10-letter words containing a, h, n
- angiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the blood vessels.
- angle shot — a picture taken with the camera pointed obliquely at the subject, sometimes causing distortion of perspective and proportion.
- anglerfish — a bony fish with a growth on its head which can be wiggled to attract prey
- anglesmith — a blacksmith skilled in forging angle irons, beams, etc., into various forms used in shipbuilding.
- anglophile — If you describe a non-British person as Anglophile, you mean that they admire Britain and British culture.
- anglophobe — a person who hates or fears England or its people
- anglophone — Anglophone communities are English-speaking communities in areas where more than one language is commonly spoken.
- anguishing — excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain: the anguish of grief.
- anharmonic — of or concerned with an oscillation whose frequency is not an integral factor or multiple of the base frequency
- anhelation — a panting or shortness of breath causing breathing difficulty
- anhidrosis — the absence of sweating
- anhidrotic — curbing the secretion of sweat
- anhungered — overcome or oppressed with hunger
- anhydremia — an abnormal decrease in the volume of the blood, due to loss of water.
- anhydrides — Plural form of anhydride.
- anhydrosis — the deficiency or absence of perspiration; adiaphoresis.
- annihilate — To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
- anopheline — (of mosquitoes) belonging to the genus Anopheles, which carries malaria
- anschauung — direct or immediate intuition or perception of sense data with little or no rational interpretation.
- ant-thrush — any of several antbirds, especially of the genus Formicarius.
- antechapel — the outer part of a chapel at the west end
- anthemwise — alternately
- antheridia — a male reproductive structure producing gametes, occurring in ferns, mosses, fungi, and algae.
- anthersmut — a species of parasitic fungus, Ustilago violacea
- anthimeria — (rhetoric) The use of a word from one word class or part of speech as if it were from another. Typically, and for example, the use of a noun as if it were a verb.
- anthomania — an intense fondness for flowers
- anthophore — an elongation of the receptacle of a flower between the calyx and corolla
- anthozoans — Plural form of anthozoan.
- anthracene — a colourless tricyclic crystalline solid having a slight blue fluorescence, used in the manufacture of chemicals, esp diphenylamine and alizarin, and as crystals in scintillation counters. Formula: C6H4(CH)2C6H4
- anthracite — Anthracite is a type of very hard coal which burns slowly, producing a lot of heat and very little smoke.
- anthracoid — resembling anthrax
- anthropoid — resembling man
- anthuriums — Plural form of anthurium.
- antiasthma — relating to drugs that act against asthma
- antichange — Opposing change.
- antichoice — opposed to granting pregnant women the choice to have an abortion
- antichrist — the antagonist of Christ, expected by early Christians to appear and reign over the world until overthrown at Christ's Second Coming
- antichthon — counterearth.
- antichurch — opposed to the beliefs, practices, and adherents of the Christian church
- antigrowth — acting to restrict or prevent growth
- antihelium — the antimatter counterpart to helium.
- antiheroes — Plural form of antihero.
- antiheroic — relating to or in the manner of an antihero
- antiherpes — acting against the herpes simplex virus
- antihijack — acting to prevent or resolve hijack situations
- antihunter — a person opposed to hunters or hunting practices
- antilithic — preventing the formation or development of calculi, as of the urinary tract
- antilochus — a son of Nestor and a trusted friend of Achilles.
- antimachus — Also called the Colophonian. flourished c410 b.c, Greek poet.
- antipathic — characterized by antipathy