10-letter words containing i, a
- abranchial — (zoology) Lacking gills.
- abrasively — in an abrupt manner
- abreaction — the release and expression of emotional tension associated with repressed ideas by bringing those ideas into consciousness
- abreactive — relating to abreaction
- abridgment — a shortened version of a written work
- abrogating — Present participle of abrogate.
- abrogation — the act or an instance of abrogating, or repealing: abrogation of the treaty's responsibility.
- abrogative — having the property of abrogating
- abruptions — Plural form of abruption.
- abscessing — Present participle of abscess.
- abscession — A separating; removal.
- abscission — the separation of leaves, branches, flowers, and bark from plants by the formation of an abscission layer
- absconding — running away, esp from an open prison or to avoid prosecution or punishment
- absinthian — a green, aromatic liqueur that is 68 percent alcohol, is made with wormwood and other herbs, and has a bitter, licorice flavor: now banned in most Western countries.
- absinthism — a diseased condition resulting from excessive drinking of absinthe
- absistence — (obsolete) A standing aloof.
- absit omen — may the presentiment not become real or take place
- absolution — If someone is given absolution, they are forgiven for something wrong that they have done.
- absolutism — Absolutism is a political system in which one ruler or leader has complete power and authority over a country.
- absolutist — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
- absolutive — the grammatical case in an ergative language that is used for the direct object of a transitive verb and the subject of an intransitive verb
- absolutize — to make absolute
- absolvitor — a legal decision in favour of the defendant
- absorption — The absorption of a liquid, gas, or other substance is the process of it being soaked up or taken in.
- absorptive — able or tending to absorb; absorbent.
- abstaining — to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from): to abstain from eating meat.
- abstemious — Someone who is abstemious avoids doing too much of something enjoyable such as eating or drinking.
- abstenious — Misspelling of abstemious (or possibly of abstentious.).
- abstention — Abstention is a formal act of not voting either for or against a proposal.
- abstersion — the act of wiping clean or cleansing
- abstersive — a cleansing substance
- abstinence — Abstinence is the practice of abstaining from something such as alcoholic drink or sex, often for health or religious reasons.
- abstinency — the quality of being abstinent
- abstrusity — the quality of being abstruse
- abstrusive — (rare) Of abstruse quality. (First attested in the mid 17th century.).
- absumption — (obsolete) Gradual destruction or disintegration; wasting away.
- abu hanifa — a.d. 699–767, Islamic scholar and founder of one of the schools of Islamic law.
- abu simbel — a former village in S Egypt: site of two temples of Rameses II, which were moved to higher ground (1966–67) before the area behind the Aswan High Dam was flooded
- abyssinian — a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia
- academical — academic.
- acalculiac — One who is unable to employ basic mathematical skills, often as a medical condition.
- acanthosis — (medicine) A benign abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum, or prickle cell, layer of the epidermis.(First attested in the late 19th century.).
- acaricidal — destructive or fatal to mites and ticks
- acaricides — Plural form of acaricide.
- acarophily — a mutually beneficial relationship between mites and plants
- acausality — having no cause.
- acceptions — Plural form of acception.
- accessible — If a place or building is accessible to people, it is easy for them to reach it or get into it. If an object is accessible, it is easy to reach.
- accessibly — easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use.
- accessions — Plural form of accession.