10-letter words containing a, m, e, r
- aldermanry — the district, office, or rank of an alderman.
- alderwoman — (in England and Wales until 1974) one of the senior female members of a local council, elected by other councillors
- alderwomen — Plural form of alderwoman.
- alimentary — of or relating to nutrition
- all-comers — You use all-comers to refer to everyone who wants to take part in an activity, especially a competition.
- allomerism — similarity of crystalline structure in substances of different chemical composition
- allomerize — to undergo allomerism.
- allometric — Of or pertaining to allometry.
- allurement — fascination; charm.
- alma mater — Your alma mater is the school or university which you went to.
- almoravide — a member of a fanatical people of Berber origin and Islamic faith, who founded an empire in N Africa that spread over much of Spain in the 11th century ad
- alter idem — another of the same kind; second self
- alternatim — (in sacred music) alternating between two modes
- altimeters — Plural form of altimeter.
- altimetric — Of or pertaining to altimetry.
- amarantine — amaranthine
- amarynceus — a king of Messene who ruled Elis with Augeas and who was slain by Nestor in a war against the Pylians.
- amateurish — If you describe something as amateurish, you think that it is not skilfully made or done.
- amateurism — Amateurism is the belief that people should take part in sports and other activities as a hobby, for pleasure, rather than as a job, for money.
- amberjacks — Plural form of amberjack.
- ambidexter — someone who is ambidextrous
- amboceptor — an immune body formed in the blood during infection or immunization that serves to link the complement to the antigen
- ambuscader — a person waiting in ambush; an ambusher
- ameliorant — a thing that ameliorates
- ameliorate — If someone or something ameliorates a situation, they make it better or easier in some way.
- amendatory — serving to amend; corrective
- amenorrhea — abnormal absence or suppression of menstruation
- amer. ind. — American Indian
- amercement — to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- americanos — Plural form of americano.
- amerindian — Amerindian means the same as American Indian.
- amersfoort — a town in the central Netherlands, in E Utrecht province. Pop: 131 000 (2003 est)
- amiodarone — a substance, C 25 H 29 I 2 NO 3 , used in the treatment of heart arrhythmias.
- amoebiform — resembling, shaped, or changing in shape like an amoeba
- ampersands — Plural form of ampersand.
- 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 |)
- amphitrite — a sea goddess, wife of Poseidon and mother of Triton
- amphoteric — able to function as either a base or an acid
- amplifiers — Plural form of amplifier.
- amyxorrhea — the absence of the normal secretion of mucus.
- anaerobium — anaerobe
- anagrammed — a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: “Angel” is an anagram of “glean.”.
- anagrammer — a person who enjoys solving anagrams
- androecium — the stamens of a flowering plant collectively
- andromache — the wife of Hector
- andromaque — a tragedy (1667) by Racine.
- 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