9-letter words that end in t
- arrestant — a substance that stops a chemical reaction
- arrive at — to reach by traveling
- arrowroot — Arrowroot is a substance obtained from a West Indian plant. It is used in cooking, for example for thickening sauces or in making biscuits.
- ascendant — proceeding upwards; rising
- ascendent — a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence: With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position.
- ascii art — (graphics) (Or "character graphics", "ASCII graphics") The fine art of drawing diagrams using the ASCII character set (mainly "|-/\+"). See also boxology. Here is a serious example: o----)||(--+--|<----+ +---------o + D O L )||( | | | C U A I )||( +-->|-+ | +-\/\/-+--o - T C N )||( | | | | P E )||( +-->|-+--)---+--)|--+-o U )||( | | | GND T o----)||(--+--|<----+----------+ A power supply consisting of a full wave rectifier circuit feeding a capacitor input filter circuit Figure 1. And here are some very silly examples: +--------------------------------------------------------+ | ^^^^^^^^^^^^ | | ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ | | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | | ^^^^^^^ B ^^^^^^^^^ | | ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | +--------------------------------------------------------+ "A Bee in the Carrot Patch" Figure 3. Within humorous ASCII art, there is, for some reason, an entire flourishing subgenre of pictures of silly cows. One is shown in Figure 2; here are three more:
- aspectant — (of birds, fish, and animals other than beasts of prey) face to face; respectant.
- assailant — Someone's assailant is a person who has physically attacked them.
- assay kit — equipment used to carry out an analysis, esp a determination of the amount of metal in an ore or the amounts of impurities in a precious metal
- assesment — Misspelling of assessment.
- assist at — to be present at; attend
- assistant — Assistant is used in front of titles or jobs to indicate a slightly lower rank. For example, an assistant director is one rank lower than a director in an organization.
- assumpsit — (before 1875) an action to recover damages for breach of an express or implied contract or agreement that was not under seal
- assurgent — (of leaves, stems, etc) curving or growing upwards; rising
- astronaut — An astronaut is a person who is trained for travelling in a spacecraft.
- at market — at the current price
- ata point — (unit, text) (Or "Anglo-Saxon point") One of the two most common variants of the point, equal to 0.3514598 mm, or 0.0138366 inch, or 1/72.272 inch. The ATA point is used on the island of the United Kingdom and on the American continent.
- atonalist — a composer who composes without knowingly or being aware of alluding to a particular tone or scale
- atonement — If you do something as an atonement for doing something wrong, you do it to show that you are sorry.
- attendant — An attendant is someone whose job is to serve or help people in a place such as a petrol station, a car park, or a cloakroom.
- attenuant — causing dilution or thinness, esp of the blood
- attingent — touching; in contact.
- attollent — (of muscle action) lifting up or raising
- attrahent — attracting or drawing in
- auger bit — an auger having a square tang at its upper end and rotated by a brace, used for boring through wood.
- auteurist — a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.
- auto lift — a device, often powered hydraulically, for raising a vehicle so that the underside is accessible for inspection and repair.
- autograft — a tissue graft obtained from one part of a patient's body for use on another part
- autopilot — automatic pilot
- autoplast — autograft.
- autopoint — a point-to-point race in motor cars
- autopsist — a surgeon who specializes in conducting autopsies
- autostart — (transitive, intransitive, computing) To start automatically.
- availment — (obsolete) Profit; advantage.
- avalement — a skiing technique that involves keeping the knees flexible so as to absorb bumps and remain in contact with the snow
- avid fart — a flashy and intrusive visual effects editing style
- avirulent — (esp of bacteria) not virulent
- avisement — the careful consideration or observation of something
- awesomest — Superlative form of awesome.
- b-toolkit — (tool, programming, product) A set of software tools designed to support a rigorous or formal development of software systems using the B-Method. The Toolkit also provides a development environment automating the management of all associated files, ensuring that the entire development, including code and documentation, is always in a consistent state. The Toolkit includes: a specification, design and code configuration management system, including integrity and dependency management and source file editing facilities; a set of software specification and design analysis tools, which includes syntax checkers, type checkers and a specification animator; a set of verification tools, which includes a proof-obligation generator and automatic and interactive provers; a set of coding tools, which includes a translator, linker, rapid prototyping facilities and a reusable specification/code module library; a documentation tool for automatically producing fully cross-referenced and indexed type-set documents from source files; a re-making tool for automatically re-checking and re-generating specifications, designs, code and documentation after modifications to source files. A normal licence costs 25,000 pounds, academic 6,250 pounds.
- baby seat — a seat anchored to the body of the car, with straps to buckle across the baby
- baby spot — a small spotlight, usually 250–400 watts, used to highlight a specific section of a stage setting or acting area.
- back rest — a support for the back of something
- back seat — a seat at the back, esp of a vehicle
- back vent — (in plumbing) a vent situated on the sewer side of a trap.
- backblast — A dangerous blast of hot air behind a rocket or missile when it is fired.
- backcourt — In sports such tennis and badminton, the backcourt is the section of each side of the court that is furthest from the net. In basketball, the backcourt is the rear part of the court, where the defense plays. You can also use backcourt to refer to the members of a team who play mainly in this part of the court.
- backdraft — an explosive surge in a fire produced by the sudden mixing of air with other combustible gases.
- backlight — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- backprint — The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.