10-letter words containing a, n, d
- anderlecht — a town in central Belgium, a suburb of Brussels. Pop: 92 755 (2004 est)
- andragogic — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
- androcracy — social and political rule by men.
- androecium — the stamens of a flowering plant collectively
- androgenic — any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics.
- androgynal — Androgynous.
- androgynes — Plural form of androgyne.
- andromache — the wife of Hector
- andromaque — a tragedy (1667) by Racine.
- andropause — the period, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55, during which a man's testosterone levels may fall, leading to a reduction in vigour and sexual drive
- androphore — an extension of the receptacle carrying the androecium and the gynoecium, typical of the caper family (Capparidaceae)
- andropogon — (botany) Any member of the grass genus Andropogon.
- androspore — the zoospore of certain algae that develops into a small male plant producing antherozoids.
- anecdotage — anecdotes collectively
- anecdotist — a person who tells or collects anecdotes
- aneuploidy — (genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number.
- angel dust — PCP1
- angioedema — swelling that occurs just beneath the surface of the skin or mucous membranes.
- anglecized — Misspelling of anglicized.
- angledozer — a bulldozer with an angled blade which allows earth to be pushed aside
- anglicised — Made into a form similar to that used by the English.
- anglicized — having become or been made English in outlook, attitude, form, etc
- 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.
- animadvert — to comment with strong criticism (upon); make censorious remarks (about)
- animalized — Simple past tense and past participle of animalize.
- animatedly — full of life, action, or spirit; lively; vigorous: an animated debate on the death penalty.
- ankle-deep — tall or deep enough to cover the ankles
- annualised — to calculate for or as for an entire year: Investors earned an annualized rate of seven percent paid quarterly.
- annualized — to calculate for or as for an entire year: Investors earned an annualized rate of seven percent paid quarterly.
- anode glow — the luminous region between the positive column and the anode dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- anodically — In an anodic manner.
- anonymised — Simple past tense and past participle of anonymise.
- anonymized — carried out or organized in such a way as to preserve anonymity
- antecedent — An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.
- anteceding — to go before, in time, order, rank, etc.; precede: Shakespeare antecedes Milton.
- antedating — An example or instance of a word, phrase, etc., at a date earlier than previously known or recorded.
- antemedial — Lb entomology Situated before (i.e. closer to the head than) the middle of the thorax or wing.
- antemedian — Alternative form of antemedial.
- anteverted — to displace (the uterus or other body organ) by tipping forward.
- antheridia — a male reproductive structure producing gametes, occurring in ferns, mosses, fungi, and algae.
- anthracoid — resembling anthrax
- anthropoid — resembling man
- anti-draft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- antiaditis — tonsillitis
- antibodies — any of numerous Y -shaped protein molecules produced by B cells as a primary immune defense, each molecule and its clones having a unique binding site that can combine with the complementary site of a foreign antigen, as on a virus or bacterium, thereby disabling the antigen and signaling other immune defenses. Abbreviation: Ab.