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10-letter words containing l, e, n, a

  • alpenstock — an early form of ice axe, consisting of a stout stick with an iron tip and sometimes having a pick and adze at the head, formerly used by mountain climbers
  • alpestrine — (of plants) growing at high altitudes; subalpine
  • alpine fir — a fir, Abies lasiocarpa, of the Rocky Mountains, yielding a soft, brittle wood used for making boxes, crates, etc.
  • altar wine — wine for use in a Eucharistic service.
  • alteration — An alteration is a change in or to something.
  • alternance — alternation; regular change
  • alternated — Simple past tense and past participle of alternate.
  • alternates — Plural form of alternate.
  • alternatim — (in sacred music) alternating between two modes
  • alternator — An alternator is a device, used especially in a car, that creates an electrical current that changes direction as it flows.
  • aluminates — Plural form of aluminate.
  • aluminized — Simple past tense and past participle of aluminize.
  • ambivalent — If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it.
  • ambulances — Plural form of ambulance.
  • ameliorant — a thing that ameliorates
  • amen glass — a British glass of the mid-18th century, having engraved on it a sentiment favoring the cause of the Old Pretender, concluded with the word “Amen.”.
  • amensalism — a relationship between two species of organisms in which the individuals of one species adversely affect those of the other and are unaffected themselves.
  • amlodipine — A long-acting calcium channel blocker used as an anti-hypertensive and in the treatment of angina.
  • ammonolyze — to subject to ammonolysis.
  • amplidynes — Plural form of amplidyne.
  • amstelveen — city in W Netherlands: suburb of Amsterdam: pop. 74,000
  • amygdaline — of or relating to a tonsil
  • anal phase — Psychoanalysis. the second stage of psychosexual development during which the child, usually at two years of age, becomes preoccupied with defecation.
  • analeptics — Plural form of analeptic.
  • analgesics — Plural form of analgesic.
  • analogised — Simple past tense and past participle of analogise.
  • analogized — Simple past tense and past participle of analogize.
  • analogizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of analogize.
  • analphabet — an illiterate person unfamiliar with the letters of the alphabet
  • analysable — Alternative spelling of analyzable.
  • analysises — Misconstruction of analyses.
  • analytique — an elevation drawing of a façade, surrounded by a decorative arrangement composed of drawings of the important details and sometimes a plan or section of the façade.
  • analyzable — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
  • anammelech — one of the gods worshiped by the Sepharvites. II Kings 17:31.
  • anchorless — without an anchor
  • andalusite — a grey, pink, or brown hard mineral consisting of aluminium silicate in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in metamorphic rocks and is used as a refractory and as a gemstone. Formula: Al2SiO5
  • anderlecht — a town in central Belgium, a suburb of Brussels. Pop: 92 755 (2004 est)
  • anelectric — not capable of acquiring a static electric charge when subjected to friction.
  • anemically — Pathology. suffering from anemia.
  • anemophily — fertilized by wind-borne pollen or spores.
  • aneuploidy — (genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number.
  • aneurismal — Alternative spelling of aneurysmal.
  • aneurysmal — a permanent cardiac or arterial dilatation usually caused by weakening of the vessel wall.
  • angel cake — a very light sponge cake made without egg yolks
  • angel dust — PCP1
  • angel gear — the neutral gear in a motor vehicle, esp when used to coast downhill
  • angel hair — a kind of pasta in the shape of very fine long strands
  • angelology — a doctrine or theory treating of angels
  • angle iron — an iron or a steel structural bar that has an L-shaped cross section
  • angle shot — a picture taken with the camera pointed obliquely at the subject, sometimes causing distortion of perspective and proportion.
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