9-letter words containing i
- adverting — to remark or comment; refer (usually followed by to): He adverted briefly to the news of the day.
- advertise — If someone or something advertises a particular quality, they show it in their appearance or behaviour.
- advertize — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- adviceful — thoughtful or attentive
- advisable — If you tell someone that it is advisable to do something, you are suggesting that they should do it, because it is sensible or is likely to achieve the result they want.
- advisably — Wisely, in an advisable manner.
- advisedly — If you say that you are using a word or expression advisedly, you mean that you have deliberately chosen to use it, even though it may sound unusual, wrong, or offensive, because it draws attention to what you are saying.
- aegisthus — a cousin to and the murderer of Agamemnon, whose wife Clytemnestra he had seduced. He usurped the kingship of Mycenae until Orestes, Agamemnon's son, returned home and killed him
- aeolipile — a device illustrating the reactive forces of a gas jet: usually a spherical vessel mounted so as to rotate and equipped with angled exit pipes from which steam within it escapes
- aepyornis — any of the large extinct flightless birds of the genus Aepyornis, remains of which have been found in Madagascar
- aerialist — a trapeze artist or tightrope walker
- aeriality — the quality of being aerial; insubstantiality
- aerifying — Present participle of aerify.
- aerobatic — (used with a plural verb) stunts performed in flight by an airplane, glider, or the like.
- aerobiont — an organism that requires oxygen to survive
- aerofoils — Plural form of aerofoil.
- aerogenic — producing gas, as certain bacteria.
- aerolites — Plural form of aerolite.
- aeronomic — of or relating to the study of the upper atmosphere
- aerophile — (biology) Any air-breathing organism.
- aerospike — a type of rocket engine
- aerotaxis — the movement of organisms towards or away from oxygen caused by changes in oxygen concentration
- aerotrain — a high-speed train driven by a fan jet engine
- aeschines — ?389–?314 bc, Athenian orator; the main political opponent of Demosthenes
- aesthesia — the normal ability to experience sensation, perception, or sensitivity
- aesthesis — sensation; feeling.
- aesthetic — Aesthetic is used to talk about beauty or art, and people's appreciation of beautiful things.
- aestivate — to pass the summer
- aethalium — a large, plump, pillow-shaped fruiting body of certain myxomycetes, formed by the aggregation of plasmodia into a single functional mass.
- aetheling — atheling.
- aetiology — the philosophy or study of causation
- affadavit — Misspelling of affidavit.
- affecting — If you describe something such as a story or a piece of music as affecting, you think it is good because it makes you feel a strong emotion, especially sadness or pity.
- affection — If you regard someone or something with affection, you like them and are fond of them.
- affective — relating to affects
- affianced — betrothed; engaged.
- affiances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiance.
- affidavit — An affidavit is a written statement which you swear is true and which may be used as evidence in a court of law.
- affiliate — An affiliate is an organization which is officially connected with another, larger organization or is a member of it.
- affirmant — a person who affirms.
- affirmest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of affirm.
- affirmeth — Archaic third-person singular form of affirm.
- affirming — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- affixable — Capable of being affixed.
- affixment — the act of attaching or affixing
- affixture — an affixing or being affixed
- afflation — the inspiration or influence of someone or something
- afflicted — to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
- afflicter — a person who causes distress, torment, or affliction
- affluxion — a streaming or flowing towards something