9-letter words containing s, e
- 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.
- 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.