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9-letter words containing tr

  • astraddle — with a leg on either side of something
  • astragali — Plural form of astragalus.
  • astragals — Plural form of astragal.
  • astrakhan — Astrakhan is black or grey curly fur from the skins of lambs. It is used for making coats and hats.
  • astrangia — a genus of corals forming small, encrusting colonies, found in shallow waters off both coasts of the U.S.
  • astrantia — a hardy flowering plant from the genus Astrantia and family Apiaceae. It produces tiny flowers in the mid-summer months and dies back after flowering every year
  • astricted — Simple past tense and past participle of astrict.
  • astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
  • astringer — a styptic or constrictive substance
  • astrocyte — any of the star-shaped cells in the tissue supporting the brain and spinal cord (neuroglia)
  • astrodome — a transparent dome on the top of an aircraft, through which observations can be made, esp of the stars
  • astrofell — (in the works of Spenser) an unidentified plant, commonly believed to be akin to an aster
  • astrogate — (science fiction, intransitive) To astronavigate; to control and guide a spacecraft.
  • astroglia — The group of star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord.
  • astrolabe — an instrument used by early astronomers to measure the altitude of stars and planets and also as a navigational aid. It consists of a graduated circular disc with a movable sighting device
  • astrology — Astrology is the study of the movements of the planets, sun, moon, and stars in the belief that these movements can have an influence on people's lives.
  • astronaut — An astronaut is a person who is trained for travelling in a spacecraft.
  • astronomy — Astronomy is the scientific study of the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.
  • astroturf — Astroturf is a type of artificial fiber that is used instead of grass on some sports fields.
  • asymmetry — Asymmetry is the appearance that something has when its two sides or halves are different in shape, size, or style.
  • atmometry — the science of measuring the rate at which water evaporates.
  • atom trap — a device in which atoms or particles are slowed by the use of lasers and then confined to a small region of space.
  • atrahasis — a legendary Akkadian sage who built a boat in which he and his family, servants, and chattels escaped the Deluge.
  • atriotomy — (medicine) The surgical opening of an atrium.
  • atrocious — If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
  • atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
  • atrophies — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
  • attracted — feeling a pleasing, alluring, or fascinating influence from someone or something
  • attracter — to draw by a physical force causing or tending to cause to approach, adhere, or unite; pull (opposed to repel): The gravitational force of the earth attracts smaller bodies to it.
  • attractor — a person or thing that attracts.
  • attrahens — (of muscle) drawing or pulling towards
  • attrahent — attracting or drawing in
  • attribute — If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.
  • attriting — Also, attrited. worn by rubbing or attrition.
  • attrition — Attrition is a process in which you steadily reduce the strength of an enemy by continually attacking them.
  • attritive — Causing attrition.
  • attritted — to wear down (an opposing military force) by numerical superiority in troops or firepower.
  • auditress — a female auditor
  • australia — a country and the smallest continent, situated between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific: a former British colony, now an independent member of the Commonwealth, constitutional links with Britain formally abolished in 1986; consists chiefly of a low plateau, mostly arid in the west, with the basin of the Murray River and the Great Dividing Range in the east and the Great Barrier Reef off the NE coast. Official language: English. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: dollar. Capital: Canberra. Pop: 23 029 674 (2013 est). Area: 7 682 300 sq km (2 966 150 sq miles)
  • austrasia — the eastern region of the kingdom of the Merovingian Franks that had its capital at Metz and lasted from 511 ad until 814 ad. It covered the area now comprising NE France, Belgium, and western Germany
  • autolatry — the worship of oneself
  • autotroph — any organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis as a source of energy, as most plants and certain bacteria and protists.
  • autotruck — a motor truck.
  • auxotroph — a mutant strain of microorganism having nutritional requirements additional to those of the normal organism
  • aviatrice — a woman who is a pilot; aviator.
  • awestrike — to inspire great awe in
  • awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.
  • azeotrope — a mixture of liquids that boils at a constant temperature, at a given pressure, without change of composition
  • azeotropy — the existence of azeotropes
  • aztreonam — A synthetic monobactam originally isolated from Chromobacterium violaceum, similar in action to penicillin.
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