9-letter words containing a, e, s
- aeronauts — A traveler in a hot-air balloon, airship, or other flying craft.
- aeropause — the region of the upper atmosphere above which aircraft cannot fly
- aeropulse — a pulsejet engine
- aeroscope — a device that collects bacteria from the air, used for observing the atmosphere
- aeroshell — a protective shield, containing a parachute, which slows a spacecraft during re-entry to the earth's atmosphere and landing
- aerospace — Aerospace companies are involved in developing and making rockets, missiles, space vehicles, and related equipment.
- aerospike — a type of rocket engine
- aerostats — Plural form of aerostat.
- aerotaxis — the movement of organisms towards or away from oxygen caused by changes in oxygen concentration
- aeschines — ?389–?314 bc, Athenian orator; the main political opponent of Demosthenes
- aeschylus — ?525–?456 bc, Greek dramatist, regarded as the father of Greek tragedy. Seven of his plays are extant, including Seven Against Thebes, The Persians, Prometheus Bound, and the trilogy of the Oresteia
- aesthesia — the normal ability to experience sensation, perception, or sensitivity
- aesthesis — sensation; feeling.
- aesthetes — Plural form of aesthete.
- aesthetic — Aesthetic is used to talk about beauty or art, and people's appreciation of beautiful things.
- aestivate — to pass the summer
- affecters — to give the appearance of; pretend or feign: to affect knowledge of the situation.
- afferents — Plural form of afferent.
- affiances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiance.
- affirmest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of affirm.
- affluents — Plural form of affluent.
- afforests — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afforest.
- aforesaid — Aforesaid means the same as aforementioned.
- aforesayd — Obsolete spelling of aforesaid.
- aftercast — a casting made from a mold that was itself made from an original casting.
- afterings — the last of the milk drawn from a cow in milking, which contains the richest milk
- aftermost — closer or closest to the rear or (in a vessel) the stern; last
- aftersale — (business) After the sale of a product.
- aftershow — a party held after a public performance of a play or film
- agelastic — never laughing; mirthless
- agelessly — in an ageless manner
- agentless — Without an agent.
- aggressed — to commit the first act of hostility or offense; attack first.
- aggresses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggress.
- aggressor — The aggressor in a fight or battle is the person, group, or country that starts it.
- aggrieves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggrieve.
- agileness — the quality of being agile
- agilities — the power of moving quickly and easily; nimbleness: exercises demanding agility.
- agistment — the act of agisting
- agnus dei — the figure of a lamb bearing a cross or banner, emblematic of Christ
- agonistes — a person enduring an inner struggle
- agrements — amenities
- agrestial — inhabiting a rural area
- agterskot — the final payment to a farmer for crops
- ahasuerus — a king of ancient Persia and husband of Esther, generally identified with Xerxes
- aids test — a blood test that detects whether the blood sample contains antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and thus whether a person has or is likely to develop AIDS
- aigrettes — Plural form of aigrette.
- aimlessly — without aim; purposeless.
- air miles — Air miles are points that you collect when you buy certain goods or services and which you can use to pay for air travel.
- air space — a space occupied by air.