9-letter words starting with a
- accidents — Plural form of accident.
- accipiter — any hawk of the genus Accipiter, typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
- acclaimed — publicly acknowledged as excellent
- acclaimer — One who acclaims.
- acclamate — (rare) To acclaim.
- acclimate — When you acclimate or are acclimated to a new situation, place, or climate, you become used to it.
- acclivity — an upward slope, esp of the ground
- acclivous — Sloping upward; rising like a hillside.
- accoladed — any award, honor, or laudatory notice: The play received accolades from the press.
- accolades — Plural form of accolade.
- accolated — (of portraits on a coin, medal, or escutcheon) overlapping and facing in the same direction; conjoined.
- accompany — If you accompany someone, you go somewhere with them.
- accordant — in conformity or harmony
- accorders — Plural form of accorder.
- according — in proportion; in relation
- accordion — An accordion is a musical instrument in the shape of a fairly large box which you hold in your hands. You play the accordion by pressing keys or buttons on either side while moving the two sides together and apart. Accordions are used especially to play traditional popular music.
- accosting — Present participle of accost.
- accounted — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- accounter — A person providing an account of events.
- accourage — to give encouragement to
- accoutred — equipped or dressed in a particular way
- accoutres — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accoutre.
- accredits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accredit.
- accresced — Simple past tense and past participle of accresce.
- accreting — Present participle of accrete.
- accretion — An accretion is an addition to something, usually one that has been added over a period of time.
- accretive — an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
- accroides — an alcohol-soluble resin, obtained from Australian trees, used in paper manufacturing and as a component of varnishes
- accruable — having the ability to be accrued
- accrument — Alternative form of accruement.
- acculture — To familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant.
- accumbent — (of plant parts and plants) lying against some other part or thing
- accurized — to improve the accuracy of (a firearm).
- accusable — having liability to be blamed or accused
- accusably — in an accusable manner
- accustoms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accustom.
- ace point — the first point in backgammon.
- acellular — not made up of or containing cells
- acephalic — having no head or one that is reduced and indistinct
- acerbated — Simple past tense and past participle of acerbate.
- acerbates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acerbate.
- acervulus — a small, asexual spore-producing structure produced by certain parasitic fungi on a host plant
- acescence — The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.
- acesodyne — mitigating pain; anodyne.
- acetaldol — aldol (def 1).
- acetamide — a white or colourless soluble deliquescent crystalline compound, used in the manufacture of organic chemicals. Formula: CH3CONH2
- acetified — Simple past tense and past participle of acetify.
- acetifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acetify.
- acetylate — to introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound)
- acetylene — Acetylene is a colourless gas which burns with a very hot bright flame. It is often used in lamps and for cutting and welding metal.