9-letter words containing na
- anarchist — An anarchist is a person who believes in anarchism.
- anarchize — to make anarchic, to destroy the order of things
- anarthria — loss of the ability to speak coherently
- anarthric — relating to anarthria
- anastasia — Grand Duchess. 1901–?18, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, believed to have been executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918, although several women subsequently claimed to be her
- anastasis — the episode in Christian theology in which Jesus is believed to have descended into Hell, often referred to as the 'harrowing of Hell'
- anatabine — a liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 12 N 2 , obtained from tobacco.
- anathemas — Plural form of anathema.
- anatolian — of or relating to Anatolia or its inhabitants
- anatomies — Plural form of anatomy.
- anatomise — to cut apart (an animal or plant) to show or examine the position, structure, and relation of the parts; display the anatomy of; dissect.
- anatomist — An anatomist is an expert in anatomy.
- anatomize — If you anatomise a subject or an issue, you examine it in great detail.
- anaxarete — a princess turned to stone for scorning the love of a commoner.
- anna shaw — Anna Howard, 1847–1919, U.S. physician, reformer, and suffragist, born in England.
- annalised — Simple past tense and past participle of annalise.
- annalists — Plural form of annalist.
- annandale — suburb of Washington, D.C., in NE Va.: pop. 55,000
- annapolis — the capital of Maryland, near the mouth of the Severn River on Chesapeake Bay: site of the US Naval Academy. Pop: 36 178 (2003 est)
- annapurna — a massif of the Himalayas, in Nepal. Highest peak: 8078 m (26 502 ft)
- antenatal — Antenatal means relating to the medical care of women when they are expecting a baby.
- antennary — of, relating to, or resembling an antenna.
- antennate — having antennae.
- anti-nazi — opposing any individual or group that espouses Nazi ideologies
- aplanatic — (of a lens or mirror) free from spherical aberration
- appanaged — having appanage
- appanages — Plural form of appanage.
- appenages — Plural form of appenage.
- applanate — having a horizontally flattened form.
- aquanauts — Plural form of aquanaut.
- arational — Not based on or governed by reason.
- arenation — the use of hot sand as a medical poultice
- argentina — a republic in southern South America: colonized by the Spanish from 1516 onwards; gained independence in 1816 and became a republic in 1852; ruled by military dictatorships for much of the 20th century; civilian rule restored in 1983; consists chiefly of subtropical plains and forests (the Chaco) in the north, temperate plains (the pampas) in the central parts, the Andes in the west, and an infertile plain extending to Tierra del Fuego in the south (Patagonia); an important meat producer. Language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic. Currency: peso. Capital: Buenos Aires. Pop: 42 610 981 (2013 est). Area: 2 776 653 sq km (1 072 067 sq miles)
- argonauts — Classical Mythology. a member of the band of men who sailed to Colchis with Jason in the ship Argo in search of the Golden Fleece.
- arsenates — Plural form of arsenate.
- artisanal — pertaining to or noting a person skilled in an applied art: The men were taught artisanal skills such as bricklaying and carpentry.
- ashkenazi — of or relating to the Jews of Germany and E Europe
- ashkenazy — Vladimir. born 1937, Soviet-born Icelandic pianist and conductor
- assonance — the use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse. Examples are time and light or mystery and mastery
- assonated — Simple past tense and past participle of assonate.
- astronaut — An astronaut is a person who is trained for travelling in a spacecraft.
- asynapsis — failure of pairing of chromosomes at meiosis
- athanasia — deathlessness; immortality.
- athenaeum — an institution for the promotion of learning
- athenaeus — late 2nd century a.d, Greek philosopher and rhetorician at Naucratis in Egypt.
- atonalism — atonality.
- atonalist — a composer who composes without knowingly or being aware of alluding to a particular tone or scale
- atonality — absence of or disregard for an established musical key in a composition
- attenable — Alternative form of attainable.
- avifaunal — Of or pertaining to avifauna.