (a firearm).
  • accusable — having liability to be blamed or accused
  • accusably — in an accusable manner
  • accustoms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accustom.
  • ace point — the first point in backgammon.
  • acellular — not made up of or containing cells
  • acephalic — having no head or one that is reduced and indistinct
  • acerbated — Simple past tense and past participle of acerbate.
  • acerbates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acerbate.
  • acervulus — a small, asexual spore-producing structure produced by certain parasitic fungi on a host plant
  • acescence — The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.
  • acesodyne — mitigating pain; anodyne.
  • acetaldol — aldol (def 1).
  • acetamide — a white or colourless soluble deliquescent crystalline compound, used in the manufacture of organic chemicals. Formula: CH3CONH2
  • acetified — Simple past tense and past participle of acetify.
  • acetifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acetify.
  • acetylate — to introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound)
  • acetylene — Acetylene is a colourless gas which burns with a very hot bright flame. It is often used in lamps and for cutting and welding metal.
  • acetylide — any of a class of carbides in which the carbon is present as a diatomic divalent ion (C22–). They are formally derivatives of acetylene
  • acetyloxy — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The radical CH3COO-, common to acetate esters, when used as a substituent.
  • achalasia — failure of the cardiac sphincter of the oesophagus to relax, resulting in difficulty in swallowing
  • acheilary — having no labellum or lip, or one that is undeveloped, as in the flower of certain orchids.
  • acheulean — designating or of a Lower Paleolithic culture characterized by skillfully made bifacial flint hand axes
  • acheulian — (in Europe) the period in the Lower Palaeolithic following the Abbevillian, represented by the use of soft hammerstones in hand axe production made of chipped stone, bone, antler, or wood. The Acheulian dates from the Riss glaciation
  • achievers — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
  • achieving — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
  • achillean — the greatest Greek warrior in the Trojan War and hero of Homer's Iliad. He killed Hector and was killed when Paris wounded him in the heel, his one vulnerable spot, with an arrow.
  • achimenes — any plant of the tropical S American tuberous-rooted perennial genus Achimenes, with showy red, blue, or white tubular flowers, some of which are grown as greenhouse plants: family Gesneriaceae
  • acholuria — the absence of bile pigments in the urine.
  • achromate — a person unable to perceive color.
  • achromats — Plural form of achromat.
  • achromous — Colorless; achromatic.
  • aciculate — having aciculae
  • acid cell — Electricity. a cell using an acid electrolyte.
  • acid drop — a boiled sweet with a sharp taste
  • acid dust — air-polluting particles of dust, usually wind-borne, having high concentrations of acid.
  • acid jazz — a type of music, popular in the 1980s and 1990s, that combines jazz with genres such as funk, hip-hop, and electronic dance music
  • acid rain — Acid rain is rain polluted by acid that has been released into the atmosphere from factories and other industrial processes. Acid rain is harmful to the environment.
  • acid rock — a type of rock music characterized by electronically amplified bizarre instrumental effects
  • acid salt — a salt formed by partial replacement of the acidic hydrogen atoms of the parent acid
  • acid soil — a soil that gives a pH reaction of below about 6, found esp in cool moist areas where soluble bases are leached away
  • acid test — The acid test of something is an important aspect or result that it might have, which allows you to decide whether it is true or successful.
  • acid trip — a psychedelic experience induced by ingesting the hallucinogen LSD.
  • acid-fast — (of bacteria and tissues) resistant to decolorization by mineral acids after staining
  • acid-head — a person who habitually takes the drug LSD.
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