10-letter words containing a, c, t, e, r
- arctophile — a person who collects teddy bears or is fond of them
- arefaction — the act of drying, or a dried condition
- arithmetic — Arithmetic is the part of mathematics that is concerned with the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of numbers.
- armistices — a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce: World War I ended with the armistice of 1918.
- arsmetrick — relating to the cheeks of a person's bottom that are identical
- artichokes — Plural form of artichoke.
- articulate — If you describe someone as articulate, you mean that they are able to express their thoughts and ideas easily and well.
- artificers — Plural form of artificer.
- ascerbated — Simple past tense and past participle of ascerbate.
- ascertains — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- ascorbates — Plural form of ascorbate.
- ascriptive — having the ability to be attributable to
- assertoric — (of a statement) stating a fact, as opposed to expressing an evaluative judgment
- astrictive — Binding; astringent.
- astrocytes — Plural form of astrocyte.
- asymmetric — Asymmetric means the same as asymmetrical.
- at a price — If you can buy something that you want at a price, it is for sale, but it is extremely expensive.
- atascadero — a town in SW California.
- atef-crown — a symbolic headdress of certain Egyptian gods, as Osiris, and of Egyptian kings, consisting of a tall conical cap flanked by two plumes and bearing representations of the uraeus and the sun.
- athermancy — an inability to transmit radiant heat or infrared radiation
- atrocities — acts of extreme cruelty, esp against prisoners or civilians in wartime
- attoparsec — (unit, humour) About 31 mm (one inch). "atto-" is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^-18. A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-years; an attoparsec is thus 3.26 * 10^-18 light years. Thus, one attoparsec per microfortnight is about one inch per second. This unit is reported to be in use (though probably not very seriously) among hackers in the UK.
- attractive — A person who is attractive is pleasant to look at.
- auctioneer — An auctioneer is a person in charge of an auction.
- auriculate — having ears
- autarchies — Plural form of autarchy.
- 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.
- autoerotic — producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.
- aviatrices — Plural form of aviatrix.
- aviculture — the keeping and rearing of birds
- awe-struck — filled with awe
- b particle — B meson.
- back water — to reverse the direction of a boat, esp to push the oars of a rowing boat to slow it down or stop it
- backbiters — Plural form of backbiter.
- backseater — A navigator who accompanies the pilot of an aircraft.
- backstreet — a street in a town remote from the main roads
- backstroke — Backstroke is a swimming stroke that you do lying on your back.
- backtalker — One who backtalks.
- backwaters — Plural form of backwater.
- bacteremia — the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream
- bacteremic — Of, pertaining to or having bacteremia.
- bacteriol. — bacteriological
- baroceptor — Baroreceptor.
- barometric — Barometric pressure is the atmospheric pressure that is shown by a barometer.
- barycenter — (physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal.
- barycentre — a centre of mass, esp of the earth-moon system or the solar system
- basic rate — the standard or lowest level on a scale of money payable, esp in taxation
- battercake — pancake (def 1).
- battle cry — A battle cry is a phrase that is used to encourage people to support a particular cause or campaign.
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.