10-letter words containing d, e, t, r, a
- afterworld — a world inhabited after death
- aggravated — Aggravated is used to describe a serious crime which involves violence.
- aggregated — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
- aldotriose — (carbohydrate) Any aldose having three carbon atoms; in reality, just glyceraldehyde.
- alter idem — another of the same kind; second self
- alternated — Simple past tense and past participle of alternate.
- ambidexter — someone who is ambidextrous
- amendatory — serving to amend; corrective
- anderlecht — a town in central Belgium, a suburb of Brussels. Pop: 92 755 (2004 est)
- animadvert — to comment with strong criticism (upon); make censorious remarks (about)
- anteverted — to displace (the uterus or other body organ) by tipping forward.
- antheridia — a male reproductive structure producing gametes, occurring in ferns, mosses, fungi, and algae.
- antimodern — opposed to modern attitudes
- antitrades — winds moving above and opposite to the tropical trade winds: as they reach the Temperate Zones, they descend to the surface, forming a deep layer of prevailing westerlies
- approbated — Simple past tense and past participle of approbate.
- arbitraged — Simple past tense and past participle of arbitrage.
- arbitrated — to decide as arbitrator or arbiter; determine.
- area study — anthropological or sociological research intended to gather and relate data on various aspects of a geographical region and its inhabitants, as natural resources, history, language, institutions, or cultural and economic characteristics; a field investigation into human ecology.
- argyrodite — a rare mineral, Ag8GeS6, that contains silver, germanium, and sulphur
- aromatized — Simple past tense and past participle of aromatize.
- art dealer — a person who buys and sells works of art
- arthrodire — any of numerous fishes of the extinct order Arthrodira, widely distributed during the Devonian Period, having the anterior part of the body covered by a shield of bony plates.
- arytenoids — Plural form of arytenoid.
- ascerbated — Simple past tense and past participle of ascerbate.
- assertedly — in a maintained but uncorroborated manner
- asteriated — having a structure that produces an asterism
- asteridian — a member of the starfish family Asteridae
- asterisked — Simple past tense and past participle of asterisk.
- asteroidal — relating to asteroids
- asteroidea — the class comprising the starfishes.
- astrodomes — Plural form of astrodome.
- atascadero — a town in SW California.
- atevirdine — A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that has been studied for the treatment of HIV.
- attributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- audiometer — an instrument for testing the intensity and frequency range of sound that is capable of detection by the human ear
- audiometry — the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.
- auditioner — a person who attends an audition
- authorised — Alternative spelling of authorized.
- authorized — officially permitted or empowered
- autodialer — An electronic device that dials telephone numbers randomly or from a list and may also leave messages and request information.
- autoloader — stack loader
- autowinder — a battery-operated device for advancing the film in a camera automatically after each exposure
- avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
- bad breath — halitosis.
- bad mester — a term for the devil, used when speaking to children
- balustrade — A balustrade is a railing or wall on a balcony or staircase.
- bandmaster — the conductor of a band
- banistered — Simple past tense and past participle of banister.
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- bardolater — someone who practises bardolatry