9-letter words containing n, i, s, a
- antisense — (of a drug) acting in an opposite way to RNA
- antiserum — blood serum containing antibodies against a specific antigen, used to treat or provide immunity to a disease
- antishake — denoting a technology that reduces the blurring caused by movement of the person taking a photograph
- antishark — designed to protect against shark attacks
- antishock — designed to reduce the force of impact
- antisleep — acting to prevent sleep
- antismoke — preventing smoke
- antisolar — facing in the opposite direction to the sun
- antispast — a group of four syllables, two short and two long, in a metric foot
- antistate — opposed to or acting against state authority
- antistick — acting to prevent adhesion
- antistory — a story which does not conform to the established conventions of storytelling
- antistyle — a style that rejects or subverts conventional style
- antitrust — In the United States, antitrust laws are intended to stop large firms taking over their competitors, fixing prices with their competitors, or interfering with free competition in any way.
- antitypes — Plural form of antitype.
- antivirus — a piece of software designed to prevent viruses entering a computer system or network
- antoninus — Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius.
- antshrike — any of several antbirds, especially of the genus Thamnophilus, superficially resembling the shrike.
- antsiness — the quality of being antsy
- anxieties — Plural form of anxiety.
- anxiously — full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous: Her parents were anxious about her poor health.
- anybodies — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
- anythings — a thing of any kind.
- apennines — a mountain range in Italy, extending over 1250 km (800 miles) from the northwest to the southernmost tip of the peninsula. Highest peak: Monte Corno, 2912 m (9554 ft)
- aperients — Plural form of aperient.
- apishness — The state or quality of being apish.
- apneustic — of or relating to apneusis
- appeasing — to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
- apprising — appraise.
- apse line — the major axis of an elliptical orbit.
- aquatints — Plural form of aquatint.
- arabinose — a pentose sugar in plant gums, esp of cedars and pines. It is used as a culture medium in bacteriology. Formula: C5H10O5
- arachnids — Plural form of arachnid.
- arccosine — the function the value of which for a given argument between –1 and 1 is the angle in radians (between 0 and π), the cosine of which is that argument: the inverse of the cosine function
- arresting — attracting attention; striking
- arrhenius — Svante August (ˈsvantə ˈauɡʊst). 1859–1927, Swedish chemist and physicist, noted for his work on the theory of electrolytic dissociation: Nobel prize for chemistry 1903
- arseniate — (inorganic chemistry) arsenate.
- arsenical — of or containing arsenic
- arsenides — Plural form of arsenide.
- arsenious — of or containing arsenic in the trivalent state
- arsonists — Plural form of arsonist.
- artisanal — pertaining to or noting a person skilled in an applied art: The men were taught artisanal skills such as bricklaying and carpentry.
- artsiness — the condition of being artsy or affectedly creative
- asbestine — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- 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
- ascending — If a group of things is arranged in ascending order, each thing is bigger, greater, or more important than the thing before it.
- ascension — In some religions, when someone goes to heaven, you can refer to their ascension to heaven.
- ascensive — having the propensity to move in an upwards direction
- ascertain — If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
- ascidians — Plural form of ascidian.