10-letter words containing a, d, o, n, i
- agonizedly — in an agonized way
- aiken code — (data) An alternative form of the Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) system for encoding numbers. Where BCD encodes each decimal digit in normal binary, Aiken code uses the encoding shown below. This is supposed to be less prone to corruption. The following table shows the encoding of each decimal digit, D, in BCD and Aiken code: D BCD Aiken 0 0000 0000 1 0001 0001 2 0010 0010 3 0011 0011 4 0100 0100 5 0101 1011 (inverted 4) 6 0110 1100 (inverted 3) 7 0111 1101 (inverted 2) 8 1000 1110 (inverted 1) 9 1001 1111 (inverted 0) The Aiken code was probably designed by Howard Aiken in the 1940s or 1950s for use in data transmission. Compare: Gray code.
- albondigas — Small meatballs, prepared in the Mexican, Spanish, or South American way.
- albumenoid — Alternative form of albuminoid.
- albuminoid — resembling albumin
- almond oil — oil obtained from almonds, used in many products, esp skin products
- ambitioned — sought after, desired
- amendation — (US) The result of making an amendment to a document etc; an amendment.
- amianthoid — a fine variety of asbestos, with delicate, flexible filaments.
- amino acid — Amino acids are substances containing nitrogen and hydrogen and which are found in proteins. Amino acids occur naturally in the body.
- aminoacids — Plural form of aminoacid.
- amiodarone — a substance, C 25 H 29 I 2 NO 3 , used in the treatment of heart arrhythmias.
- amlodipine — A long-acting calcium channel blocker used as an anti-hypertensive and in the treatment of angina.
- ammoniated — to treat or cause to unite with ammonia.
- ammonified — Simple past tense and past participle of ammonify.
- amodiaquin — a compound, C20H22ClN3O, whose hydrochloride form is used in treating malaria
- amphipodan — (zoology) Relating to the amphipods.
- analogised — Simple past tense and past participle of analogise.
- analogized — Simple past tense and past participle of analogize.
- anatomized — Simple past tense and past participle of anatomize.
- andragogic — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
- androecium — the stamens of a flowering plant collectively
- androgenic — any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics.
- anecdotist — a person who tells or collects anecdotes
- aneuploidy — (genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number.
- angioedema — swelling that occurs just beneath the surface of the skin or mucous membranes.
- anhidrosis — the absence of sweating
- anhidrotic — curbing the secretion of sweat
- anhydrosis — the deficiency or absence of perspiration; adiaphoresis.
- anodically — In an anodic manner.
- anonymised — Simple past tense and past participle of anonymise.
- anonymized — carried out or organized in such a way as to preserve anonymity
- anthracoid — resembling anthrax
- anthropoid — resembling man
- antibodies — any of numerous Y -shaped protein molecules produced by B cells as a primary immune defense, each molecule and its clones having a unique binding site that can combine with the complementary site of a foreign antigen, as on a virus or bacterium, thereby disabling the antigen and signaling other immune defenses. Abbreviation: Ab.
- anticodons — Plural form of anticodon.
- antidromic — (of nerve fibres) conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal
- antifouled — Simple past tense and past participle of antifoul.
- antigodlin — lopsided or at an angle; out of alignment.
- antimodern — opposed to modern attitudes
- antimonide — a compound of antimony
- antipodean — Antipodean describes people or things that come from or relate to Australia and New Zealand.
- aphid lion — the larva of a lacewing, usually predaceous on aphids.
- apodeipnon — compline.
- arachnoids — Plural form of arachnoid.
- arytenoids — Plural form of arytenoid.
- astonished — If you are astonished by something, you are very surprised about it.
- astounding — If something is astounding, you are shocked or amazed that it could exist or happen.
- audiogenic — caused or produced by sound or an audio frequency
- auditioned — Simple past tense and past participle of audition.