10-letter words containing i, a, n
- admonisher — One who admonishes.
- admonishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admonish.
- admonition — An admonition is a warning or criticism about someone's behaviour.
- admonitive — relating to admonition; admonitory
- admonitory — admonishing; warning
- adnominals — Plural form of adnominal.
- adorations — Plural form of adoration.
- adposition — (grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context.
- adrenaline — a hormone that is secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress and increases heart rate, pulse rate, and blood pressure, and raises the blood levels of glucose and lipids. It is extracted from animals or synthesized for such medical uses as the treatment of asthma. Chemical name: aminohydroxyphenylpropionic acid; formula: C9H13NO3
- adrenalise — (British spelling) To render frightening or thrilling, such as to stimulate the production of adrenalin.
- adrenalize — to stir to action; excite: The promise of victory adrenalized the team.
- adrenergic — releasing or activated by adrenaline or an adrenaline-like substance
- adriamycin — a trade name of the anticancer drug doxorubicin
- adrian iii — Saint, Italian ecclesiastic: pope a.d. 884–885.
- adrianople — Edirne
- adroitness — expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- adsorption — an adsorbing or being adsorbed; adhesion of the molecules of a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance to a surface
- adulations — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- adulterine — of or made by adulteration; fake
- adventitia — the outermost covering of an organ or part, esp the outer coat of a blood vessel
- advisement — consultation; deliberation
- advocating — to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers.
- advocation — the transfer to itself by a superior court of an action pending in a lower court
- aedilitian — one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- aemulation — Archaic spelling of emulation.
- aeromarine — relating to navigation of aircraft above the ocean.
- aeronautic — relating to air companies
- aeronomist — a scientist who studies the upper atmosphere
- aeroponics — aeroculture.
- aeruginous — bluish-green, like copper rust
- affections — feelings of fondness, esteem
- affiancing — Present participle of affiance.
- affinities — a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc.
- affinition — (rare) The state or quality of being affined; mental affinity or attraction.
- affinitive — characterized by affinity; closely related or associated.
- affirmance — a verification, confirmation, or affirmation
- affixation — affixture
- afflicting — deeply distressing; painful
- affliction — An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
- affrighten — to cause alarm or fright (in)
- affronting — a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult: an affront to the king.
- affrontive — characterized by a propensity to cause offence
- aficionada — a female aficionado
- aficionado — If someone is an aficionado of something, they like it and know a lot about it.
- aflatoxins — Plural form of aflatoxin.
- africander — one of a breed of red beef cattle, raised originally in southern Africa, well adapted to high temperatures.
- africanism — something characteristic of Africa or Africans, esp a characteristic feature of an African language when introduced into a non-African language
- africanist — a person specializing in the study of African affairs or culture
- africanize — to make African, esp to give control of (policy, government, etc) to Africans
- afrikander — a breed of humpbacked beef cattle originally raised in southern Africa