10-letter words containing a, t, n
- 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.
- emarginate — (botany, mycology) Roughly the same height for most of its length, becoming much shallower before reaching the attachment point.
- embalmment — The process of embalming.
- embankment — A wall or bank of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area.
- embarkment — Embarkation; the act of setting out.
- embasement — abasement
- embattling — Present participle of embattle.
- embayments — Plural form of embayment.
- embryonate — relating to, or having, an embryo
- emendation — The process of making a revision or correction to a text.
- emendatory — (archaic) Pertaining to emendation; corrective.
- emigrating — Present participle of emigrate.
- emigration — The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
- eminential — relating to the degree of elevation, height, altitude
- emittances — Plural form of emittance.
- emplastron — a plaster containing a balm or medication
- emulations — Plural form of emulation.
- en passant — in passing: in chess, said of capturing a pawn that has made an initial move of two squares to its fourth rank, bypassing the square where an enemy pawn on its own fifth rank could capture it. The capture is made as if the captured pawn had moved one square instead of two
- en rapport — in sympathy, harmony, or accord
- enablement — The act of enabling.
- enactments — Plural form of enactment.
- enamelists — Plural form of enamelist.
- enantiomer — Each of a pair of molecules that are mirror images of each other.
- enantiosis — a figure of speech by which there is an opposite meaning to what is said
- enarration — a detailed narrative
- encampment — A place with temporary accommodations consisting of huts or tents, typically for troops or nomads.
- encaptured — Simple past tense and past participle of encapture.