9-letter words that end in e
- alarmable — able or prone to be alarmed or disturbed
- albemarle — a city in central North Carolina.
- albertine — a female given name: derived from Albert.
- albertite — a black solid variety of bitumen that has a conchoidal fracture and occurs in veins in oil-bearing strata
- albertype — collotype.
- alchemise — to change by or as by alchemy; transmute: to alchemize lead into gold.
- alchemize — to alter (an element, metal, etc) by alchemy; transmute
- alepidote — (of a fish) not having scales.
- algaecide — a chemical substance for killing and preventing the growth of algae
- alienable — (of property) transferable to another owner
- aliterate — a person who is able to read but disinclined to do so
- alizarine — Alizarin.
- all there — having his or her wits about him or her; of normal intelligence
- all-state — selected on the basis of merit to represent one's state, often in a competition: an all-state debater; a pitcher on the all-state team.
- allemande — the first movement of the classical suite, composed in a moderate tempo in a time signature of four-four
- alleviate — If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.
- allineate — To align.
- allocable — able to be allocated
- allophane — a variously coloured amorphous mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium silicate and occurring in cracks in some sedimentary rocks
- allophone — any of several speech sounds that are regarded as contextual or environmental variants of the same phoneme. In English the aspirated initial (p) in pot and the unaspirated (p) in spot are allophones of the phoneme /p/
- allotrope — any of two or more physical forms in which an element can exist
- allowable — If people decide that something is allowable, they let it happen without trying to stop it.
- allowance — An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need.
- almandine — a deep violet-red garnet that consists of iron aluminium silicate and is used as a gemstone. Formula: Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
- almandite — almandine.
- almshouse — Almshouses are houses in Britain which were built and run by charities to provide accommodation for poor or old people who could not afford to pay rent.
- alongside — If one thing is alongside another thing, the first thing is next to the second.
- altarwise — in the position of an altar
- alterable — capable of being altered.
- altercate — to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
- alternate — When you alternate two things, you keep using one then the other. When one thing alternates with another, the first regularly occurs after the other.
- altimetre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of altimeter.
- aluminate — a salt of the ortho or meta acid forms of aluminium hydroxide containing the ions AlO2– or AlO33–
- aluminise — To coat with a layer of aluminium.
- aluminite — a mineral, hydrous aluminum sulfate, Al 2 (SO 4)(OH) 4 ⋅7H 2 O, occurring in white, chalky masses.
- aluminize — to cover with aluminium or aluminium paint
- alveolate — having many alveoli
- amalekite — a member of a nomadic tribe descended from Esau (Genesis 36:12), dwelling in the desert between Sinai and Canaan and hostile to the Israelites: they were defeated by Saul and destroyed by David (I Samuel 15–30)
- amaritude — Bitterness.
- amassable — of a nature that can be amassed
- amazonite — a green variety of microcline used as a gemstone. Formula: KAlSi3O8
- ambassade — (obsolete) The mission of an ambassador.
- ambassage — a message sent by an embassy
- amberlite — various insoluble cross-linked polymers used in water-treatment processes and in pharmacy
- ambiguate — To make a situation or something more ambiguous.
- ambleside — a town in NW England, in Cumbria: a tourist centre for the Lake District. Pop: 3064 (2001)
- ambrotype — an early type of glass negative that could be made to appear as a positive by backing it with black varnish or paper
- ambulance — An ambulance is a vehicle for taking people to and from hospital.
- ambulante — a portable tea table, used in 18th-century France.
- ambulette — a motor vehicle designed for transporting disabled people