10-letter words containing a, s
- androspore — the zoospore of certain algae that develops into a small male plant producing antherozoids.
- anecdotist — a person who tells or collects anecdotes
- anemoscope — any device that shows the presence and direction of a wind
- anemotaxis — oriented movement in response to a current of air.
- anesthesia — a partial or total loss of the sense of pain, temperature, touch, etc., produced by disease
- anesthetic — relating to, with, or characterized by anesthesia
- aneurismal — Alternative spelling of aneurysmal.
- aneurysmal — a permanent cardiac or arterial dilatation usually caused by weakening of the vessel wall.
- angel dust — PCP1
- angioblast — one of several mesenchymal cells capable of developing into the endothelium of the blood vessels.
- angiograms — Plural form of angiogram.
- angioscope — An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
- angiosperm — any seed-bearing plant of the phylum Angiospermophyta (division Angiospermae in traditional systems), in which the ovules are enclosed in an ovary, which develops into the fruit after fertilization; any flowering plant
- angle shot — a picture taken with the camera pointed obliquely at the subject, sometimes causing distortion of perspective and proportion.
- anglepoise — a type of lamp with joints and spring tension that allow it to be placed in a wide range of positions
- anglerfish — a bony fish with a growth on its head which can be wiggled to attract prey
- anglesmith — a blacksmith skilled in forging angle irons, beams, etc., into various forms used in shipbuilding.
- anglicised — Made into a form similar to that used by the English.
- anglicizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anglicize.
- anglistics — the study of English language and literature
- anguishing — excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain: the anguish of grief.
- anhidrosis — the absence of sweating
- anhydrides — Plural form of anhydride.
- anhydrosis — the deficiency or absence of perspiration; adiaphoresis.
- animalists — Plural form of animalist.
- animalness — The quality of being animal; animality.
- animations — Plural form of animation.
- anisocoria — inequality in the size of the pupils.
- anisomeric — (of a chemical compound) lacking isomers
- anisotropy — Physics. of unequal physical properties along different axes. Compare isotropic (def 1).
- ankle sock — a short sock coming up to the ankle
- anklebones — Plural form of anklebone.
- ankylosaur — any of various quadrupedal herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs constituting the suborder Ankylosauria, which were most abundant in upper Cretaceous times and had a very heavily armoured tanklike body
- ankylosing — Present participle of ankylose.
- annalistic — a chronicler of events, especially yearly ones; historian.
- annotinous — one year old.
- announcers — Plural form of announcer.
- annoyances — Plural form of annoyance.
- annualised — to calculate for or as for an entire year: Investors earned an annualized rate of seven percent paid quarterly.
- annuitants — Plural form of annuitant.
- anoestrous — anestrous.
- anonaceous — relating to the plant family Anonaceae and its members
- anonymised — Simple past tense and past participle of anonymise.
- anonymouse — (informal) a person who posts to an online forum, or otherwise distributes information anonymously.
- anorectics — Plural form of anorectic.
- anorgasmia — inability to experience sexual orgasm.
- anovulants — Plural form of anovulant.
- anschauung — direct or immediate intuition or perception of sense data with little or no rational interpretation.
- anseriform — (ornithology) Of or pertaining to birds of the family Anseriformes including ducks, geese, swans, and screamers.
- answer for — If you have to answer for something bad or wrong you have done, you are punished for it.