10-letter words containing a, s
- ascendance — the state of being in the ascendant; governing or controlling influence; domination.
- ascendancy — If one group has ascendancy over another group, it has more power or influence than the other group.
- ascendants — Plural form of ascendant.
- ascendence — the state of being in the ascendant; governing or controlling influence; domination.
- ascendency — the state of being in the ascendant; governing or controlling influence; domination.
- ascendible — Capable of being ascended; climbable.
- ascensions — Plural form of ascension.
- ascerbated — Simple past tense and past participle of ascerbate.
- ascertains — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- asceticism — Asceticism is a simple, strict way of life with no luxuries or physical pleasures.
- ascigerous — of or relating to asci.
- ascii file — a file that uses the ASCII code
- ascocarpic — relating to an ascocarp
- ascococcus — (biology) A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is enclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci.
- ascogenous — of, relating to, or producing asci.
- ascogonium — a female reproductive body in some ascomycetous fungi in which, after fertilization, the asci develop
- ascomycete — any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota (formerly class Ascomycetes) in which the spores (ascospores) are formed inside a club-shaped cell (ascus). The group includes yeast, penicillium, aspergillus, truffles, and certain mildews
- ascorbates — Plural form of ascorbate.
- ascospores — Plural form of ascospore.
- ascosporic — relating to an ascospore
- ascribable — to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute: The alphabet is usually ascribed to the Phoenicians.
- ascription — the act of ascribing
- ascriptive — having the ability to be attributable to
- asepticise — to make aseptic; to treat with aseptics
- asepticism — a form of care or treatment which prevents putrification
- asepticize — to cause (something) to be aseptic or non-putrefying
- asexuality — Biology. having no sex or sexual organs. independent of sexual processes, especially not involving the union of male and female germ cells.
- asexualize — to make incapable of reproduction, as by castrating.
- asgeirsson — Asgeir [ahs-gair] /ˈɑs gɛər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1972, Icelandic statesman: president 1952–68.
- ash blonde — pale, grayish blond: ash-blond hair.
- ashkenazic — of or relating to the Ashkenazi Jews
- asia minor — large peninsula in W Asia, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, including Asiatic Turkey west of an undefined line from the Gulf of Iskenderun to the Black Sea
- asiadollar — a U.S. dollar deposited in or credited to Asian banks and used in the money markets of the region.
- asian pear — a tropical pear tree, esp any of several varieties of Japanese pear Pyrus serotina
- aside from — Aside from means the same as apart from. This form is more usual in American English.
- ask around — If you ask around or ask round, you ask several people a question.
- ask for it — to put a question to; inquire of: I asked him but he didn't answer.
- asking bid — a conventional bid by which a bidder asks for specific information about the strength of his or her partner's hand in a given suit.
- asparagine — a nonessential amino acid, a component of proteins
- aspartates — Plural form of aspartate.
- aspectable — having the ability to be seen
- aspen hill — a city in central Maryland.
- asperating — to make rough, harsh, or uneven: a voice asperated by violent emotion.
- asperation — The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
- aspergilla — Plural form of aspergillum.
- asperities — Plural form of asperity.
- aspersions — disparaging or malicious remarks; slanderous accusations
- aspersoria — Plural form of aspersorium.
- asphaltene — any of the constituents of a bitumen, as asphalt, that are insoluble in pentane, hexane, or naphthalene.
- asphalting — any of various dark-colored, solid, bituminous substances, native in various areas of the earth and composed mainly of hydrocarbon mixtures.