10-letter words containing a, s
- asymptotic — of or referring to an asymptote
- asynartete — a poem or stanza that contains two different types of metre
- asynchrony — a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
- asyntactic — showing no syntactical rules or regularity
- asystolism — the indications or symptoms which are representative of asystole
- at a guess — You say at a guess to indicate that what you are saying is only an estimate or what you believe to be true, rather than being a definite fact.
- at leisure — having free time for ease, relaxation, etc
- at present — A situation that exists at present exists now, although it may change.
- ataractics — Plural form of ataractic.
- atascadero — a town in SW California.
- ateleiosis — the condition of having restricted or impaired growth
- athabascan — a family of languages spoken by American Indians in most of inland northwest Canada and Alaska, in coastal Oregon and California, and in Arizona and the Rio Grande basin, and including especially Navajo, Apache, and Chipewyan. Compare family (def 14).
- athabaskan — a family of North American Indian languages, including Chipewyan, Hupa, and Navajo
- athanasian — of or relating to Athanasius or to the doctrines ascribed to him.
- athanasius — Saint. ?296–373 ad, patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism. Feast day: May 2
- athapascan — a group of North American Indian languages belonging to the Na-Dene phylum, including Apache and Navaho
- athenaeums — Plural form of athenaeum.
- athleisure — the wearing of sports clothes as leisurewear
- atmologist — a person who studies or is expert in atmology or the study of aqueous vapour
- atmosphere — A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.
- atrocities — acts of extreme cruelty, esp against prisoners or civilians in wartime
- atrocity's — the quality or state of being atrocious.
- attalus ii — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
- attendants — a person who attends another, as to perform a service.
- attendings — physicians who attend to patients in a hospital
- attentions — acts of consideration, courtesy, or gallantry indicating affection or love
- attenuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attenuate.
- attestable — Able to be attested.
- attic base — (in classical architecture) a base for a column, consisting of an upper and a lower torus separated by a scotia between two fillets.
- attic salt — refined incisive wit
- attoparsec — (unit, humour) About 31 mm (one inch). "atto-" is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^-18. A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-years; an attoparsec is thus 3.26 * 10^-18 light years. Thus, one attoparsec per microfortnight is about one inch per second. This unit is reported to be in use (though probably not very seriously) among hackers in the UK.
- attractors — Plural form of attractor.
- attributes — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- aubergines — Plural form of aubergine.
- aubergiste — an innkeeper or hotelier
- audacities — Plural form of audacity.
- audio disc — an act of recording.
- audiobooks — Plural form of audiobook.
- audiograms — Plural form of audiogram.
- audiotapes — Plural form of audiotape.
- augustness — inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama.
- aunt sally — a figure of an old woman's head, typically with a clay pipe, used in fairgrounds and fêtes as a target for balls or other objects
- auriferous — (of rock) containing gold; gold-bearing
- auriscopes — Plural form of auriscope.
- auscultate — to examine (a patient) by means of auscultation
- ausforming — a treatment to strengthen hard steels, prior to quenching, in which the specimen is plastically deformed while it is in the austenite temperature range
- auspicated — Simple past tense and past participle of auspicate.
- auspicious — Something that is auspicious indicates that success is likely.
- austenitic — consisting mainly of austenite.
- austerlitz — a town in the Czech Republic, in Moravia: site of Napoleon's victory over the Russian and Austrian armies in 1805. Pop: 1795 (2007 est)