10-letter words containing a, d, e
- aciculated — Alternative form of aciculate.
- acid freak — a person taking or having taken LSD regularly and heavily, such that their psychological state has been affected
- acid house — Acid house is a type of electronic dance music with a strong, repeated rhythm.
- acid value — the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide required to neutralize the free fatty acid in one gram of a fat, oil, resin, etc
- acidimeter — any instrument or standard solution for determining the amount of acid in a sample solution
- acidimetry — the determination of the amount of acid present in a solution, measured by an acidimeter or by volumetric analysis
- acidogenic — producing acid, as bacteria, or causing acidity, as of the urine.
- acidometer — a type of hydrometer for measuring the relative density of an acid solution, esp the acid in a battery
- acidophile — Biology, Ecology. acidophilic.
- acidulated — Simple past tense and past participle of acidulate.
- acidulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidulate.
- acknowledg — Obsolete form of acknowledge.
- acotyledon — any plant, such as a fern or moss, that does not possess cotyledons
- acquainted — If you are acquainted with something, you know about it because you have learned it or experienced it.
- acquiesced — to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.
- acrylamide — a chemical compound that forms in certain foods when exposed to high temperature
- actualised — Simple past tense and past participle of actualise.
- actualized — Simple past tense and past participle of actualize.
- acuminated — Botany, Zoology. pointed; tapering to a point.
- acute dose — a total dose of radiation administered over such a short period that biological recovery is impossible
- ad feminam — appealing to one's personal considerations or feelings about women, especially one's prejudices against them.
- ad hominem — directed against a person rather than against his arguments
- ad interim — for the meantime; for the present
- ad nauseam — If someone does something ad nauseam, they do it repeatedly and over a long period of time so that it becomes annoying or boring.
- ad valorem — (of taxes) in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed
- ad-hockery — reliance on temporary solutions rather than on consistent, long-term plans.
- adam's ale — water
- adamakegen — (tool) A program that generates makefiles for Ada programs. Adamakegen was written by Owen O'Malley <[email protected]>. It requires Icon and runs under Verdix and SunAda.
- adamantane — a white crystalline alicyclic hydrocarbon, C 10 H 16 , consisting of four fused cyclohexane rings, with the carbon atoms arranged as in the diamond lattice.
- adamantean — of or relating to adamant
- adamantine — very hard; unbreakable or unyielding
- adaptative — of or relating to adaptation
- adaptively — in an adaptive manner
- adaptogens — Plural form of adaptogen.
- adar sheni — an extra month of the Jewish year, occurring about once every three years between Adar and Nisan
- added line — ledger line.
- added time — (in a sports match) extra time added to the end of a half to make up for the time spent dealing with injuries, substitutions, etc
- adderstone — a prehistoric ornamental bead
- addictives — Plural form of addictive.
- additament — an addition
- additively — in an additive manner
- addlepated — addlebrained.
- addressees — the person, company, or the like to whom a piece of mail is addressed.
- addressing — a method by which a computer network can identify which device sent a piece of information over the network, and which device received it
- addression — (obsolete) The act of addressing or directing one's course.
- adelantado — a military title given to Conquistadors allowing the bearer the right to become governor or justice of a region
- adenectomy — surgical removal of a gland
- adenopathy — enlargement of the lymph nodes
- adenosines — Plural form of adenosine.
- adenoviral — relating to an adenovirus