10-letter words containing a, d, s, o
- afforested — Simple past and past participle of afforest.
- aforesaide — Archaic spelling of aforesaid.
- afterwords — Plural form of afterword.
- alaska cod — a cod, Gadus macrocephalus.
- albondigas — Small meatballs, prepared in the Mexican, Spanish, or South American way.
- aldohexose — any aldose containing six carbon atoms, such as glucose or mannose
- aldotriose — (carbohydrate) Any aldose having three carbon atoms; in reality, just glyceraldehyde.
- alessandro — Victor Nicholas, 1915–76, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- alexandros — Alexander (def 2).
- aloes wood — eaglewood
- ambassador — An ambassador is an important official who lives in a foreign country and represents his or her own country's interests there.
- ambystomid — Also called mole salamander. any of various small- to moderate-sized salamanders of the genus Ambystoma, terrestrial or semiaquatic, inhabiting North America from New England to Florida and westward to Texas.
- aminoacids — Plural form of aminoacid.
- anadromous — (of fishes such as the salmon) migrating up rivers from the sea in order to breed
- analogised — Simple past tense and past participle of analogise.
- androgynes — Plural form of androgyne.
- andropause — the period, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55, during which a man's testosterone levels may fall, leading to a reduction in vigour and sexual drive
- androspore — the zoospore of certain algae that develops into a small male plant producing antherozoids.
- anecdotist — a person who tells or collects anecdotes
- anhidrosis — the absence of sweating
- anhydrosis — the deficiency or absence of perspiration; adiaphoresis.
- anonymised — Simple past tense and past participle of anonymise.
- 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.
- aphrodisia — the desire for sexual intimacy
- apoapsides — Plural form of apoapsis.
- apologised — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- apostilled — Simple past tense and past participle of apostille.
- arachnoids — Plural form of arachnoid.
- arc second — Astronomy. second2 (def 4).
- armadillos — Plural form of armadillo.
- arrowheads — Plural form of arrowhead.
- arthropods — any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda, having a segmented body, jointed limbs, and usually a chitinous shell that undergoes moltings, including the insects, spiders and other arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods.
- arytenoids — Plural form of arytenoid.
- as good as — 'As good as' can be used to mean 'almost.'
- as-told-to — (of a biographical account) written by a professional author using information from personal conversations with the subject.
- asafoetida — a bitter resin with an unpleasant onion-like smell, obtained from the roots of some umbelliferous plants of the genus Ferula: formerly used as a carminative, antispasmodic, and expectorant
- ascaridole — a liquid, C 10 H 16 O 2 , constituting the active principle of chenopodium oil, used chiefly as a catalyst in polymerization reactions.
- ash blonde — pale, grayish blond: ash-blond hair.
- asiadollar — a U.S. dollar deposited in or credited to Asian banks and used in the money markets of the region.
- aside from — Aside from means the same as apart from. This form is more usual in American English.
- ask around — If you ask around or ask round, you ask several people a question.
- associated — If one thing is associated with another, the two things are connected with each other.
- astarboard — to or from the starboard side
- asteroidal — relating to asteroids
- asteroidea — the class comprising the starfishes.
- 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.
- astrodomes — Plural form of astrodome.
- atascadero — a town in SW California.