10-letter words containing r, a, t, e
- at liberty — free, unoccupied, or unrestricted
- at present — A situation that exists at present exists now, although it may change.
- atascadero — a town in SW California.
- atef-crown — a symbolic headdress of certain Egyptian gods, as Osiris, and of Egyptian kings, consisting of a tall conical cap flanked by two plumes and bearing representations of the uraeus and the sun.
- atevirdine — A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that has been studied for the treatment of HIV.
- athel tree — an evergreen tree or large shrub, Tamarix aphylla, native to desert regions of western Asia and northern Africa, having small, pink flowers in terminal clusters, widely planted as a windbreak and ornamental.
- athermancy — an inability to transmit radiant heat or infrared radiation
- atheromata — Plural form of atheroma.
- athleisure — the wearing of sports clothes as leisurewear
- atmosphere — A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.
- atramental — of or relating to ink
- atrocities — acts of extreme cruelty, esp against prisoners or civilians in wartime
- atropatene — Media Atropatene.
- attainture — attainder
- attenuator — any device designed to reduce the power of a wave or electrical signal without distorting it
- attirement — dress; attire.
- attoparsec — (unit, humour) About 31 mm (one inch). "atto-" is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^-18. A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-years; an attoparsec is thus 3.26 * 10^-18 light years. Thus, one attoparsec per microfortnight is about one inch per second. This unit is reported to be in use (though probably not very seriously) among hackers in the UK.
- attornment — (feudal legal) The consent of a tenant to the transfer of his relationship to his landlord to another person.
- attractive — A person who is attractive is pleasant to look at.
- attributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- attributer — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- attributes — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- au naturel — naked; nude
- aubergiste — an innkeeper or hotelier
- auctioneer — An auctioneer is a person in charge of an auction.
- audiometer — an instrument for testing the intensity and frequency range of sound that is capable of detection by the human ear
- audiometry — the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.
- auditioner — a person who attends an audition
- auriculate — having ears
- austerlitz — a town in the Czech Republic, in Moravia: site of Napoleon's victory over the Russian and Austrian armies in 1805. Pop: 1795 (2007 est)
- australite — a glassy object made of molten rock found in the earth of Southern Australia
- austringer — a person who keeps goshawks
- autarchies — Plural form of autarchy.
- auteurists — Plural form of auteurist.
- auth. ver. — Authorized Version (of the Bible)
- authorised — Alternative spelling of authorized.
- authorises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authorise.
- authoritie — Obsolete spelling of authority.
- authorized — officially permitted or empowered
- authorizer — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- authorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authorize.
- authorless — having no author; anonymous
- authourize — Rare spelling of authorize.
- autochrome — a material once used for color photography, consisting of a photographic emulsion applied over a multicolored screen of minute starch grains dyed red, green, and blue-violet.
- autodialer — An electronic device that dials telephone numbers randomly or from a list and may also leave messages and request information.
- autoerotic — producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.
- autoloader — stack loader
- automakers — Plural form of automaker.
- autorepeat — Any feature that repeats an action automatically.
- autorotate — (of a rotor) to rotate around a central axis powered by aerodynamic forces