10-letter words containing a, e, s, t
- drysaltery — The articles kept by a drysalter for sale.
- duplicates — Plural form of duplicate.
- dust-bathe — (of a bird) to squat in dusty soil and fluff dust through the plumage: probably performed to combat ectoparasites.
- dustjacket — Alternative form of dust jacket.
- dyscrasite — an alloy of antimony and silver
- e-passport — a passport with an embedded microchip carrying information about the holder
- eaglestone — a concretionary lump of ironstone about the size of a walnut, formerly believed to be carried by eagles to their nests as a magical aid in laying eggs.
- earth sign — any of the three astrological signs, Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn, that are grouped together because of the shared attributes of practicality and interest in material things.
- earthiness — of the nature of or consisting of earth or soil.
- earthlings — Plural form of earthling.
- earthrises — Plural form of earthrise.
- earthshine — the faint illumination of the part of the moon not illuminated by sunlight, as during a crescent phase, caused by the reflection of light from the earth.
- earthstars — Plural form of earthstar.
- earthwards — Also, earthwards. toward the earth.
- earthworks — Plural form of earthwork.
- earthworms — Plural form of earthworm.
- earwitness — a person who testifies or can testify to what he or she has heard.
- east coast — the region of the U.S. bordering on the Atlantic Ocean.
- east ender — a native or inhabitant of the East End of London
- east haven — a town in S Connecticut, near New Haven.
- east islip — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- east point — a city in N Georgia, near Atlanta.
- east ridge — a city in SE Tennessee, near Chattanooga.
- east river — a strait in SE New York separating Manhattan Island from Long Island and connecting New York Bay and Long Island Sound.
- east sider — a native or resident of the East Side of Manhattan, in New York City.
- east timor — a small country in SE Asia, comprising part of the island of Timor: colonized by Portugal in the 19th century; declared independence in 1975 but immediately invaded by Indonesia; under UN administration from 1999 and an independent state from 2002. It is mountainous with a monsoon climate; subsistence agriculture is the main occupation. Languages: Portuguese, Tetun (a lingua franca), and Bahasa Indonesia. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: US dollar. Capital: Dili. Pop: 1 172 390 (2013 est). Area: 14 874 sq km (5743 sq miles)
- eastbourne — a seaport in East Sussex, in SE England.
- easter day — the Sunday on which the festival of Easter is celebrated
- easter egg — a chicken egg that is dyed and often given a figure or design, or an imitation of such an egg, as an egg-shaped candy or chocolate, used at Easter as a gift or decoration.
- easterlies — moving, directed, or situated toward the east: an easterly course.
- easterling — a native of a country lying to the east, especially a merchant from the Baltic.
- eastermost — (archaic) easternmost.
- easterners — Plural form of easterner.
- easternize — (usually initial capital letter) to influence with ideas, customs, etc., characteristic of eastern Asia.
- eastertide — Easter time.
- eastwardly — having an eastward direction or situation.
- eave spout — waterspout (def 1).
- ecclesiast — A member of the Athenian Ecclesia.
- ecdysiasts — Plural form of ecdysiast.
- ecmascript — (language) (ECMA standard 262, ISO standard 16262) The standardised version of the core JavaScript language.
- eczematous — an inflammatory condition of the skin attended with itching and the exudation of serous matter.
- editorials — Plural form of editorial.
- educations — Plural form of education.
- eggbeaters — Plural form of eggbeater.
- eglantines — Plural form of eglantine.
- egoistical — Caring about oneself rather than others.
- eigenstate — A quantum-mechanical state corresponding to an eigenvalue of a wave equation.
- eisenstadt — a town in E Austria, capital of Burgenland province: Hungarian until 1921. Pop: 11 334 (2001)
- ejaculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ejaculate.
- ekphrastic — Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.