10-letter words containing n, e, s
- almandines — Plural form of almandine.
- alongshore — close to, by, or along a shore
- alpenhorns — Plural form of alpenhorn.
- 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.
- aluminates — Plural form of aluminate.
- amanuenses — a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another; secretary.
- amanuensis — a person employed to take dictation or to copy manuscripts
- amarynceus — a king of Messene who ruled Elis with Augeas and who was slain by Nestor in a war against the Pylians.
- amazedness — the quality of being amazed
- amazements — Plural form of amazement.
- ambulances — Plural form of ambulance.
- ambushment — an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road.
- 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.”.
- amendments — the act of amending or the state of being amended.
- 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.
- americanos — Plural form of americano.
- ammonifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ammonify.
- amnestying — Present participle of amnesty.
- 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.
- ampersands — Plural form of ampersand.
- amplidynes — Plural form of amplidyne.
- amstelveen — city in W Netherlands: suburb of Amsterdam: pop. 74,000
- amusements — Plural form of amusement.
- anabaptise — to rebaptise
- anaerobies — (biology) anaerobes.
- anagenesis — the progressive evolutionary changes that take place over time in a single genetic lineage
- 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.
- analogizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of analogize.
- analysable — Alternative spelling of analyzable.
- analysises — Misconstruction of analyses.
- anamnestic — of or relating to anamnesis
- anastomose — to join (two parts of a blood vessel, etc) by anastomosis
- anastrophe — reversal of the usual order of the parts of a sentence; inversion (Ex.: “Came the dawn”)
- anatomizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anatomize.
- anaximenes — 6th century bc, Greek philosopher who believed air to be the primary substance
- ancestress — a female ancestor (sense 1) ancestor (sense 4)
- ancestries — Plural form of ancestry.
- anchorages — Plural form of anchorage.
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- 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
- andamanese — Also, Andaman. Also called Andaman Islander. a member of a physically distinctive people that comprise the indigenous population of the Andaman Islands.
- androgynes — Plural form of androgyne.
- andropause — the period, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55, during which a man's testosterone levels may fall, leading to a reduction in vigour and sexual drive
- androspore — the zoospore of certain algae that develops into a small male plant producing antherozoids.