9-letter words containing a, b
- asbestous — having the look, structure or qualities of asbestos
- asbomania — the perceived indiscriminate and excessive use by the authorities of anti-social behaviour orders in dealing with people causing a nuisance to their fellow citizens
- ascerbate — Misspelling of acerbate.
- ascorbate — a salt of ascorbic acid
- ascribing — Present participle of ascribe.
- ash blond — a very light blond colour
- ash-blond — pale, grayish blond: ash-blond hair.
- ashburton — 1st Baron, Baring, Alexander.
- ashkhabad — the capital of Turkmenistan. Pop: 598 000 (2005 est)
- ashtabula — a port in NE Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- assayable — That may be assayed.
- assembled — noting an artificial gem formed of two or more parts, as a doublet or triplet, at least one of which is a true gemstone.
- assembler — An assembler is a person, a machine, or a company which assembles the individual parts of a vehicle or a piece of equipment such as a computer.
- assembles — to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
- assumable — capable of being assumed, as an office or an obligation: Assumable mortgages are hard to find these days.
- assumably — in a presumable manner
- 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
- asyllabic — not functioning in the manner of a syllable
- at bottom — You use at bottom to emphasize that you are stating what you think is the real nature of something or the real truth about a situation.
- atabalipa — Atahualpa.
- athabasca — river rising in the Rocky Mountains of SW Alberta, Canada, and flowing northeast into Lake Athabasca: 765 mi (1,231 km)
- athabaska — a river in W Canada, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing northeast to Lake Athabaska. Length: 1230 km (765 miles)
- atom bomb — atomic bomb
- atom-bomb — to bomb (a target) with an atomic bomb.
- attenable — Alternative form of attainable.
- attleboro — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- attribute — If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.
- aubergine — An aubergine is a vegetable with a smooth, dark purple skin.
- aubrietia — any trailing purple-flowered plant of the genus Aubrieta, native to European mountains but widely planted in rock gardens: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- audiobook — a recorded reading of a book recorded on tape, CD, or digital formats
- auditable — able to be audited
- auger bit — an auger having a square tang at its upper end and rotated by a brace, used for boring through wood.
- aurangzeb — 1618–1707, Mogul emperor of Hindustan (1658–1707), whose reign marked both the height of Mogul prosperity and the decline of its power through the revolts of the Marathas
- aurobindo — Sri (Sri Aurobindo Ghose) 1872–1950, Indian scholar and spiritual leader.
- aurungzeb — Aurangzeb
- autobahns — Plural form of autobahn.
- autophoby — the reluctance to refer to oneself or be egotistical
- available — If something you want or need is available, you can find it or obtain it.
- availably — suitable or ready for use; of use or service; at hand: I used whatever tools were available.
- averrable — able to be proved or verified
- avertable — Preventable.
- avertible — Capable of being averted; preventable.
- avicebron — (Solomon ben Judah ibn-Gabirol) 1021?–58, Jewish poet and philosopher in Spain.
- avoidable — Something that is avoidable can be prevented from happening.
- avoidably — In a manner so as to be avoidable.
- awardable — Capable of being awarded.
- ayckbourn — Sir Alan. born 1939, English dramatist. His plays include Absurd Person Singular (1973), the trilogy The Norman Conquests (1974), A Chorus of Disapproval (1985), House and Garden (2000), and Private Fears in Public Places (2004)
- aylesbury — a town in SE central England, administrative centre of Buckinghamshire. Pop: 69 021 (2001)
- ayub khan — Mohammed. 1907–74, Pakistani field marshal; president of Pakistan (1958–69)
- b & b — bed and breakfast