10-letter words containing a, c, n, t
- acquitting — Present participle of acquit.
- acroterion — acroterium.
- actiniform — having radial form; rayed
- actinogram — the record produced by the action of an actinograph.
- actinolite — a green mineral of the amphibole group consisting of calcium magnesium iron silicate. Formula: Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
- actinology — the science of light rays and their chemical effects
- actinopods — any protozoan of the subclass Actinopoda, including the heliozoans and radiolarians, having stiff, rodlike, radiating pseudopodia.
- actinozoan — anthozoan
- action man — a person who relishes physical activity
- 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.
- actionless — inactive, without action
- activating — Present participle of activate.
- activation — to make active; cause to function or act.
- active sun — the sun at a maximum of solar activity, occurring every 11 years.
- activeness — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- actomyosin — a complex protein in skeletal muscle that is formed by actin and myosin and which, when stimulated, shortens to cause muscle contraction
- actual sin — any sin that a person commits of his own free will and for which he is personally responsible
- actualness — The state or quality of being actual.
- actuations — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- acuminated — Botany, Zoology. pointed; tapering to a point.
- addictions — Plural form of addiction.
- adenectomy — surgical removal of a gland
- adiactinic — denoting a substance that does not transmit radiation affecting photochemically sensitive materials, such as a safelight in a photographic darkroom
- adjacently — lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
- adjunction — (in phrase-structure grammar) the relationship between a branch of a tree representing a sentence to other branches to its left or right that descend from the same node immediately above
- adjunctive — that constitutes an adjunct
- admittance — Admittance is the act of entering a place or institution or the right to enter it.
- 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.
- advertence — heedfulness or attentiveness
- advertency — the state or quality of being advertent.
- advocating — to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers.
- advocation — the transfer to itself by a superior court of an action pending in a lower court
- aeronautic — relating to air companies
- affections — feelings of fondness, esteem
- afflicting — deeply distressing; painful
- affliction — An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
- africanist — a person specializing in the study of African affairs or culture
- agonistics — The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.
- agrypnotic — inducing, relating to, or characterized by insomnia
- albinistic — Of or pertaining to albinism.
- alcoranist — a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.
- all'antica — in the manner of the ancients.
- allocating — to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
- allocation — An allocation is an amount of something, especially money, that is given to a particular person or used for a particular purpose.
- allochthon — a geological formation not formed in the region where found and moved to its present location by tectonic forces. Compare autochthon (def 3).
- allocution — a formal or authoritative speech or address, esp one that advises, informs, or exhorts
- almucantar — a circle on the celestial sphere parallel to the horizontal plane
- alpenstock — an early form of ice axe, consisting of a stout stick with an iron tip and sometimes having a pick and adze at the head, formerly used by mountain climbers
- alternance — alternation; regular change