10-letter words containing a, r, s, t
- antistrike — intended to ban, prevent, or discourage strike action by trade unions
- antitrades — winds moving above and opposite to the tropical trade winds: as they reach the Temperate Zones, they descend to the surface, forming a deep layer of prevailing westerlies
- antitragus — a cartilaginous projection of the external ear opposite the tragus
- antlerless — Without antlers.
- antrostomy — (surgery) Incision and drainage of the antrum.
- apartments — a suite of rooms in a grand residence such as a palace distinguished from any public rooms and designated for the use of a particular person or group
- apatosaurs — Plural form of apatosaur.
- aphoristic — of, relating to, or resembling an aphorism
- apostrophe — An apostrophe is the mark ' when it is written to indicate that one or more letters have been left out of a word, as in 'isn't' and 'we'll'. It is also added to nouns to form possessives, as in 'Mike's car'.
- apostrophy — Alternative form of apostrophe.
- apotropous — (of a plant ovule) anatrophous with a ventral raphe
- appertains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appertain.
- appetisers — Plural form of appetiser.
- appetizers — Plural form of appetizer.
- appointers — Plural form of appointer.
- appointors — Plural form of appointor.
- apportions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apportion.
- apprentise — Obsolete form of apprentice.
- aquafortis — concentrated nitric acid, used for etching
- araeostyle — having an intercolumniation of four diameters.
- arbalester — a soldier carrying an arbalest
- arbitrages — Plural form of arbitrage.
- arbitrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arbitrate.
- arboretums — Plural form of arboretum.
- arc secant — the angle, measured in radians, that has a secant equal to a given number. Symbol: sec −1. Abbreviation: arc sec;
- archaistic — something archaic, as a word or expression.
- archetypes — the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
- archiblast — egg protoplasm
- architects — Plural form of architect.
- archivists — Plural form of archivist.
- archivolts — Plural form of archivolt.
- archpriest — (formerly) a chief assistant to a bishop, performing many of his sacerdotal functions during his absence
- arcubalist — an arbalest
- area study — anthropological or sociological research intended to gather and relate data on various aspects of a geographical region and its inhabitants, as natural resources, history, language, institutions, or cultural and economic characteristics; a field investigation into human ecology.
- argenteous — silvery.
- arguteness — acuteness of mind
- ariovistus — flourished c71–58 b.c, Germanic leader of the Suevi.
- aristippus — ?435–?356 bc, Greek philosopher, who believed pleasure to be the highest good and founded the Cyrenaic school
- aristocrat — An aristocrat is someone whose family has a high social rank, especially someone who has a title.
- aristology — the art of eating
- aristotype — a process of photographic printing in which paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin is used.
- armistices — a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce: World War I ended with the armistice of 1918.
- arrestable — An arrestable offence is an offence that you can be arrested for.
- arrestment — the seizure of money or property to prevent a debtor paying one creditor in advance of another
- arrivistes — Plural form of arriviste.
- arrowsmith — a novel (1925) by Sinclair Lewis.
- arse about — to play the fool; act stupidly, esp in an irritating manner
- arsenolite — a mineral, arsenic trioxide, As 2 O 3 , occurring usually as a white incrustation on arsenical ores.
- arsmetrick — relating to the cheeks of a person's bottom that are identical
- art school — tertiary level college for students of art