10-letter words containing f, e, a
- afterhours — occurring, engaged in, or operating after the normal or legal closing time for business: an after-hours drinking club.
- afterimage — a sustained or renewed sensation, esp visual, after the original stimulus has ceased
- afterlight — the light visible in the sky after sunset; afterglow.
- afterlives — Plural form of afterlife.
- aftermaths — Plural form of aftermath.
- afternoone — Obsolete spelling of afternoon.
- afternoons — during the afternoon, esp regularly
- afterpains — cramplike pains caused by contraction of the uterus after childbirth
- afterparty — An afterparty is a small party held after a larger event, to which only a small group of guests is invited.
- afterpiece — a brief usually comic dramatic piece presented after a play
- aftersales — (business) Alternative form of aftersale.
- aftershaft — a secondary feather arising near the base of a contour feather
- aftershave — Aftershave is a liquid with a pleasant smell that men sometimes put on their faces after shaving.
- aftershock — Aftershocks are smaller earthquakes which occur after a large earthquake.
- afterswarm — a secondary (or tertiary) swarm of bees which leaves the colony after the main swarm has left, in the company of a virgin queen
- aftertaste — An aftertaste is a taste that remains in your mouth after you have finished eating or drinking something.
- afterwards — If you do something or if something happens afterwards, you do it or it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned.
- afterwhile — (US, dialect) afterwards.
- afterwords — Plural form of afterword.
- afterworld — a world inhabited after death
- agency fee — a fee charged by an agency
- air filter — filter that removes dust from air
- airfreight — a method or service for transporting cargo by air
- alderflies — Plural form of alderfly.
- alkalified — Simple past tense and past participle of alkalify.
- alpine fir — a fir, Abies lasiocarpa, of the Rocky Mountains, yielding a soft, brittle wood used for making boxes, crates, etc.
- alto flute — a large flute pitched a perfect fourth lower than an ordinary flute.
- amersfoort — a town in the central Netherlands, in E Utrecht province. Pop: 131 000 (2003 est)
- ammonified — Simple past tense and past participle of ammonify.
- ammonifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ammonify.
- amoebiform — resembling, shaped, or changing in shape like an amoeba
- amplifiers — Plural form of amplifier.
- anglerfish — a bony fish with a growth on its head which can be wiggled to attract prey
- anne frank — Anne, 1929–45, German Jewish girl who died in Belsen concentration camp in Germany: her diaries about her family hiding from Nazis in Amsterdam (1942–44) published in 1947.
- anseriform — (ornithology) Of or pertaining to birds of the family Anseriformes including ducks, geese, swans, and screamers.
- answer for — If you have to answer for something bad or wrong you have done, you are punished for it.
- antennifer — a pivotal projection at the rim of an antennal socket.
- antifebrin — acetanilide.
- antifemale — opposed to or discriminating against women
- antifogger — an antifoggant.
- antifouled — Simple past tense and past participle of antifoul.
- antifreeze — Antifreeze is a liquid which is added to water to stop it freezing. It is used in car radiators in cold weather.
- antireform — opposed to reform
- aquiferous — conveying, containing or yielding water
- archerfish — any freshwater percoid fish of the family Toxotidae of S and SE Asia and Australia, esp Toxotes jaculatrix, that catch insects by spitting water at them
- archfiends — Plural form of archfiend.
- arefaction — the act of drying, or a dried condition
- artfulness — slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky: artful schemes.
- artificers — Plural form of artificer.
- 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