10-letter words containing a, b, n, e
- 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.
- aerobeacon — A light used to warn aircraft away from tall structures.
- afterbrain — metencephalon (sense 1)
- alabandite — a mineral form of manganese sulphide (MnS) with cubic crystals
- alanbrooke — Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount. 1883–1963, British field marshal; chief of Imperial General Staff (1941–46)
- alban berg — Alban [ahl-bahn,, ahl-bahn] /ɑlˈbɑn,, ˈɑl bɑn/ (Show IPA), 1885–1935, Austrian composer.
- albescence — becoming white; whitish.
- albigenses — members of a Manichean sect that flourished in S France from the 11th to the 13th century
- albumenize — to coat with a solution containing albumen or albumin
- albumenoid — Alternative form of albuminoid.
- albuminate — any of several substances formed from albumin by the action of acid or alkali
- albuminize — to convert into albumin
- albuminose — Alternative form of albuminous.
- alice band — an ornamental band worn across the front of the hair to hold it back from the face
- ambitioned — sought after, desired
- ambivalent — If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it.
- ambulances — Plural form of ambulance.
- ambushment — an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road.
- anabaptise — to rebaptise
- anabaptize — to baptize again
- anaerobies — (biology) anaerobes.
- anaerobium — anaerobe
- analphabet — an illiterate person unfamiliar with the letters of the alphabet
- analysable — Alternative spelling of analyzable.
- analyzable — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- anchor bed — a sloping, slightly projecting platform on the forecastle of a ship, for supporting an anchor when not in use.
- angleberry — a wart-like growth on the skin of cattle and horses
- anglophobe — a person who hates or fears England or its people
- ankle boot — a boot that extends up as far as the ankle
- anklebones — Plural form of anklebone.
- answerable — If you are answerable to someone, you have to report to them and explain your actions.
- answerback — a reply or answering message from a computer or other electronic device, as by means of teletypewriter or simulated voice.
- antebellum — of or during the period before a war, esp the American Civil War
- antenumber — a number that immediately precedes another: Three is the antenumber of four.
- antibodies — any of numerous Y -shaped protein molecules produced by B cells as a primary immune defense, each molecule and its clones having a unique binding site that can combine with the complementary site of a foreign antigen, as on a virus or bacterium, thereby disabling the antigen and signaling other immune defenses. Abbreviation: Ab.
- antifebrin — acetanilide.
- antirabies — acting against or preventing rabies
- arbutamine — Lb pharmaceutical drug A cardiac stimulant drug.
- asbjornsen — Peter Christen [pey-tuh r kris-tuh n] /ˈpeɪ tər ˈkrɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1812–85, Norwegian naturalist and folklorist.
- ascendable — having the ability to be ascended
- ascendible — Capable of being ascended; climbable.
- ash blonde — pale, grayish blond: ash-blond hair.
- assembling — to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
- assignable — capable of being specified: The word has no assignable meaning in our language.
- attainable — Something that is attainable can be achieved.
- attenuable — Capable of being attenuated.
- aubergines — Plural form of aubergine.
- azerbaijan — a republic in NW Asia: the region was acquired by Russia from Persia in the early 19th century; became the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic in 1936 and gained independence in 1991; consists of dry subtropical steppes around the Aras and Kura rivers, surrounded by the Caucasus; contains the extensive Baku oilfields. Language: Azerbaijani (or Azeri). Religion: Shiite Muslim. Currency: manat. Capital: Baku. Pop: 9 590 159 (2013 est). Area: 86 600 sq km (33 430 sq miles)
- azobenzene — a yellow or orange crystalline solid used mainly in the manufacture of dyes. Formula: C6H5N:NC6H5
- azuki bean — adzuki bean.