10-letter words containing r, e, t, a
- aeronomist — a scientist who studies the upper atmosphere
- aerophytes — Plural form of aerophyte.
- aerostatic — of or relating to aerostatics.
- aerotactic — of movement towards or away from oxygen
- aerotropic — of or relating to the growth of plants towards or away from oxygen
- affeerment — the act of deciding upon or settling penalties or fines
- afferently — in a manner moving to the centre or inwards
- afforested — Simple past and past participle of afforest.
- affricates — Plural form of affricate.
- affrighted — to frighten.
- affrighten — to cause alarm or fright (in)
- affrontive — characterized by a propensity to cause offence
- after dark — If you do something after dark, you do it when the sun has set and night has begun.
- after mast — the aftermost mast of a sailing vessel.
- after next — You use after next in expressions such as the week after next to refer to a period of time after the next one. For example, when it is May, the month after next is July.
- afterbirth — the placenta and fetal membranes expelled from the uterus after the birth of the offspring
- afterbrain — metencephalon (sense 1)
- afterclaps — Plural form of afterclap.
- afterdecks — Plural form of afterdeck.
- afterglows — Plural form of afterglow.
- aftergrass — grass that grows in a field after a crop (usually of grass) has been harvested
- afterguard — a sailor or group of sailors stationed on the poop to attend to the aft sails
- afterhours — occurring, engaged in, or operating after the normal or legal closing time for business: an after-hours drinking club.
- afterimage — a sustained or renewed sensation, esp visual, after the original stimulus has ceased
- afterlight — the light visible in the sky after sunset; afterglow.
- afterlives — Plural form of afterlife.
- aftermaths — Plural form of aftermath.
- afternoone — Obsolete spelling of afternoon.
- afternoons — during the afternoon, esp regularly
- afterpains — cramplike pains caused by contraction of the uterus after childbirth
- afterparty — An afterparty is a small party held after a larger event, to which only a small group of guests is invited.
- afterpiece — a brief usually comic dramatic piece presented after a play
- aftersales — (business) Alternative form of aftersale.
- aftershaft — a secondary feather arising near the base of a contour feather
- aftershave — Aftershave is a liquid with a pleasant smell that men sometimes put on their faces after shaving.
- aftershock — Aftershocks are smaller earthquakes which occur after a large earthquake.
- afterswarm — a secondary (or tertiary) swarm of bees which leaves the colony after the main swarm has left, in the company of a virgin queen
- aftertaste — An aftertaste is a taste that remains in your mouth after you have finished eating or drinking something.
- afterwards — If you do something or if something happens afterwards, you do it or it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned.
- afterwhile — (US, dialect) afterwards.
- afterwords — Plural form of afterword.
- afterworld — a world inhabited after death
- aggeration — A heaping up; accumulation.
- aggravated — Aggravated is used to describe a serious crime which involves violence.
- aggravates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggravate.
- aggregated — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
- aggregates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggregate.
- aggregator — a business organization that collates the details of an individual's financial affairs so that the information can be presented on a single website
- aggregrate — Misspelling of aggregate.
- aglomerate — Misspelling of agglomerate.