9-letter words containing ae
- aethalium — a large, plump, pillow-shaped fruiting body of certain myxomycetes, formed by the aggregation of plasmodia into a single functional mass.
- aetheling — atheling.
- aethereal — ethereal
- aetiology — the philosophy or study of causation
- algaecide — a chemical substance for killing and preventing the growth of algae
- amalthaea — the goat that nurses Zeus (Jupiter): one of its horns is called the cornucopia
- amoebaean — of or relating to lines of verse dialogue that answer each other alternately
- amygdalae — Plural form of amygdala.
- anaerobes — Plural form of anaerobe.
- anaerobic — Anaerobic creatures or processes do not need oxygen in order to function or survive.
- anapaests — Plural form of anapaest.
- anoxaemia — a deficiency in the amount of oxygen in the arterial blood
- archaeol. — archaeology
- arctogaea — a zoogeographical area comprising the Palaearctic, Nearctic, Oriental, and Ethiopian regions
- aristaeus — a son of Apollo and Cyrene: protector of herds and fields
- athenaeum — an institution for the promotion of learning
- athenaeus — late 2nd century a.d, Greek philosopher and rhetorician at Naucratis in Egypt.
- baekeland — Leo Hendrik [lee-oh hen-drik;; Flemish ley-oh hen-drik] /ˈli oʊ ˈhɛn drɪk;; Flemish ˈleɪ oʊ ˈhɛn drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, U.S. chemist, born in Belgium: developed Bakelite.
- ballistae — an ancient military engine for throwing stones or other missiles.
- beernaert — Auguste Marie François [French oh-gyst ma-ree frahn-swa] /French oʊˈgüst maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1829–1912, Belgian statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1909.
- bel paese — a mild creamy Italian cheese
- blaeberry — whortleberry.
- branchiae — the gills of an aquatic animal
- cachaemia — a poisoned condition of the blood
- cachaemic — of or relating to cachaemia
- caecilian — any tropical limbless cylindrical amphibian of the order Apoda (or Gymnophiona), resembling earthworms and inhabiting moist soil
- caesarean — of or relating to any of the Caesars, esp Julius Caesar
- caesarian — of or relating to a Cesarean.
- caesarism — an autocratic system of government
- caesionid — (zoology) Any member of the Caesionidae.
- cammaerts — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA). Belgian poet.
- cavaedium — atrium (def 1a).
- cercariae — Plural form of cercaria.
- chaeronea — an ancient Greek town in W Boeotia: site of the victory of Philip of Macedon over the Athenians and Thebans (338 bc) and of Sulla over Mithridates (86 bc)
- chaetopod — any annelid worm of the classes Oligochaeta or Polychaeta
- chartulae — charta (def 2).
- chimaeras — Plural form of chimaera.
- chimaeric — (of a molecule) having two genetically different components
- cholaemia — a toxic medical condition indicated by the presence of bile in the blood
- cholaemic — of or relating to cholaemia
- cichlidae — the family of cichlid fish
- cisternae — Plural form of cisterna.
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- confervae — Plural form of conferva.
- copraemia — a type of poisoning caused by faecal matter entering the bloodstream as a result of chronic constipation
- copraemic — of or relating to copraemia
- crataegus — (botany) Any plant of the genus Crataegus, the hawthorns.
- cuticulae — Plural form of cuticula.
- daedalean — an Athenian architect who built the labyrinth for Minos and made wings for himself and his son Icarus to escape from Crete.
- daedalian — of Daedalus