10-letter words containing a, l, n
- allophonic — any of the members of a class of speech sounds that, taken together, are commonly felt to be a phoneme, as the t- sounds of toe, stow, tree, hatpin, catcall, cats, catnip, button, metal, city; a speech sound constituting one of the phonetic manifestations or variants of a particular phoneme.
- allotments — Plural form of allotment.
- allow-none — (programming) An annotation in GTk documentation indicating that the annotated entity may be null.
- allowanced — Simple past tense and past participle of allowance.
- allowances — Plural form of allowance.
- allurement — fascination; charm.
- alluringly — very attractive or tempting; enticing; seductive.
- almandines — Plural form of almandine.
- almond oil — oil obtained from almonds, used in many products, esp skin products
- almsgiving — the making of charitable donations, giving alms
- almucantar — a circle on the celestial sphere parallel to the horizontal plane
- along with — accompanying; together with
- alongshore — close to, by, or along a shore
- alpenhorns — Plural form of alpenhorn.
- alpenstock — an early form of ice axe, consisting of a stout stick with an iron tip and sometimes having a pick and adze at the head, formerly used by mountain climbers
- alpestrine — (of plants) growing at high altitudes; subalpine
- alpha iron — a magnetic allotrope of iron that is stable below 910°C; ferrite
- alpine fir — a fir, Abies lasiocarpa, of the Rocky Mountains, yielding a soft, brittle wood used for making boxes, crates, etc.
- altar wine — wine for use in a Eucharistic service.
- alteration — An alteration is a change in or to something.
- alternance — alternation; regular change
- alternated — Simple past tense and past participle of alternate.
- alternates — Plural form of alternate.
- alternatim — (in sacred music) alternating between two modes
- alternator — An alternator is a device, used especially in a car, that creates an electrical current that changes direction as it flows.
- altiplanos — Plural form of altiplano.
- altisonant — having an impressive sound
- altitonant — sounding loudly from high above
- altrincham — a residential town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 40 695 (2001)
- aluminates — Plural form of aluminate.
- aluminized — Simple past tense and past participle of aluminize.
- alvin york — a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
- amatungula — Natal plum.
- ambivalent — If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it.
- ambulances — Plural form of ambulance.
- ambulating — Present participle of ambulate.
- ambulation — to walk about or move from place to place.
- ameliorant — a thing that ameliorates
- amen glass — a British glass of the mid-18th century, having engraved on it a sentiment favoring the cause of the Old Pretender, concluded with the word “Amen.”.
- amensalism — a relationship between two species of organisms in which the individuals of one species adversely affect those of the other and are unaffected themselves.
- aminoplast — amino resin.
- amlodipine — A long-acting calcium channel blocker used as an anti-hypertensive and in the treatment of angina.
- ammoniacal — of, containing, using, or resembling ammonia
- ammonolyze — to subject to ammonolysis.
- ampicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin used to treat various infections
- ampliation — an extension or addition to what is already known
- amplidynes — Plural form of amplidyne.
- amplifying — Present participle of amplify.
- amstelveen — city in W Netherlands: suburb of Amsterdam: pop. 74,000
- amygdaline — of or relating to a tonsil