10-letter words containing a, c, l, 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.
- actionless — inactive, without action
- actualised — Simple past tense and past participle of actualise.
- actualized — Simple past tense and past participle of actualize.
- actualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actualize.
- actualness — The state or quality of being actual.
- actuatable — Able to be actuated.
- adjacently — lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
- adjectival — Adjectival means relating to adjectives or like an adjective.
- adolescent — Adolescent is used to describe young people who are no longer children but who have not yet become adults. It also refers to their behaviour.
- aerophilic — (biology, especially of microorganisms) That thrive in the presence of molecular oxygen.
- aeschylean — 525–456 b.c, Greek poet and dramatist.
- aetiologic — Of or pertaining to an aetiology.
- affectable — having the ability to be influenced or affected by something
- affectedly — assumed artificially; unnatural; feigned: affected sophistication; an affected British accent.
- affectible — Alternative form of affectable.
- affectless — showing no emotion or concern for others
- afflictive — causing pain or misery
- afterclaps — Plural form of afterclap.
- agathocles — 361–289 b.c, tyrant of Syracuse 317–289.
- air castle — a fanciful or impractical notion or hope; daydream.
- air police — members of an air force assigned to carry on police duties
- air-cooled — An air-cooled engine is prevented from getting too hot when it is running by cool air that passes over it, rather than being cooled by a liquid.
- albescence — becoming white; whitish.
- alcaiceria — a silk market
- alchemical — Alchemical means relating to the science of alchemy.
- alchemists — Plural form of alchemist.
- alchemized — Simple past tense and past participle of alchemize.
- alcheringa — (often initial capital letter) dreamtime.
- alcibiades — 450–404 bc, Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War: brilliant, courageous, and unstable, he defected to the Spartans in 415, but returned and led the Athenian victories at Abydos (411) and Cyzicus (410)
- alcoholate — any of a class of compounds, analogous to hydrates, containing chemically combined alcohol, as chloral alcoholate, C 4 Cl 3 H 7 O 2 .
- alcoholise — Alternative spelling of alcoholize.
- alcoholize — to turn into alcoholic drink, as by fermenting or mixing with alcohol
- aldermanic — a member of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council.
- ale conner — a local official appointed to examine the measure and quality of ale, beer, and bread
- alexicacus — an epithet of Apollo, meaning “averter of evil,” in reference to his dispelling a plague that afflicted the Athenian forces in the Peloponnesian War.
- alice band — an ornamental band worn across the front of the hair to hold it back from the face
- alice blue — a pale grayish-blue color.
- alice paul — Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles. Compare Saul (def 2).
- alkahestic — of or relating to the alkahest
- all-comers — You use all-comers to refer to everyone who wants to take part in an activity, especially a competition.
- allegiance — Your allegiance is your support for and loyalty to a particular group, person, or belief.
- allergenic — causing allergic sensitization.
- alliaceous — of or relating to Allium, a genus of plants that have a strong onion or garlic smell and often have bulbs: family Alliaceae. The genus occurs in the N hemisphere and includes onion, garlic, leek, chive, and shallot
- allocative — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- allogeneic — being genetically different, while belonging to the same species
- allometric — Of or pertaining to allometry.
- allosteric — of, relating to, or designating a function of an enzyme in which the structure and activity of the enzyme are modified by the binding of a metabolic molecule
- allowanced — Simple past tense and past participle of allowance.
- allowances — Plural form of allowance.