10-letter words containing n, a, s, t
- adornments — Plural form of adornment.
- 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.
- advantages — A condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position.
- adventures — Plural form of adventure.
- advisement — consultation; deliberation
- aeronomist — a scientist who studies the upper atmosphere
- aethelstan — Athelstan
- affections — feelings of fondness, esteem
- affinities — a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc.
- aflatoxins — Plural form of aflatoxin.
- africanist — a person specializing in the study of African affairs or culture
- afternoons — during the afternoon, esp regularly
- afterpains — cramplike pains caused by contraction of the uterus after childbirth
- agapanthus — a liliaceous plant, Agapanthus africanus, of southern Africa, having rounded clusters of blue or white funnel-shaped flowers
- agitations — Plural form of agitation.
- agonistics — The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.
- agreements — Plural form of agreement.
- agronomist — An agronomist is someone who studies the growing and harvesting of crops.
- aktyubinsk — city in W Kazakhstan: pop. 248,000
- alabastron — a jar characteristically having an elongated shape, narrow neck, flat-rimmed mouth, and rounded base requiring a stand or support, chiefly used for fragrant ointments.
- albinistic — Of or pertaining to albinism.
- alcoranist — a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.
- alienators — Plural form of alienator.
- alignments — Plural form of alignment.
- allenstein — German name of Olsztyn.
- allotments — Plural form of allotment.
- 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
- alternates — Plural form of alternate.
- altiplanos — Plural form of altiplano.
- altisonant — having an impressive sound
- aluminates — Plural form of aluminate.
- amaranthus — Any of the genus Amaranthus; an amaranth.
- amazements — Plural form of amazement.
- ambushment — an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road.
- amendments — the act of amending or the state of being amended.
- aminoplast — amino resin.
- amnestying — Present participle of amnesty.
- amortising — Present participle of amortise.
- amoscanate — An experimental anthelmintic agent of the arylisothiocyanate class, found to be highly effective in animals against hookworms and the four major species of schistosomes, but possibly hepatotoxic.
- amstelveen — city in W Netherlands: suburb of Amsterdam: pop. 74,000
- amusements — Plural form of amusement.
- anabaptise — to rebaptise
- anabaptism — a member of any of various Protestant sects, formed in Europe after 1520, that denied the validity of infant baptism, baptized believers only, and advocated social and economic reforms as well as the complete separation of church and state.
- anabaptist — a member of any of various 16th-century Protestant movements that rejected infant baptism, insisted that adults be rebaptized, and sought to establish Christian communism
- anaclastic — relating to refraction
- anacoustic — unable to support the propagation of sound; soundless