10-letter words containing a, s
- auxotrophs — Plural form of auxotroph.
- avalanches — Plural form of avalanche.
- avaricious — An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions.
- avenaceous — belonging to or of the nature of oats or oat grasses
- avengeress — a female avenger
- averagings — average values
- aversation — (obsolete) A turning from with dislike; aversion.
- averseness — The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.
- aviatrices — Plural form of aviatrix.
- avigator's — aerial navigation.
- avocations — Plural form of avocation.
- avoidances — Plural form of avoidance.
- awakenings — Plural form of awakening.
- awe-struck — filled with awe
- awkwardish — slightly awkward
- awl-shaped — shaped like an awl
- axillaries — Anatomy, Ornithology. pertaining to the axilla.
- axiomatics — the study of axioms
- axoplasmic — of or relating to the axoplasm
- ayatollahs — Plural form of ayatollah.
- 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
- azeotropes — Plural form of azeotrope.
- azygospore — a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi
- babelesque — resembling the situation at Babel, confused, impeding communication
- babesiasis — any of several tick-borne diseases of cattle, dogs, horses, sheep, and swine, caused by a babesia protozoan and characterized by fever and languor.
- babesiosis — a tick-borne disease of domesticated and wild mammals as well as humans, caused by a protozoan of the genera Babesia and characterized by fever, anaemia, jaundice, and in severe cases leading to death
- babo's law — the law stating that the vapour pressure of a solution is reduced in proportion to the amount of solute added
- baby blues — depression suffered after childbirth
- baby bonus — family allowance
- baby jesus — Jesus as a baby, esp in Nativity scenes
- baby sling — a pouch supported by straps at the shoulder or neck, used to carry small babies on one's chest
- baby split — a split in which the two and seven pins or the three and ten pins remain standing.
- babylonish — Babylonian.
- babymakers — Plural form of babymaker.
- babysitter — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- bacchanals — Plural form of bacchanal.
- bacchantes — Plural form of bacchant.
- bachelor's — a person who has been awarded a bachelor's degree.
- back focus — the distance between the back surface of a lens and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
- back issue — A back issue of a magazine or newspaper is one that was published some time ago and is not the most recent.
- back score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to and equidistant from the foot score and the sweeping score.
- back shaft — a spindle carrying back gears.
- back shift — a group of workers who work a shift from late afternoon to midnight in an industry or occupation where a day shift or a night shift is also worked
- back slang — a type of slang in which words are spelled and, as far as possible, pronounced backwards
- back staff — an obsolete instrument for determining the altitude of the sun by facing away from the sun, sighting upon the horizon, adjusting a cursor until its shadow falls upon the sight through which the horizon appears, and measuring the resulting arc.
- back story — background information provided, often in narrative form, to give help in understanding something, as the behavior of a character in a film
- backbiters — Plural form of backbiter.
- backblocks — bush or remote farming area far distant from city amenities
- backboards — Plural form of backboard.