10-letter words containing a, c, o, m
- amphictyon — a delegate to an amphictyonic council
- amphigoric — a meaningless or nonsensical piece of writing, especially one intended as a parody.
- amphogenic — producing both male and female offspring.
- ampholytic — capable of ionizing into both anions and cations; amphoteric.
- amphoteric — able to function as either a base or an acid
- amylaceous — of or resembling starch
- anachorism — a geographical misplacement; something located in an incongruous position
- anachronym — Synonym of backronym.
- anamorphic — of, relating to, or caused by anamorphosis or anamorphism
- anatomical — Anatomical means relating to the structure of the bodies of people and animals.
- androecium — the stamens of a flowering plant collectively
- andromache — the wife of Hector
- anemochore — a plant in which the fruits or seeds are dispersed by wind
- anemochory — the dispersal of plant seeds or spores by the wind.
- anemoscope — any device that shows the presence and direction of a wind
- anharmonic — of or concerned with an oscillation whose frequency is not an integral factor or multiple of the base frequency
- anisomeric — (of a chemical compound) lacking isomers
- antidromic — (of nerve fibres) conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal
- apochromat — a lens, consisting of three or more elements of different types of glass, that is designed to bring light of three colours to the same focal point, thus reducing its chromatic aberration
- apopemptic — relating to departure, valedictory
- aposematic — (of the coloration of certain distasteful or poisonous animals) characterized by bright conspicuous markings, which predators recognize and learn to avoid; warning
- apothecium — a cup-shaped structure that contains the asci, esp in lichens; a type of ascocarp
- archemorus — Opheltes.
- archoplasm — the protoplasmic material surrounding the centrosome, formerly thought to be involved in the formation of the asters and spindle during mitosis
- arcimboldi — Giuseppe [juh-sep-ee;; Italian joo-zep-pe] /dʒəˈsɛp i;; Italian dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1527–93, Italian painter.
- arcimboldo — Giuseppe. 1527–93, Italian painter, best remembered for painting grotesque figures composed of fruit, vegetables, and meat
- arcosolium — (in Roman catacombs) an arched recess for a sarcophagus.
- armor-clad — covered with armor
- army corps — a military formation that comprises two or more divisions and additional support arms
- aromatical — (rare) aromatic.
- ascogonium — a female reproductive body in some ascomycetous fungi in which, after fertilization, the asci develop
- ascomycete — any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota (formerly class Ascomycetes) in which the spores (ascospores) are formed inside a club-shaped cell (ascus). The group includes yeast, penicillium, aspergillus, truffles, and certain mildews
- astromancy — divination by means of the stars.
- astronomic — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- asymptotic — of or referring to an asymptote
- atomic age — the period characterized by the use of atomic energy: regarded as beginning with the creation of the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction on December 2, 1942
- atomically — of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs: an atomic explosion.
- attic room — a room in the attic of a house
- aureomycin — chlortetracycline
- autochrome — a material once used for color photography, consisting of a photographic emulsion applied over a multicolored screen of minute starch grains dyed red, green, and blue-violet.
- automatics — Plural form of automatic.
- autonomics — the study of self-regulating systems for process control
- auxochrome — a group of atoms that can be attached to a chromogen to convert it into a dye
- avouchment — The act of avouching.
- axinomancy — prediction of the future using the head of an axe or hatchet
- axiomatics — the study of axioms
- axoplasmic — of or relating to the axoplasm
- backcombed — Simple past tense and past participle of backcomb.
- backgammon — Backgammon is a game for two people, played on a board marked with long triangles. Each player has 15 wooden or plastic discs. The players throw dice and move the discs around the board.
- backronyms — Plural form of backronym.