10-letter words containing n, o, a, t, e
- aggeration — A heaping up; accumulation.
- agrégation — (in France) a civil service examination for some posts in secondary and higher education
- aha moment — an instant at which the solution to a problem becomes clear
- alienation — a turning away; estrangement
- alienators — Plural form of alienator.
- alineation — the aligning or positioning of objects in a straight line
- alipterion — (in an ancient Roman bath) a room for anointment.
- allegation — An allegation is a statement saying that someone has done something wrong.
- 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
- alteration — An alteration is a change in or to something.
- alternator — An alternator is a device, used especially in a car, that creates an electrical current that changes direction as it flows.
- ambitioned — sought after, desired
- ameliorant — a thing that ameliorates
- amendation — (US) The result of making an amendment to a document etc; an amendment.
- amendatory — serving to amend; corrective
- ammoniated — to treat or cause to unite with ammonia.
- 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.
- 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”)
- anatomized — Simple past tense and past participle of anatomize.
- anatomizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anatomize.
- anchorette — (in broadcasting) a young and inexperienced anchorwoman
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- anecdotage — anecdotes collectively
- anecdotist — a person who tells or collects anecdotes
- anemometer — an instrument for recording the speed and often the direction of winds
- anemometry — the technique of measuring wind speed and direction
- anemotaxis — oriented movement in response to a current of air.
- angle shot — a picture taken with the camera pointed obliquely at the subject, sometimes causing distortion of perspective and proportion.
- anhelation — a panting or shortness of breath causing breathing difficulty
- ankle boot — a boot that extends up as far as the ankle
- annexation — the act of annexing, esp territory, or the condition of being annexed
- annotative — to supply with critical or explanatory notes; comment upon in notes: to annotate the works of Shakespeare.
- anoestrous — anestrous.
- anogenital — Of or relating to the anus and genitals.
- anointment — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- anorectics — Plural form of anorectic.
- anorexiant — a substance, as a drug, for causing loss of appetite.
- antagonise — to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of: His speech antagonized many voters.
- antagonize — If you antagonize someone, you make them feel angry or hostile towards you.
- antecessor — a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before
- antemortem — made or done just before one's death
- anteriorly — in an anterior position
- anthophore — an elongation of the receptacle of a flower between the calyx and corolla
- antibodies — any of numerous Y -shaped protein molecules produced by B cells as a primary immune defense, each molecule and its clones having a unique binding site that can combine with the complementary site of a foreign antigen, as on a virus or bacterium, thereby disabling the antigen and signaling other immune defenses. Abbreviation: Ab.
- antichoice — opposed to granting pregnant women the choice to have an abortion
- antierotic — discouraging sexual desire
- antifogger — an antifoggant.
- antifouled — Simple past tense and past participle of antifoul.