10-letter words containing a, h
- anchor bed — a sloping, slightly projecting platform on the forecastle of a ship, for supporting an anchor when not in use.
- anchor ice — ice that forms at the bottom of a lake or river
- anchorages — Plural form of anchorage.
- anchorette — (in broadcasting) a young and inexperienced anchorwoman
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- anchoritic — of or relating to an anchorite
- anchorless — without an anchor
- anchylosis — (anatomy, medicine) alternative spelling of ankylosis.
- and a half — When you use an expression such as a problem and a half or a meal and a half, you are emphasizing that your reaction to it is either very favourable or very unfavourable.
- anderlecht — a town in central Belgium, a suburb of Brussels. Pop: 92 755 (2004 est)
- andromache — the wife of Hector
- androphore — an extension of the receptacle carrying the androecium and the gynoecium, typical of the caper family (Capparidaceae)
- anemochore — a plant in which the fruits or seeds are dispersed by wind
- anemochory — the dispersal of plant seeds or spores by the wind.
- anemograph — a self-recording anemometer
- anemophily — fertilized by wind-borne pollen or spores.
- anesthesia — a partial or total loss of the sense of pain, temperature, touch, etc., produced by disease
- anesthetic — relating to, with, or characterized by anesthesia
- angel hair — a kind of pasta in the shape of very fine long strands
- angiograph — The film or image of the blood vessels produced by angiography.
- 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.