9-Letter Words Starting with A
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abhorrent (14 points)
Ground hot and barren? Horrible!
Detestable/tenants' motto (wordplay)
Bad breath or not, initially offensive
A·1+B·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 14 pts
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 14 pts
adornment (12 points)
Touch of color, perhaps
Decoration for naval personnel in a spot
Mend a torn dress with decoration
A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+N·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
A·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
adsorbent (12 points)
Like charcoal filter
Capable of deflecting moisture
Capable of producing a film about bears? Don't!
A·1+D·2+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
aftermost (14 points)
Last to be following the majority
Right at the back, yet wanting the lion's share
A·1+F·4+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+O·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
allograft (13 points)
""A graft of tissue obtained from a donor of the same species as, but with a different genetic make-up from, the recipient, as a tissue transplant between two humans. Also called homograft .""
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1 = 13 pts
allotment (11 points)
Does this imply sharecropping (wordplay)
Share beds here (wordplay)
Tell man to make beds!
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
anatomist (11 points)
A holder of the skeleton key (wordplay)
Bridie's dissector
One studying bodily structure
A·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
apologist (12 points)
One who defends a policy
Defender of something controversial
One defending most of rationale in a job
A·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
archivolt (17 points)
""The architectural member surrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square opening.""
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+V·4+O·1+L·1+T·1 = 17 pts
arrowroot (12 points)
Missile base or plant
Starch-yielding plant
Take a bow to such starch underground
A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+R·1+O·1+O·1+T·1 = 12 pts
astronaut (9 points)
A nut roast served for one on rocket
One making use of space (wordplay)
One making good use of space (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+U·1+T·1 = 9 pts
A·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
atonement (11 points)
Reparation (for a wrong)
Reparation agreed, paid around November
Satisfaction of a sort
A·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
autograft (13 points)
A tissue or organ grafted into a new position in or on the body of the same individual.
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1 = 13 pts
autopilot (11 points)
Unthinking state (figurative)
High-level stand-in chauffeur (wordplay)
Robot flier (wordplay)
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+L·1+O·1+T·1 = 11 pts
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