10-letter words containing i, s, t
- agronomist — An agronomist is someone who studies the growing and harvesting of crops.
- air castle — a fanciful or impractical notion or hope; daydream.
- air pistol — An air pistol is a small gun which is fired by means of air pressure.
- air rights — rights to the airspace above a building or lot, regarded as the real property of the one who owns the building or lot
- air strike — An air strike is an attack by military aircraft in which bombs are dropped. This expression is usually used by the country or group that is carrying out the attack.
- air switch — a switch in which the interruption of the circuit occurs in air.
- air system — a system of refrigeration utilizing air as a coolant.
- air-to-sea — operating between an aircraft in flight and a target on the sea
- airstreams — Plural form of airstream.
- airstrikes — Plural form of airstrike.
- aisi steel — any steel made to conform to the standard chemical compositions generally accepted by the U.S. steel industry and its principal customers.
- aisle seat — a seat, esp on a plane, situated at the end of a row, adjacent to the aisle
- aktyubinsk — city in W Kazakhstan: pop. 248,000
- alacritous — cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
- albinistic — Of or pertaining to albinism.
- alchemists — Plural form of alchemist.
- alchymists — Plural form of alchymist.
- alcoranist — a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.
- aldotriose — (carbohydrate) Any aldose having three carbon atoms; in reality, just glyceraldehyde.
- algebraist — an expert in algebra.
- algologist — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- algorithms — Plural form of algorithm.
- alienators — Plural form of alienator.
- alignments — Plural form of alignment.
- aliterates — Plural form of aliterate.
- alkahestic — of or relating to the alkahest
- allegorist — a person who writes allegories
- allenstein — German name of Olsztyn.
- allergists — Plural form of allergist.
- alleviates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alleviate.
- alligators — either of two broad-snouted crocodilians of the genus Alligator, of the southeastern U.S. and eastern China.
- allostasis — The process by which the body responds to stressors in order to regain homeostasis.
- allostatic — Relating to allostasis.
- allosteric — of, relating to, or designating a function of an enzyme in which the structure and activity of the enzyme are modified by the binding of a metabolic molecule
- allotheism — the worship of gods foreign to one's own land or culture
- alpestrine — (of plants) growing at high altitudes; subalpine
- alta vista — (web) A website provided by Digital which features a very fast Web and Usenet search engine. As of April 1996 its word index is 33GB in size. AltaVista is currently (June 1996) the largest Web index, with 30 million pages from 225,000 servers, and three million articles from 14,000 Usenet news groups. It is accessed over 12 million times per weekday.
- altimeters — Plural form of altimeter.
- altiplanos — Plural form of altiplano.
- altisonant — having an impressive sound
- altostrati — Plural form of altostratus.
- altruistic — If your behaviour or motives are altruistic, you show concern for the happiness and welfare of other people rather than for yourself.
- aluminates — Plural form of aluminate.
- alveolitis — an inflammation of the alveoli, occurring either in the lungs or in the socket of a tooth
- amateurish — If you describe something as amateurish, you think that it is not skilfully made or done.
- amateurism — Amateurism is the belief that people should take part in sports and other activities as a hobby, for pleasure, rather than as a job, for money.
- amatorious — amatorial
- ambystomid — Also called mole salamander. any of various small- to moderate-sized salamanders of the genus Ambystoma, terrestrial or semiaquatic, inhabiting North America from New England to Florida and westward to Texas.
- aminoplast — amino resin.
- amnestying — Present participle of amnesty.