9-letter words containing a, c
- affianced — betrothed; engaged.
- affiances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiance.
- afflicted — to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
- afflicter — a person who causes distress, torment, or affliction
- affluence — Affluence is the state of having a lot of money or a high standard of living.
- affluency — affluence (def 2).
- affricate — a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point, such as the sound written ch, as in chair
- afro-comb — a comb with a handle and long teeth used esp on curly hair
- aftercare — Aftercare is the nursing and care of people who have been treated in hospital, and who are now recovering.
- aftercast — a casting made from a mold that was itself made from an original casting.
- afterclap — an unexpected, usually unwanted, repercussion of or sequel to an affair which had been thought to be closed
- afterdeck — the unprotected deck behind the bridge of a ship
- agalactia — absence or failure of secretion of milk
- agelastic — never laughing; mirthless
- agincourt — a battle fought in 1415 near the village of Azincourt, N France: a decisive victory for English longbowmen under Henry V over French forces vastly superior in number
- agnatical — relating to agnates
- agnostics — Plural form of agnostic.
- agonistic — striving for effect; strained
- agreeance — the act or state of agreeing; agreement.
- agrodolce — an Italian sweet-and-sour sauce, made with onions, garlic, red wine vinegar, sugar, and raisins
- agrologic — of or relating to agrology
- agronomic — the science of soil management and the production of field crops.
- ahimelech — a priest who was killed by Saul for helping David. I Sam. 21:1–9; 22:9–23.
- ahistoric — not related to or concerned with documented history
- ailanthic — of or relating to the ailanthus tree
- air brick — a ceramic or metal unit the size of a brick, open at the sides for admitting air to a building interior.
- air cargo — cargo transported or to be transported by an air carrier.
- air coach — coach (def 4).
- air corps — (before July 26, 1947) a branch of the U.S. Army concerned with military aviation.
- air cover — the use of aircraft to provide aerial protection for ground forces against enemy air attack
- air crash — a crash involving one or more aircraft
- air force — An air force is the part of a country's armed forces that is concerned with fighting in the air.
- air scoop — a device fitted to the surface of an aircraft to provide air pressure or ventilation from the airflow
- air scout — a scout belonging to a scout troop that specializes in flying, gliding, etc
- air space — a space occupied by air.
- air stack — stack (def 13).
- air-lance — to clean with an air lance.
- airbricks — Plural form of airbrick.
- aircrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of aircraft.
- airscrews — Plural form of airscrew.
- airy disc — the bright central part of the diffraction pattern of light from a point source that is diffracted by a circular aperture.
- aitchbone — the rump bone or floor of the pelvis in cattle
- akathisic — Relating to, or exhibiting, akathisia.
- al capone — Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- al fresco — out-of-doors; in the open air: to dine alfresco.
- alackaday — alack
- alamannic — the high German speech of Switzerland, Alsace, and southwestern Germany. Compare Bavarian (def 3).
- albescent — shading into, growing, or becoming white
- albinotic — of or relating to albinism.
- albitical — related to or formed of albite