9-letter words containing a, r, t
- adumbrate — to outline; give a faint indication of
- adventure — If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and rather dangerous journey or series of events.
- adversity — an unfortunate event or incident
- advertent — paying attention; heedful
- adverting — to remark or comment; refer (usually followed by to): He adverted briefly to the news of the day.
- advertise — If someone or something advertises a particular quality, they show it in their appearance or behaviour.
- advertize — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- advocater — Alternative form of advocator.
- advocator — a person who advocates
- advoutrer — an adulterer
- aegrotats — Plural form of aegrotat.
- aerialist — a trapeze artist or tightrope walker
- aeriality — the quality of being aerial; insubstantiality
- aerobatic — (used with a plural verb) stunts performed in flight by an airplane, glider, or the like.
- aerobiont — an organism that requires oxygen to survive
- aerolites — Plural form of aerolite.
- aerometer — an instrument for determining the mass or density of a gas, esp air
- aerometry — an instrument for determining the weight, density, etc., of air or other gases.
- aeromotor — an engine that powers an aircraft
- aeronauts — A traveler in a hot-air balloon, airship, or other flying craft.
- aerophoto — aerial photograph.
- aerophyte — epiphyte.
- aerostats — Plural form of aerostat.
- aerotaxis — the movement of organisms towards or away from oxygen caused by changes in oxygen concentration
- aerotrain — a high-speed train driven by a fan jet engine
- aethereal — ethereal
- affecters — to give the appearance of; pretend or feign: to affect knowledge of the situation.
- afferents — Plural form of afferent.
- affirmant — a person who affirms.
- affirmest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of affirm.
- affirmeth — Archaic third-person singular form of affirm.
- affixture — an affixing or being affixed
- afflicter — a person who causes distress, torment, or affliction
- affordeth — Archaic third-person singular form of afford.
- afforests — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afforest.
- affreight — to charter (a ship) as a freight carrier.
- 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
- affronted — experiencing an insult
- affrontee — having faces or fronts towards each other
- affronter — Someone who affronts.
- aforetime — formerly
- after all — You use after all when introducing a statement which supports or helps explain something you have just said.
- after you — please go, enter, etc, before me
- after-run — the continued running of an internal-combustion engine after the ignition is switched off: Heavy carbon buildup can cause annoying engine after-run.
- after-tax — denoting earnings, profit, or income left when tax has been paid
- afterbeat — a secondary, weaker half of a musical beat.
- afterbody — any discarded part that continues to trail a satellite, rocket, etc, in orbit
- 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