10-letter words containing i, n, t, a
- 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.
- 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.
- aeronautic — relating to air companies
- aeronomist — a scientist who studies the upper atmosphere
- affections — feelings of fondness, esteem
- 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.
- 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
- aflatoxins — Plural form of aflatoxin.
- africanist — a person specializing in the study of African affairs or culture
- afterbrain — metencephalon (sense 1)
- afterpains — cramplike pains caused by contraction of the uterus after childbirth
- agate line — a unit of measurement for classified advertising space, one column wide and 1⁄14 inch deep
- aggeration — A heaping up; accumulation.
- agglutinin — a substance, such as an antibody or a lectin, that causes agglutination of cells or bacteria
- agitations — Plural form of agitation.
- aglutition — (medicine) Inability to swallow.
- agonistics — The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.
- agrégation — (in France) a civil service examination for some posts in secondary and higher education
- agronomist — An agronomist is someone who studies the growing and harvesting of crops.
- agrypnotic — inducing, relating to, or characterized by insomnia
- air-intake — an opening in an aircraft through which air is drawn, esp for the engines
- airlifting — Present participle of airlift.
- aktyubinsk — city in W Kazakhstan: pop. 248,000
- al-battani — Battani.
- alabandite — a mineral form of manganese sulphide (MnS) with cubic crystals
- albinistic — Of or pertaining to albinism.
- albuminate — any of several substances formed from albumin by the action of acid or alkali
- alcoranist — a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.
- alienating — Present participle of alienate.
- alienation — a turning away; estrangement
- alienative — the state of being alienated, withdrawn, or isolated from the objective world, as through indifference or disaffection: the group's alienation from mainstream society.
- alienators — Plural form of alienator.
- alightment — a descent or dismount, normally from a mode of transport