9-letter words containing le
- amygdules — Plural form of amygdule.
- anacletus — flourished 1st century a.d, pope 76–88.
- analemmas — Plural form of analemma.
- analepsis — A form of flashback in which earlier parts of a narrative are related to others that have already been narrated.
- analeptic — (of a drug, etc) stimulating the central nervous system
- andouille — a spicy smoked pork sausage with a blackish skin
- androcles — (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn
- angerless — showing no sign of anger
- angle bar — an iron or a steel structural bar that has an L-shaped cross section
- angle-bar — an iron or steel bar, brace, or cleat in the form of an angle.
- angle-off — the angle formed by the line of flight of an aerial target and the line of sight on a gun of an attacking aircraft.
- anglesite — a white or grey secondary mineral consisting of lead sulphate in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in lead-ore deposits and is a source of lead. Formula: PbSO4
- anglewing — any of several nymphalid butterflies, especially of the genus Polygonia, having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings.
- anglewise — at an angle, in an angular manner
- angleworm — an earthworm used as bait by anglers
- angouleme — city in SW France: pop. 46,000
- anklebone — the bone of the ankle; talus
- annandale — suburb of Washington, D.C., in NE Va.: pop. 55,000
- annoyable — Capable of being annoyed.
- anopheles — any of various mosquitoes constituting the genus Anopheles, some species of which transmit the malaria parasite to man
- antennule — one of a pair of small mobile appendages on the heads of crustaceans in front of the antennae, usually having a sensory function
- antisleep — acting to prevent sleep
- antistyle — a style that rejects or subverts conventional style
- antlerite — an emerald to blackish-green mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 3 (OH) 4 SO 4 , a major copper ore in Chile.
- anucleate — (of a cell) having no nucleus
- apostille — a marginal annotation or note.
- appareled — Simple past tense and past participle of apparel.
- appealers — Plural form of appealer.
- appetible — desirable or capable of arousing desire
- apple bee — Chiefly New England. a social gathering at which apples are prepared for drying.
- apple box — an ornamental Australian tree, Eucalyptus bridgesiana, having heart-shaped juvenile leaves, large lanceolate adult leaves, and conical fruits
- apple pie — An apple pie is a kind of pie made with apples.
- apple-pie — pertaining to or embodying traditional American values: apple-pie virtues; an apple-pie issue that no politician could vote against.
- applecart — a cart or barrow from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street
- applejack — a brandy made from apples; distilled cider
- appleseed — Johnny(name for John Chapman) 1774-1845; U.S. frontiersman who planted apple trees throughout the Midwest
- appletalk — (networking, protocol) A proprietary local area network protocol developed by Apple Computer, Inc. for communication between Apple products (e.g. Macintosh) and other computers. This protocol is independent of the network layer on which it runs. Current implementations exist for Localtalk, a 235 kilobyte per second local area network and Ethertalk, a 10 megabyte per second local area network.
- appletini — a cocktail consisting of vodka and apple juice with apple cider, apple brandy, or apple liqueur, and sometimes vermouth
- applewood — The timber of the apple tree, used in carpentry and to smoke food.
- appliable — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- apposable — capable of being apposed or brought into apposition
- apsidiole — a secondary, or small, apse
- aquarelle — a method of watercolour painting in transparent washes
- aquilegia — columbine
- arbalests — Plural form of arbalest.
- areflexia — (pathology) Lack of neuromuscular reflexes. A symptom associated with many neurological disorders.
- areflexic — Lb pathology Exhibiting, or relating to, areflexia.
- areostyle — (of columned buildings) having a wide intercolumniation equal to four or more diameters of one of the columns
- aristotle — a bottle
- armorless — any covering worn as a defense against weapons.