10-letter words containing a, n, t, i, c
- actual sin — any sin that a person commits of his own free will and for which he is personally responsible
- actuations — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- acuminated — Botany, Zoology. pointed; tapering to a point.
- addictions — Plural form of addiction.
- adiactinic — denoting a substance that does not transmit radiation affecting photochemically sensitive materials, such as a safelight in a photographic darkroom
- adjunction — (in phrase-structure grammar) the relationship between a branch of a tree representing a sentence to other branches to its left or right that descend from the same node immediately above
- adjunctive — that constitutes an adjunct
- admittance — Admittance is the act of entering a place or institution or the right to enter it.
- advocating — to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers.
- advocation — the transfer to itself by a superior court of an action pending in a lower court
- aeronautic — relating to air companies
- affections — feelings of fondness, esteem
- afflicting — deeply distressing; painful
- affliction — An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
- africanist — a person specializing in the study of African affairs or culture
- agonistics — The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.
- agrypnotic — inducing, relating to, or characterized by insomnia
- albinistic — Of or pertaining to albinism.
- alcoranist — a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.
- all'antica — in the manner of the ancients.
- allocating — to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
- allocation — An allocation is an amount of something, especially money, that is given to a particular person or used for a particular purpose.
- allocution — a formal or authoritative speech or address, esp one that advises, informs, or exhorts
- altrincham — a residential town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 40 695 (2001)
- amphictyon — a delegate to an amphictyonic council
- anaclastic — relating to refraction
- anacoustic — unable to support the propagation of sound; soundless
- anacrustic — Prosody. an unstressed syllable or syllable group that begins a line of verse but is not counted as part of the first foot.
- anagenetic — Biology. the progressive evolution of a species. Compare catagenesis.
- anaglyptic — Of or pertaining to anaglyptics or to an anaglyph.
- analeptics — Plural form of analeptic.
- analytical — An analytical way of doing something involves the use of logical reasoning.
- anamnestic — of or relating to anamnesis
- anaplastic — of or relating to anaplasia
- anarchists — Plural form of anarchist.
- anatomical — Anatomical means relating to the structure of the bodies of people and animals.
- ancestries — Plural form of ancestry.
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- anchoritic — of or relating to an anchorite
- ancipitous — Alternative form of ancipital.
- anecdotist — a person who tells or collects anecdotes
- anelectric — not capable of acquiring a static electric charge when subjected to friction.
- anesthetic — relating to, with, or characterized by anesthesia
- anglistics — the study of English language and literature
- anhidrotic — curbing the secretion of sweat
- annalistic — a chronicler of events, especially yearly ones; historian.
- annunciate — to announce
- anorectics — Plural form of anorectic.
- antarctica — a continent around the South Pole: consists of an ice-covered plateau, 1800–3000 m (6000 ft to 10 000 ft) above sea level, and mountain ranges rising to 4500 m (15 000 ft) with some volcanic peaks; average temperatures all below freezing and human settlement is confined to research stations. All political claims to the mainland are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959
- anteceding — to go before, in time, order, rank, etc.; precede: Shakespeare antecedes Milton.