10-letter words containing d, i, a, o
- analogized — Simple past tense and past participle of analogize.
- anatomized — Simple past tense and past participle of anatomize.
- andragogic — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
- androecium — the stamens of a flowering plant collectively
- androgenic — any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics.
- anecdotist — a person who tells or collects anecdotes
- aneuploidy — (genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number.
- angioedema — swelling that occurs just beneath the surface of the skin or mucous membranes.
- anhidrosis — the absence of sweating
- anhidrotic — curbing the secretion of sweat
- anhydrosis — the deficiency or absence of perspiration; adiaphoresis.
- anodically — In an anodic manner.
- anonymised — Simple past tense and past participle of anonymise.
- anonymized — carried out or organized in such a way as to preserve anonymity
- anthracoid — resembling anthrax
- anthropoid — resembling man
- antibodies — any of numerous Y -shaped protein molecules produced by B cells as a primary immune defense, each molecule and its clones having a unique binding site that can combine with the complementary site of a foreign antigen, as on a virus or bacterium, thereby disabling the antigen and signaling other immune defenses. Abbreviation: Ab.
- anticodons — Plural form of anticodon.
- antidromic — (of nerve fibres) conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal
- antifouled — Simple past tense and past participle of antifoul.
- antigodlin — lopsided or at an angle; out of alignment.
- antimodern — opposed to modern attitudes
- antimonide — a compound of antimony
- antipodean — Antipodean describes people or things that come from or relate to Australia and New Zealand.
- aphid lion — the larva of a lacewing, usually predaceous on aphids.
- aphrodisia — the desire for sexual intimacy
- apoapsides — Plural form of apoapsis.
- apodeictic — unquestionably true by virtue of demonstration
- apodeipnon — compline.
- apologised — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- apologized — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- apostilled — Simple past tense and past participle of apostille.
- arachnoids — Plural form of arachnoid.
- arcimboldi — Giuseppe [juh-sep-ee;; Italian joo-zep-pe] /dʒəˈsɛp i;; Italian dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1527–93, Italian painter.
- arcimboldo — Giuseppe. 1527–93, Italian painter, best remembered for painting grotesque figures composed of fruit, vegetables, and meat
- argyrodite — a rare mineral, Ag8GeS6, that contains silver, germanium, and sulphur
- armadillos — Plural form of armadillo.
- aromatized — Simple past tense and past participle of aromatize.
- arthrodial — a joint, as in the carpal articulations, in which the surfaces glide over each other in movement.
- 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.
- aryballoid — relating to an aryballos
- arytenoids — Plural form of arytenoid.
- asafoetida — a bitter resin with an unpleasant onion-like smell, obtained from the roots of some umbelliferous plants of the genus Ferula: formerly used as a carminative, antispasmodic, and expectorant
- ascaridole — a liquid, C 10 H 16 O 2 , constituting the active principle of chenopodium oil, used chiefly as a catalyst in polymerization reactions.
- asiadollar — a U.S. dollar deposited in or credited to Asian banks and used in the money markets of the region.
- aside from — Aside from means the same as apart from. This form is more usual in American English.
- associated — If one thing is associated with another, the two things are connected with each other.
- asteroidal — relating to asteroids
- asteroidea — the class comprising the starfishes.
- astonished — If you are astonished by something, you are very surprised about it.