10-letter words containing a, t, e, n
- durrenmatt — Friedrich [freed-rik;; German free-drikh] /ˈfrid rɪk;; German ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1921–90, Swiss dramatist and novelist.
- eaglestone — a concretionary lump of ironstone about the size of a walnut, formerly believed to be carried by eagles to their nests as a magical aid in laying eggs.
- earth sign — any of the three astrological signs, Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn, that are grouped together because of the shared attributes of practicality and interest in material things.
- earth tone — any of various warm, muted colors ranging basically from neutral to deep brown.
- earthbound — headed for the earth: an earthbound meteorite.
- earthiness — of the nature of or consisting of earth or soil.
- earthlings — Plural form of earthling.
- earthshine — the faint illumination of the part of the moon not illuminated by sunlight, as during a crescent phase, caused by the reflection of light from the earth.
- earthwoman — a female inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
- earthwomen — Plural form of earthwoman.
- earwitness — a person who testifies or can testify to what he or she has heard.
- east ender — a native or inhabitant of the East End of London
- east haven — a town in S Connecticut, near New Haven.
- east point — a city in N Georgia, near Atlanta.
- eastbourne — a seaport in East Sussex, in SE England.
- easterling — a native of a country lying to the east, especially a merchant from the Baltic.
- easterners — Plural form of easterner.
- easternize — (usually initial capital letter) to influence with ideas, customs, etc., characteristic of eastern Asia.
- eburnation — an abnormal condition in which bone becomes hard and dense like ivory.
- ecardinate — (of a mollusc or the shell of a mollusc) having no hinges
- echinulate — (of a plant or animal) having a covering of prickles or small spines.
- ectocornea — the outer layer of the cornea.
- eddication — (UK, dated) eye dialect of education.
- educations — Plural form of education.
- edulcorant — tending to edulcorate
- effacement — to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one's unhappy memories.
- effeminate — (of a man or boy) having traits, tastes, habits, etc., traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy.
- effraction — a breaking into a house, store, etc., by force; forcible entry.
- eglantines — Plural form of eglantine.
- eigenstate — A quantum-mechanical state corresponding to an eigenvalue of a wave equation.
- eisenstadt — a town in E Austria, capital of Burgenland province: Hungarian until 1921. Pop: 11 334 (2001)
- el capitan — a mountain in E central California, in the Sierra Nevada: a monolith with a precipice rising over 1100 m (3600 ft) above the floor of the Yosemite Valley. Height: 2306 m (7564 ft)
- elaeoptene — eleoptene
- élan vital — a creative principle held by Henri Bergson to be present in all organisms and responsible for evolution
- elatedness — Quality of being elated.
- elementals — Plural form of elemental.
- elementary — Of or relating to the most rudimentary aspects of a subject.
- elenctical — (logic) Alternative form of elenctic.
- elevations — Plural form of elevation.
- eliminated — Simple past tense and past participle of eliminate.
- eliminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eliminate.
- eliminator — One who, or that which, eliminates.
- elongating — Present participle of elongate.
- elongation — The lengthening of something.
- eluviation — (soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall.
- emaciating — Present participle of emaciate.
- emaciation — The state of being abnormally thin or weak.
- emanations — Plural form of emanation.
- emancipate — Set free, esp. from legal, social, or political restrictions.
- emancipist — (Australia, historical) In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict who had been pardoned for good conduct; sometimes inclusively a convict whose sentence had completed, though one such was more usually called an expiree.