10-letter words containing a, y
- affluently — in an abundant or wealthy manner
- affordably — in an affordable or reasonably priced manner
- afterparty — An afterparty is a small party held after a larger event, to which only a small group of guests is invited.
- agency fee — a fee charged by an agency
- agitatedly — excited; disturbed.
- agnoiology — the theory of ignorance
- agonizedly — in an agonized way
- agony aunt — An agony aunt is a person who writes a column in a newspaper or magazine in which they reply to readers who have written to them for advice on their personal problems.
- agreeingly — (obsolete) In a manner that agrees or corresponds.
- agrypnotic — inducing, relating to, or characterized by insomnia
- ahmadiyyah — a messianic Islamic sect founded in Qadian, India, in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad; it split into two branches in 1914
- aid agency — an organization that gives money, equipment, or services to people who need them but who cannot provide them for themselves
- air piracy — the hijacking of an aircraft; skyjacking
- air system — a system of refrigeration utilizing air as a coolant.
- airwaybill — An airbill.
- airy-fairy — If you describe someone's ideas as airy-fairy, you are critical of them because you think the ideas are vague, impractical, and unrealistic.
- akaryocyte — A cell that has no nucleus.
- aktyubinsk — city in W Kazakhstan: pop. 248,000
- al-ubayyid — El Obeid
- alarmingly — causing alarm or fear: an alarming case of pneumonia; an alarming lack of respect.
- alchymists — Plural form of alchymist.
- aldermanly — pompous
- aldermanry — the district, office, or rank of an alderman.
- alimentary — of or relating to nutrition
- alkalinity — the quality or state of being alkaline
- alkylating — Present participle of alkylate.
- alkylation — the attachment of an alkyl group to an organic compound, usually by the addition or substitution of a hydrogen atom or halide group
- all righty — all right
- alley gate — a metal spiked gate erected behind a terrace of houses to deter burglars
- alloplasty — implantation of a synthetic material to replace a diseased or damaged body tissue or organ.
- alluringly — very attractive or tempting; enticing; seductive.
- allusively — having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by allusions.
- allycholly — melancholy
- almetyevsk — a city in the Tatar Republic, in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Kazan.
- alogically — in an alogical manner
- alveolarly — in an alveolar manner
- alvin york — a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
- amarynceus — a king of Messene who ruled Elis with Augeas and who was slain by Nestor in a war against the Pylians.
- ambagitory — ambiguous
- ambiophony — the reproduction of sound to create an illusion to a listener of being in a spacious room, such as a concert hall
- ambulatory — of, relating to, or designed for walking
- ambystomid — Also called mole salamander. any of various small- to moderate-sized salamanders of the genus Ambystoma, terrestrial or semiaquatic, inhabiting North America from New England to Florida and westward to Texas.
- amebocytes — Plural form of amebocyte, an alternative spelling of amoebocyte.
- amendatory — serving to amend; corrective
- amiability — Amiability is the quality of being friendly and pleasant.
- ammonolyze — to subject to ammonolysis.
- amnestying — Present participle of amnesty.
- amnioscopy — Examination of a foetus and the amniotic fluid in the lowest part of the amniotic sac using an amnioscope introduced through the cervical canal.
- amoebocyte — any cell having properties similar to an amoeba, such as shape, mobility, and ability to engulf particles
- amphictyon — a delegate to an amphictyonic council