10-letter words containing a, t, e
- abstemious — Someone who is abstemious avoids doing too much of something enjoyable such as eating or drinking.
- abstenance — Misspelling of abstinence (by confusion with abstention).
- abstenious — Misspelling of abstemious (or possibly of abstentious.).
- abstention — Abstention is a formal act of not voting either for or against a proposal.
- abstergent — cleansing or scouring
- abstersion — the act of wiping clean or cleansing
- abstersive — a cleansing substance
- abstinence — Abstinence is the practice of abstaining from something such as alcoholic drink or sex, often for health or religious reasons.
- abstinency — the quality of being abstinent
- abstracted — Someone who is abstracted is thinking so deeply that they are not fully aware of what is happening around them.
- abstracter — One who abstracts, or makes an abstract, as in records or documents. (First attested in the late 17th century.).
- abstrusely — In an abstruse manner. (First attested in the early 17th century.)0.
- abstrusive — (rare) Of abstruse quality. (First attested in the mid 17th century.).
- acatalepsy — the state of being impossible to conceive or understand
- accelerant — accelerating
- accelerate — If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
- accentless — having no accent
- accentuate — To accentuate something means to emphasize it or make it more noticeable.
- acceptable — Acceptable activities and situations are those that most people approve of or consider to be normal.
- acceptably — capable or worthy of being accepted.
- acceptance — Acceptance of an offer or a proposal is the act of saying yes to it or agreeing to it.
- acceptancy — the act of accepting; acceptance.
- acceptedly — In an accepted manner; admittedly.
- acceptions — Plural form of acception.
- accidental — An accidental event happens by chance or as the result of an accident, and is not deliberately intended.
- accidented — having been subjected to an accident
- accidently — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
- accipiters — Plural form of accipiter.
- acclimated — Become accustomed to a new climate or to new conditions.
- acclimates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclimate.
- accomodate — Misspelling of accommodate.
- accordment — (obsolete) Agreement; reconcilement.
- accoutered — to equip or outfit, especially with military clothes, equipment, etc.
- accredited — appointed and having official credentials
- accreditor — A person or organization that provides accreditation.
- accrescent — (of a calyx or other part) continuing to grow after flowering
- accretions — Plural form of accretion.
- accruement — the action of accruing
- accumbents — Plural form of accumbent.
- accuminate — Tapering to a point.
- accumulate — When you accumulate things or when they accumulate, they collect or are gathered over a period of time.
- accurately — free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model; precise; exact.
- accusative — In the grammar of some languages, the accusative, or the accusative case, is the case used for a noun when it is the direct object of a verb, or the object of some prepositions. In English, only the pronouns 'me', 'him', 'her', 'us', and 'them' are in the accusative. Compare nominative.
- accusement — a charge or accusation of wrongdoing or crime
- accustomed — If you are accustomed to something, you know it so well or have experienced it so often that it seems natural, unsurprising, or easy to deal with.
- acebutolol — a beta blocker, C 18 H 28 N 2 O 4 , used in the management of hypertension, angina pectoris, and cardiac arrhythmias.
- acerbating — Present participle of acerbate.
- acerbation — (rare) Bitterness of feeling.
- acervation — a heaping or piling up, gathering, accumulation
- acetabular — Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.