9-letter words that end in e
- acquisite — (obsolete) acquired.
- acrodrome — (of the veins of a leaf) running parallel to the edges of the leaf and fusing at the tip
- acrophobe — a person who is abnormally afraid of heights
- acrospire — the first shoot developing from the plumule of a germinating grain seed
- acrospore — a spore borne at the tip of a sporophore, as a basidiospore.
- actualise — to make actual or real; turn into action or fact.
- actualité — humorous word for truth
- actualize — to make actual or real
- acuminate — narrowing to a sharp point, as some types of leaf
- adam bede — a novel (1859) by George Eliot.
- adaptable — If you describe a person or animal as adaptable, you mean that they are able to change their ideas or behaviour in order to deal with new situations.
- addictive — If a drug is addictive, people who take it cannot stop taking it.
- addlepate — Alternative form of addle pate.
- addressee — The addressee of a letter or parcel is the person or company that it is addressed to.
- adductive — of a nature that leads towards a change
- adenosine — a nucleoside formed by the condensation of adenine and ribose. It is present in all living cells in a combined form, as in ribonucleic acids. Formula: C10H13N5O4
- adenylate — (organic chemistry) The dissociated anion present in adenylic acid;' adenosine monophosphate.
- adherable — having the ability to adhere
- adherence — Adherence is the fact of adhering to a particular rule, agreement, or belief.
- adipocere — a waxlike fatty substance formed during the decomposition of corpses
- adipocyte — a fat cell that accumulates and stores fats
- adipokine — (biochemistry) Any of several cytokines secreted by adipose tissue.
- adjacence — the state of being adjacent
- adjective — An adjective is a word such as 'big', 'dead', or 'financial' that describes a person or thing, or gives extra information about them. Adjectives usually come before nouns or after link verbs.
- adjustive — allowing for adjustment
- admeasure — to measure out (land, etc) as a share; apportion
- adminicle — something contributing to prove a point without itself being complete proof
- admirable — An admirable quality or action is one that deserves to be praised and admired.
- admirance — an admiration (for)
- admissive — tending to admit.
- admixture — Admixture means the same as mixture.
- adobelike — made using a material similar to adobe
- adoptable — able to be adopted
- adorkable — socially inept or unfashionable in a charming or endearing way
- adsorbate — a substance that has been or is to be adsorbed on a surface
- aduantage — Obsolete spelling of advantage.
- adultlike — having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.
- adumbrate — to outline; give a faint indication of
- advantage — An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
- advective — relating to advection
- adventive — (of a species) introduced to a new area and not yet established there; exotic
- adventure — If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and rather dangerous journey or series of events.
- advergame — an online video game that promotes a particular brand, product, or marketing message by integrating it into the game.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- aerobrake — to perform aerobraking
- aerodrome — An aerodrome is a place or area where small aircraft can land and take off.
- aeropause — the region of the upper atmosphere above which aircraft cannot fly