10-letter words containing e, n, t, r
- aggeration — A heaping up; accumulation.
- agreements — Plural form of agreement.
- agrégation — (in France) a civil service examination for some posts in secondary and higher education
- air-intake — an opening in an aircraft through which air is drawn, esp for the engines
- alienators — Plural form of alienator.
- alimentary — of or relating to nutrition
- alipterion — (in an ancient Roman bath) a room for anointment.
- allurement — fascination; charm.
- alpestrine — (of plants) growing at high altitudes; subalpine
- altar wine — wine for use in a Eucharistic service.
- alteration — An alteration is a change in or to something.
- alternance — alternation; regular change
- alternated — Simple past tense and past participle of alternate.
- alternates — Plural form of alternate.
- alternatim — (in sacred music) alternating between two modes
- alternator — An alternator is a device, used especially in a car, that creates an electrical current that changes direction as it flows.
- amarantine — amaranthine
- ameliorant — a thing that ameliorates
- amendatory — serving to amend; corrective
- amercement — to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- anastrophe — reversal of the usual order of the parts of a sentence; inversion (Ex.: “Came the dawn”)
- ancestress — a female ancestor (sense 1) ancestor (sense 4)
- ancestries — Plural form of ancestry.
- anchorette — (in broadcasting) a young and inexperienced anchorwoman
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- anderlecht — a town in central Belgium, a suburb of Brussels. Pop: 92 755 (2004 est)
- anelectric — not capable of acquiring a static electric charge when subjected to friction.
- anemometer — an instrument for recording the speed and often the direction of winds
- anemometry — the technique of measuring wind speed and direction
- animadvert — to comment with strong criticism (upon); make censorious remarks (about)
- anoestrous — anestrous.
- anorectics — Plural form of anorectic.
- anorexiant — a substance, as a drug, for causing loss of appetite.
- antecessor — a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before
- antemortem — made or done just before one's death
- antennifer — a pivotal projection at the rim of an antennal socket.
- antennular — having antennules or similar appendages
- antenumber — a number that immediately precedes another: Three is the antenumber of four.
- antepartum — of or noting the period prior to childbirth; before delivery.
- anteriorly — in an anterior position
- 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.
- anthersmut — a species of parasitic fungus, Ustilago violacea
- anthimeria — (rhetoric) The use of a word from one word class or part of speech as if it were from another. Typically, and for example, the use of a noun as if it were a verb.
- anthophore — an elongation of the receptacle of a flower between the calyx and corolla
- anthracene — a colourless tricyclic crystalline solid having a slight blue fluorescence, used in the manufacture of chemicals, esp diphenylamine and alizarin, and as crystals in scintillation counters. Formula: C6H4(CH)2C6H4
- anthracite — Anthracite is a type of very hard coal which burns slowly, producing a lot of heat and very little smoke.
- anticancer — acting against cancer
- anticaries — characterized by an ability to prevent caries
- anticenter — Geology. the point on the surface of the earth diametrically opposite the epicenter of an earthquake.