10-letter words containing a, c, s, e
- actualness — The state or quality of being actual.
- actus reus — a criminal action regarded as a constituent element of a crime, as compared with the state of mind of the perpetrator
- acute dose — a total dose of radiation administered over such a short period that biological recovery is impossible
- addictives — Plural form of addictive.
- adequacies — Plural form of adequacy.
- adherences — Plural form of adherence.
- adipocytes — Plural form of adipocyte.
- adjectives — Grammar. any member of a class of words that modify nouns and pronouns, primarily by describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying, as wise in a wise grandmother, or perfect in a perfect score, or handsome in He is extremely handsome. Other terms, as numbers (one cup; twelve months), certain demonstrative pronouns (this magazine; those questions), and terms that impose limits (each person; no mercy) can also function adjectivally, as can some nouns that are found chiefly in fixed phrases where they immediately precede the noun they modify, as bottle in bottle cap and bus in bus station. Synonyms: modifier, qualifier, identifier, describer, describing word.
- 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.
- advocacies — the act of pleading for, supporting, or recommending; active espousal: He was known for his advocacy of states' rights.
- advocaters — Plural form of advocater.
- aeciospore — any of the spores produced in an aecium of the rust fungi, which spread to and infect the primary host
- aeciostage — the period in their life cycle during which certain rust fungi produce aecia
- aerobatics — Aerobatics are skilful displays of flying, usually to entertain people watching from the ground.
- aeroponics — aeroculture.
- aeroscepsy — perception of atmospheric conditions, as the perception of odors by the antennae of insects.
- aerostatic — of or relating to aerostatics.
- aeschylean — 525–456 b.c, Greek poet and dramatist.
- aesthetics — Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy concerned with the study of the idea of beauty.
- affections — feelings of fondness, esteem
- affectless — showing no emotion or concern for others
- affricates — Plural form of affricate.
- afterclaps — Plural form of afterclap.
- afterdecks — Plural form of afterdeck.
- aftershock — Aftershocks are smaller earthquakes which occur after a large earthquake.
- agathocles — 361–289 b.c, tyrant of Syracuse 317–289.
- ahorseback — on horseback
- air castle — a fanciful or impractical notion or hope; daydream.
- albescence — becoming white; whitish.
- alchemists — Plural form of alchemist.
- 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)
- alcoholise — Alternative spelling of alcoholize.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- allowances — Plural form of allowance.
- 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
- alutaceous — Zoology. covered with minute cracks or wrinkles and having a pale, leathery-brown color.
- amarynceus — a king of Messene who ruled Elis with Augeas and who was slain by Nestor in a war against the Pylians.
- amberjacks — Plural form of amberjack.
- ambulances — Plural form of ambulance.
- ambuscaded — Simple past tense and past participle of ambuscade.
- ambuscader — a person waiting in ambush; an ambusher
- ambuscades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambuscade.
- amebocytes — Plural form of amebocyte, an alternative spelling of amoebocyte.
- americanos — Plural form of americano.
- ammocoetes — Plural form of ammocoete.
- amoscanate — An experimental anthelmintic agent of the arylisothiocyanate class, found to be highly effective in animals against hookworms and the four major species of schistosomes, but possibly hepatotoxic.