10-letter words containing b, e, t, a
- 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.).
- acceptable — Acceptable activities and situations are those that most people approve of or consider to be normal.
- acceptably — capable or worthy of being accepted.
- accumbents — Plural form of accumbent.
- 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.
- acetabular — Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.
- acetabulum — the deep cuplike cavity on the side of the hipbone that receives the head of the thighbone
- acorn tube — a small vacuum tube shaped like an acorn
- actionable — If something that you do or say to someone is actionable, it gives them a valid reason for bringing a legal case against you.
- actuatable — Able to be actuated.
- adjustable — If something is adjustable, it can be changed to different positions or sizes.
- admittable — having the ability to be admitted
- admittible — Archaic spelling of admittable.
- adobe flat — a gently sloping clayey plain formed by a short-lived stream or flood water
- adsorbates — Plural form of adsorbate.
- adumbrated — (comparable) Obscured.
- adumbrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adumbrate.
- aerobacter — any bacteria of a former genus (Aerobacter) normally found in the intestine: now in either of two genera (Enterobacter or Klebsiella)
- aerobatics — Aerobatics are skilful displays of flying, usually to entertain people watching from the ground.
- aerobiotic — Of or pertaining to aerobiosis.
- affectable — having the ability to be influenced or affected by something
- affectible — Alternative form of affectable.
- afterbirth — the placenta and fetal membranes expelled from the uterus after the birth of the offspring
- afterbrain — metencephalon (sense 1)
- air battle — a fight between the aircraft of two opposing sides in a war
- alabandite — a mineral form of manganese sulphide (MnS) with cubic crystals
- albert lea — a city in S Minnesota.
- albuminate — any of several substances formed from albumin by the action of acid or alkali
- algebraist — an expert in algebra.
- all better — the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the way; all year.
- alphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- ambidexter — someone who is ambidextrous
- ambitioned — sought after, desired
- ambivalent — If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it.
- amboceptor — an immune body formed in the blood during infection or immunization that serves to link the complement to the antigen
- ambushment — an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road.
- amebocytes — Plural form of amebocyte, an alternative spelling of amoebocyte.
- ameloblast — a type of cell involved in forming dental enamel
- ametabolic — (of certain insects) having no obvious metamorphosis
- amoebocyte — any cell having properties similar to an amoeba, such as shape, mobility, and ability to engulf particles
- anabaptise — to rebaptise
- anabaptize — to baptize again
- analphabet — an illiterate person unfamiliar with the letters of the alphabet
- ankle boot — a boot that extends up as far as the ankle
- antebellum — of or during the period before a war, esp the American Civil War