10-letter words containing a, s, e, y
- asphyxiate — If someone is asphyxiated, they die or lose consciousness because they are unable to breathe properly.
- assertedly — in a maintained but uncorroborated manner
- assythment — the recompense or redress made for wrongs or damage committed
- astrocytes — Plural form of astrocyte.
- astrometry — the branch of astronomy concerned with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodies
- asymmetric — Asymmetric means the same as asymmetrical.
- asymptotes — Plural form of asymptote.
- asynartete — a poem or stanza that contains two different types of metre
- autolysate — the substances resulting as the end product of autolysis
- ayers rock — a conspicuous red monadnock in central Australia, in the SW Northern Territory: tourist attraction. 1143 feet (348 meters) high.
- ayurvedics — a therapeutic system based on the Ayurveda
- azygospore — a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi
- baby blues — depression suffered after childbirth
- baby jesus — Jesus as a baby, esp in Nativity scenes
- babymakers — Plural form of babymaker.
- babysitter — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
- barysphere — centrosphere (def 2).
- baselessly — In a baseless way.
- bawdyhouse — a house of prostitution
- bay street — the financial centre of Toronto, in which Canada's largest stock exchange is situated
- bayberries — Plural form of bayberry.
- beautyless — Devoid of beauty.
- belly-slam — belly-flop.
- belly-wash — any barely drinkable liquid or beverage, as inferior soda, beer, coffee, or soup.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- bestiality — Bestiality is disgusting behaviour.
- blue daisy — a bushy, composite shrub, Felicia amelloides, of southern Africa, having solitary, daisylike flowers with yellow disks and blue rays, grown as an ornamental.
- bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
- bradyseism — a gradual rise or fall in the earth's crust
- buddy seat — a seat on a motorcycle or moped for the driver and a passenger sitting one behind the other.
- by mistake — accidentally, not on purpose
- by-passers — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- byssaceous — consisting of fine threads
- bytesexual — (jargon) /bi:t" sek"shu-*l/ An adjective used to describe hardware, denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either big-endian or little-endian format (depending, presumably, on a mode bit somewhere). See also NUXI problem.
- cad system — A CAD system is a computer system for designing parts or products before they are manufactured.
- caecostomy — (surgery) An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.
- camera-shy — Someone who is camera-shy is nervous and uncomfortable about being filmed or about having their photograph taken.
- carelessly — If someone does something carelessly, they do it without much thought or effort.
- carryovers — Plural form of carryover.
- case study — A case study is a written account that gives detailed information about a person, group, or thing and their development over a period of time.
- cash money — cash, as distinguished from a check or money order.
- castellany — the office or position of a castellan
- cessionary — a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
- chase away — If someone or something chases away worries, fears, or other bad feelings, they cause those feelings to change and become happier.
- cheapishly — in a fairly cheap manner
- cheboksary — a port in W central Russia on the River Volga: capital of the Chuvash Republic. Pop: 446 000 (2005 est)
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- chrysocale — a copper alloy containing zinc and lead.
- chylaceous — of or resembling chyle.