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10-letter words containing a, b, i

  • abrogation — the act or an instance of abrogating, or repealing: abrogation of the treaty's responsibility.
  • abrogative — having the property of abrogating
  • abruptions — Plural form of abruption.
  • abscessing — Present participle of abscess.
  • abscession — A separating; removal.
  • abscission — the separation of leaves, branches, flowers, and bark from plants by the formation of an abscission layer
  • absconding — running away, esp from an open prison or to avoid prosecution or punishment
  • absinthian — a green, aromatic liqueur that is 68 percent alcohol, is made with wormwood and other herbs, and has a bitter, licorice flavor: now banned in most Western countries.
  • absinthism — a diseased condition resulting from excessive drinking of absinthe
  • absistence — (obsolete) A standing aloof.
  • absit omen — may the presentiment not become real or take place
  • absolution — If someone is given absolution, they are forgiven for something wrong that they have done.
  • absolutism — Absolutism is a political system in which one ruler or leader has complete power and authority over a country.
  • absolutist — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
  • absolutive — the grammatical case in an ergative language that is used for the direct object of a transitive verb and the subject of an intransitive verb
  • absolutize — to make absolute
  • absolvitor — a legal decision in favour of the defendant
  • absorption — The absorption of a liquid, gas, or other substance is the process of it being soaked up or taken in.
  • absorptive — able or tending to absorb; absorbent.
  • abstaining — to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from): to abstain from eating meat.
  • abstemious — Someone who is abstemious avoids doing too much of something enjoyable such as eating or drinking.
  • abstenious — Misspelling of abstemious (or possibly of abstentious.).
  • abstention — Abstention is a formal act of not voting either for or against a proposal.
  • abstersion — the act of wiping clean or cleansing
  • abstersive — a cleansing substance
  • abstinence — Abstinence is the practice of abstaining from something such as alcoholic drink or sex, often for health or religious reasons.
  • abstinency — the quality of being abstinent
  • abstrusity — the quality of being abstruse
  • abstrusive — (rare) Of abstruse quality. (First attested in the mid 17th century.).
  • absumption — (obsolete) Gradual destruction or disintegration; wasting away.
  • abu hanifa — a.d. 699–767, Islamic scholar and founder of one of the schools of Islamic law.
  • abu simbel — a former village in S Egypt: site of two temples of Rameses II, which were moved to higher ground (1966–67) before the area behind the Aswan High Dam was flooded
  • abyssinian — a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia
  • accessible — If a place or building is accessible to people, it is easy for them to reach it or get into it. If an object is accessible, it is easy to reach.
  • accessibly — easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use.
  • accubation — the action or state of leaning backwards, esp at a table for meals
  • acerbating — Present participle of acerbate.
  • acerbation — (rare) Bitterness of feeling.
  • achievable — If you say that something you are trying to do is achievable, you mean that it is possible for you to succeed in doing it.
  • acquirable — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
  • acrobatics — Acrobatics are acrobatic movements.
  • acrobatism — the art, or feats, of the acrobat
  • acrophobia — abnormal fear or dread of being at a great height
  • acrophobic — a pathological fear of heights.
  • actability — capable of being acted or suitable for acting: He has written a very actable, well-structured play.
  • actionable — If something that you do or say to someone is actionable, it gives them a valid reason for bringing a legal case against you.
  • actionably — In an actionable manner.
  • ad libitum — (to be performed) at the performer's discretion
  • admissable — Alternative spelling of admissible.
  • admissible — If evidence is admissible, it is allowed in a court of law.
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