10-letter words containing s, p, a, t
- apolaustic — concerned with or dedicated to enjoyment
- apologists — Plural form of apologist.
- aposematic — (of the coloration of certain distasteful or poisonous animals) characterized by bright conspicuous markings, which predators recognize and learn to avoid; warning
- apostatise — Alternative spelling of apostatize.
- apostatize — to forsake or abandon one's belief, faith, or allegiance
- apostilled — Simple past tense and past participle of apostille.
- apostolate — the office, authority, or mission of an apostle
- apostolise — to preach
- apostolize — to proclaim
- apostrophe — An apostrophe is the mark ' when it is written to indicate that one or more letters have been left out of a word, as in 'isn't' and 'we'll'. It is also added to nouns to form possessives, as in 'Mike's car'.
- apostrophy — Alternative form of apostrophe.
- apotheoses — Plural form of apotheosis.
- apotheosis — If something is the apotheosis of something else, it is an ideal or typical example of it.
- apotropous — (of a plant ovule) anatrophous with a ventral raphe
- appellants — Plural form of appellant.
- appendants — Plural form of appendant.
- appertains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appertain.
- appetisers — Plural form of appetiser.
- appetising — (mostly, British) alternative spelling of appetizing.
- appetizers — Plural form of appetizer.
- applicants — Plural form of applicant.
- appointees — a person who is appointed.
- appointers — Plural form of appointer.
- appointors — Plural form of appointor.
- apportions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apportion.
- appositely — In an apposite manner.
- apposition — If two noun groups referring to the same person or thing are in apposition, one is placed immediately after the other, with no conjunction joining them, as in 'Her father, Nigel, left home three months ago.'
- appositive — standing in apposition
- apprentise — Obsolete form of apprentice.
- archetypes — the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
- archpriest — (formerly) a chief assistant to a bishop, performing many of his sacerdotal functions during his absence
- aristippus — ?435–?356 bc, Greek philosopher, who believed pleasure to be the highest good and founded the Cyrenaic school
- aristotype — a process of photographic printing in which paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin is used.
- arthropods — any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda, having a segmented body, jointed limbs, and usually a chitinous shell that undergoes moltings, including the insects, spiders and other arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods.
- artocarpus — a genus of the mulberry family, originating in Asia, species of which include the jackfruit and the breadfruit
- ascription — the act of ascribing
- ascriptive — having the ability to be attributable to
- asepticise — to make aseptic; to treat with aseptics
- asepticism — a form of care or treatment which prevents putrification
- asepticize — to cause (something) to be aseptic or non-putrefying
- aspartates — Plural form of aspartate.
- aspectable — having the ability to be seen
- asperating — to make rough, harsh, or uneven: a voice asperated by violent emotion.
- asperation — The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
- asperities — Plural form of asperity.
- asphaltene — any of the constituents of a bitumen, as asphalt, that are insoluble in pentane, hexane, or naphthalene.
- asphalting — any of various dark-colored, solid, bituminous substances, native in various areas of the earth and composed mainly of hydrocarbon mixtures.
- asphaltite — any of various naturally occurring hydrocarbons that resemble asphalt but have a higher melting point
- asphyxiant — causing asphyxia
- asphyxiate — If someone is asphyxiated, they die or lose consciousness because they are unable to breathe properly.