10-letter words containing i
- 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 ticket — a ticket to travel on a commercial plane
- air travel — transportation in aircraft
- air-cooled — An air-cooled engine is prevented from getting too hot when it is running by cool air that passes over it, rather than being cooled by a liquid.
- air-intake — an opening in an aircraft through which air is drawn, esp for the engines
- air-logged — (of a pump or system of piping) hindered in its functioning by an air lock; air-bound.
- air-minded — interested in or promoting aviation or aircraft
- air-to-air — Air-to-air combat is a battle between military aeroplanes where rockets or bullets are fired at one aeroplane from another.
- air-to-sea — operating between an aircraft in flight and a target on the sea
- airbrasive — a method of removing deposits from the teeth, or rarely, of preparing teeth for filling, by wearing down the surface with an abrasive substance blown by a jet of air
- airbrushed — Simple past tense and past participle of airbrush.
- airbrushes — Plural form of airbrush.
- aircrewman — a member of an aircrew.
- airdropped — Simple past tense and past participle of airdrop.
- airfreight — a method or service for transporting cargo by air
- airlifting — Present participle of airlift.
- airmailing — Present participle of airmail.
- airmanship — the skill or art of flying an aircraft
- airstreams — Plural form of airstream.
- airstrikes — Plural form of airstrike.
- airwaybill — An airbill.
- airy-fairy — If you describe someone's ideas as airy-fairy, you are critical of them because you think the ideas are vague, impractical, and unrealistic.
- 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
- akiapolaau — a rare yellow Hawaiian honeycreeper, Hemignathus munroi, having a long slender down-curved upper bill and a short straight lower bill.
- aktyubinsk — city in W Kazakhstan: pop. 248,000
- al-battani — Battani.
- al-bukhari — Muhammad ibn Ismaʿil [ib-uh n is-mah-eel] /ˈɪb ən ɪsˈmɑ il/ (Show IPA), a.d. 810–870, a collector of the Hadith.
- al-ubayyid — El Obeid
- alabandite — a mineral form of manganese sulphide (MnS) with cubic crystals
- alacritous — cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
- alarmingly — causing alarm or fear: an alarming case of pneumonia; an alarming lack of respect.
- alba iulia — a city in W central Romania, on the Muresul River; the historic capital of Transylvania.
- albigenses — members of a Manichean sect that flourished in S France from the 11th to the 13th century
- albinistic — Of or pertaining to albinism.
- albondigas — Small meatballs, prepared in the Mexican, Spanish, or South American way.
- albumenize — to coat with a solution containing albumen or albumin
- albumenoid — Alternative form of albuminoid.
- albuminate — any of several substances formed from albumin by the action of acid or alkali
- albuminize — to convert into albumin
- albuminoid — resembling albumin
- albuminose — Alternative form of albuminous.
- albuminous — of or containing albumin
- alcaiceria — a silk market
- alchemical — Alchemical means relating to the science of alchemy.
- alchemists — Plural form of alchemist.
- alchemized — Simple past tense and past participle of alchemize.
- alcheringa — (often initial capital letter) dreamtime.