10-letter words containing a, t, e
- adaptively — in an adaptive manner
- adaptogens — Plural form of adaptogen.
- added time — (in a sports match) extra time added to the end of a half to make up for the time spent dealing with injuries, substitutions, etc
- adderstone — a prehistoric ornamental bead
- addictives — Plural form of addictive.
- additament — an addition
- additively — in an additive manner
- addlepated — addlebrained.
- adelantado — a military title given to Conquistadors allowing the bearer the right to become governor or justice of a region
- adenectomy — surgical removal of a gland
- adenopathy — enlargement of the lymph nodes
- adequality — Quality of being adequal.
- adequately — as much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit (often followed by to or for): This car is adequate to our needs. adequate food for fifty people.
- adequation — Equivalence.
- adequative — relating to adequacy
- adherently — in an adherent manner
- adipocytes — Plural form of adipocyte.
- adjacently — lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
- adjectival — Adjectival means relating to adjectives or like an adjective.
- adjectives — Grammar. any member of a class of words that modify nouns and pronouns, primarily by describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying, as wise in a wise grandmother, or perfect in a perfect score, or handsome in He is extremely handsome. Other terms, as numbers (one cup; twelve months), certain demonstrative pronouns (this magazine; those questions), and terms that impose limits (each person; no mercy) can also function adjectivally, as can some nouns that are found chiefly in fixed phrases where they immediately precede the noun they modify, as bottle in bottle cap and bus in bus station. Synonyms: modifier, qualifier, identifier, describer, describing word.
- adjudgment — The action of imposing judgment.
- adjudicate — If you adjudicate on a dispute or problem, you make an official judgment or decision about it.
- adjunctive — that constitutes an adjunct
- adjustable — If something is adjustable, it can be changed to different positions or sizes.
- adjustment — An adjustment is a small change that is made to something such as a machine or a way of doing something.
- adjuvanted — (medicine) Modified by addition of an adjuvant.
- administer — If someone administers something such as a country, the law, or a test, they take responsibility for organizing and supervising it.
- admirative — possessing admiration
- admittable — having the ability to be admitted
- admittance — Admittance is the act of entering a place or institution or the right to enter it.
- admittedly — You use admittedly when you are saying something which weakens the importance or force of your statement.
- admittible — Archaic spelling of admittable.
- admixtures — Plural form of admixture.
- admonitive — relating to admonition; admonitory
- adobe flat — a gently sloping clayey plain formed by a short-lived stream or flood water
- adolescent — Adolescent is used to describe young people who are no longer children but who have not yet become adults. It also refers to their behaviour.
- adoptively — in an adoptive manner; by adoption
- adornments — Plural form of adornment.
- adroitness — expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- adsorbates — Plural form of adsorbate.
- adsorptive — relating to or characterized by adsorption
- adullamite — a person who has withdrawn from a political group and joined with a few others to form a dissident group
- adult home — any of various private residences for former state psychiatric patients, supervised by a department of a state or city government.
- adulterant — a substance or ingredient that adulterates
- adulterate — If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it.
- adulterers — Plural form of adulterer.
- adulteress — An adulteress is a woman who commits adultery.
- adulterine — of or made by adulteration; fake
- adulterize — to commit adultery
- adulterous — An adulterous relationship is a sexual relationship between a married person and someone they are not married to. An adulterous person is someone who commits adultery.