9-letter words containing a, e, s
- air-slake — to slake (lime or the like) with moist air.
- airbrakes — Plural form of airbrake.
- airdromes — Plural form of airdrome.
- airfields — Plural form of airfield.
- airframes — Plural form of airframe.
- airliners — Plural form of airliner.
- airplanes — Plural form of airplane.
- airscrews — Plural form of airscrew.
- airstream — a wind, esp at a high altitude
- airstrike — a military attack involving aircraft
- al fresco — out-of-doors; in the open air: to dine alfresco.
- alabaster — Alabaster is a white stone that is used for making statues, vases, and ornaments.
- albescent — shading into, growing, or becoming white
- alchemies — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
- alchemise — to change by or as by alchemy; transmute: to alchemize lead into gold.
- alchemist — An alchemist was a scientist in the Middle Ages who tried to discover how to change ordinary metals into gold.
- alcimedes — the mother of Jason.
- alcyoneus — a giant who threw a stone at Hercules and was killed when Hercules hit the stone back with his club.
- aldehydes — Plural form of aldehyde.
- aldershot — a town in S England, in Hampshire: site of a large military camp. Pop: 58 170 (2001)
- alehouses — Plural form of alehouse.
- alertness — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- alewashed — showing the effects of drinking beer
- alexiares — a son of Hercules and Hebe.
- alexius i — (Alexius Comnenus) 1048-1118; emperor of the Byzantine Empire (1081-1118)
- algeciras — a port and resort in SW Spain, on the Strait of Gibraltar: scene of a conference of the Great Powers in 1906. Pop: 108 779 (2003 est)
- algicides — Plural form of algicide.
- algidness — the state or quality of being algid
- alginates — Plural form of alginate.
- alienates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alienate.
- alienists — Plural form of alienist.
- alienness — the state or quality or being alien, foreign, or unfamiliar
- alikeness — the state or quality of being similar
- aliveness — having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.
- alkoxides — Plural form of alkoxide.
- all-overs — a general feeling of unease and nervousness throughout the body (usually preceded by the).
- all-state — selected on the basis of merit to represent one's state, often in a competition: an all-state debater; a pitcher on the all-state team.
- allcomers — all people who want to compete, join or take part, esp in a sporting event, as opposed to members of a specific group
- alleluias — Plural form of alleluia.
- allergens — Plural form of allergen.
- allergies — Plural form of allergy.
- allergist — An allergist is a doctor who specializes in treating people with allergies.
- alleyways — Plural form of alleyway.
- alliances — Plural form of alliance.
- allocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allocate.
- allostery — the condition of a protein (such as an enzyme) in which the structure and activity of the enzyme are modified by the binding of a metabolic molecule at a site other than the chemically active one
- allottees — Plural form of allottee.
- allspices — Plural form of allspice.
- almohades — a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa during the 12th and 13th centuries.
- almsgiver — a person who gives alms