10-letter words containing a, h, e
- aftershave — Aftershave is a liquid with a pleasant smell that men sometimes put on their faces after shaving.
- aftershock — Aftershocks are smaller earthquakes which occur after a large earthquake.
- afterwhile — (US, dialect) afterwards.
- agathocles — 361–289 b.c, tyrant of Syracuse 317–289.
- agoraphobe — a person suffering from agoraphobia
- aha moment — an instant at which the solution to a problem becomes clear
- ahithophel — a member of David's council, who became one of Absalom's advisers in his rebellion and hanged himself when his advice was overruled (II Samuel 15:12–17:23)
- ahmednagar — a city in W India, in Maharashtra: formerly one of the kingdoms of Deccan. Pop: 307 455 (2001)
- ahorseback — on horseback
- ahvenanmaa — group of Finn. islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia: 590 sq mi (1,528 sq km); pop. 25,000
- air hammer — a pneumatic hammer, usually portable.
- air hunger — deep, rapid, and labored breathing caused by an increased respiratory drive due to abnormally low blood oxygen levels, as in severe heart failure or asthma.
- air shower — a shower of secondary cosmic radiation, caused by the interaction of cosmic radiation or gamma radiation with the atmosphere.
- airbrushed — Simple past tense and past participle of airbrush.
- airbrushes — Plural form of airbrush.
- airfreight — a method or service for transporting cargo by air
- alchemical — Alchemical means relating to the science of alchemy.
- alchemists — Plural form of alchemist.
- alchemized — Simple past tense and past participle of alchemize.
- alcheringa — (often initial capital letter) dreamtime.
- alcoholate — any of a class of compounds, analogous to hydrates, containing chemically combined alcohol, as chloral alcoholate, C 4 Cl 3 H 7 O 2 .
- alcoholise — Alternative spelling of alcoholize.
- alcoholize — to turn into alcoholic drink, as by fermenting or mixing with alcohol
- aldohexose — any aldose containing six carbon atoms, such as glucose or mannose
- aleph-null — the smallest infinite cardinal number; the cardinal number of the set of positive integers
- alger hiss — Alger, 1904–96, U.S. public official, accused of espionage 1948 and imprisoned for perjury 1950–54.
- alightment — a descent or dismount, normally from a mode of transport
- alive with — teeming with; full of (living or moving things)
- alkahestic — of or relating to the alkahest
- all the go — very popular; in fashion
- allophones — Plural form of allophone.
- allotheism — the worship of gods foreign to one's own land or culture
- almshouses — Plural form of almshouse.
- alongshore — close to, by, or along a shore
- alpenhorns — Plural form of alpenhorn.
- alpha geek — the person in a group or office who has the most knowledge about computer technology
- alpha male — the dominant male animal or person in a group
- alpha wave — any of the electrical waves from the parietal and occipital regions of the brain, having frequencies from 8 to 13 hertz: a sign of relaxation, since they indicate a lack of sensory stimulation in a conscious person
- alpha-test — an in-house test of a new or modified piece of computer software
- alphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- alphametic — a mathematical puzzle using letters to express numbers that must be deciphered
- altogether — You use altogether to emphasize that something has stopped, been done, or finished completely.
- amateurish — If you describe something as amateurish, you think that it is not skilfully made or done.
- ambushment — an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road.
- amenorrhea — abnormal absence or suppression of menstruation
- amphiaster — the structure that occurs in a cell undergoing mitosis, consisting of a spindle with an aster at each end
- amphimacer — a metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of one short syllable between two long ones, or, in English verse, of one unaccented syllable between two accented ones (Ex.: | hésĭtáte |)
- amphimixes — Plural form of amphimixis.
- amphiphile — any of many organic compounds such as detergents combining both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties
- amphitrite — a sea goddess, wife of Poseidon and mother of Triton