9-letter words starting with a
- abductees — Plural form of abductee.
- abducting — Present participle of abduct.
- abduction — the act of taking someone away by force or cunning; kidnapping
- abductive — (anatomy) Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement. (Mid 19th century.).
- abductors — Plural form of abductor.
- abecedary — abecedarian.
- abelmosks — Plural form of abelmosk.
- abernathy — Ralph David1926-90; U.S. clergyman & civil rights leader
- abernethy — a crisp unleavened biscuit
- aberrance — departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
- aberrancy — departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
- abeyances — Plural form of abeyance.
- abhenries — Plural form of abhenry.
- abhorrent — If something is abhorrent to you, you hate it very much or consider it completely unacceptable.
- abhorreth — Archaic third-person singular form of abhor.
- abhorring — to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
- abideable — Capable of being abided.
- abidingly — In an abiding manner; permanently. (First attested around 1350 to 1470.).
- abilities — power or capacity to do or act physically, mentally, legally, morally, financially, etc.
- abimelech — a king of Gerar, who made a peace agreement with Abraham. Gen. 20, 21.
- abiogenic — not resulting from the activity of living organisms.
- abjection — an abject state or condition
- abjective — tending to degrade, humiliate, or demoralize: the abjective influences of his early life.
- abkhazian — a Caucasian language of Abkhazia, best known for its rich consonantism.
- ablactate — to wean.
- ablations — Plural form of ablation.
- ablatival — relating to the ablative case
- ablatives — Plural form of ablative.
- ablauting — Present participle of ablaut.
- ablutions — Someone's ablutions are all the activities that are involved in washing himself or herself.
- abnegated — Simple past tense and past participle of abnegate.
- abnegates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abnegate.
- abnegator — (rare) One who abnegates, denies, or rejects. (From Mid 17th century.).
- abnormity — lack of normality; a deviation from the usual or typical
- abnormous — abnormal; irregular or misshapen
- abnoxious — Misspelling of obnoxious.
- aboardage — collision between two vessels meeting side-on or at a slight angle.
- abodement — a sign that something good or bad is about to happen
- abolished — Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution).
- abolisher — Agent noun of abolish; one who abolishes. (First attested from the mid 17th century.).
- abolishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abolish.
- abolition — The abolition of something such as a system or practice is its formal ending.
- abominate — to dislike intensely; loathe; detest
- abondance — (card games) Alternative form of abundance.
- aborigine — Aborigines are members of the tribes that were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
- abortions — Plural form of abortion.
- abortment — (obsolete) Abortion. (Attested from the early 17th century until the late 19th century.).
- abortuary — a place where abortions are carried out
- abortuses — immature placental or fetal tissue prematurely passed or curetted.
- aboudikro — the wood of a sapele.