10-letter words containing t, a, e
- amebocytes — Plural form of amebocyte, an alternative spelling of amoebocyte.
- ameliorant — a thing that ameliorates
- ameliorate — If someone or something ameliorates a situation, they make it better or easier in some way.
- ameloblast — a type of cell involved in forming dental enamel
- amendation — (US) The result of making an amendment to a document etc; an amendment.
- amendatory — serving to amend; corrective
- amendments — the act of amending or the state of being amended.
- amercement — to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- amersfoort — a town in the central Netherlands, in E Utrecht province. Pop: 131 000 (2003 est)
- ametabolic — (of certain insects) having no obvious metamorphosis
- ammocoetes — Plural form of ammocoete.
- ammoniated — to treat or cause to unite with ammonia.
- amnestying — Present participle of amnesty.
- amoebocyte — any cell having properties similar to an amoeba, such as shape, mobility, and ability to engulf particles
- 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.
- amphiaster — the structure that occurs in a cell undergoing mitosis, consisting of a spindle with an aster at each end
- amphitrite — a sea goddess, wife of Poseidon and mother of Triton
- amphoteric — able to function as either a base or an acid
- ampliative — serving to extend or add to what is already known
- amplitudes — Plural form of amplitude.
- amstelveen — city in W Netherlands: suburb of Amsterdam: pop. 74,000
- amusements — Plural form of amusement.
- amygdalate — relating to, having, or bearing almonds
- anabaptise — to rebaptise
- anabaptize — to baptize again
- anagenetic — Biology. the progressive evolution of a species. Compare catagenesis.
- analeptics — Plural form of analeptic.
- analphabet — an illiterate person unfamiliar with the letters of the alphabet
- analytique — an elevation drawing of a façade, surrounded by a decorative arrangement composed of drawings of the important details and sometimes a plan or section of the façade.
- 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”)
- anathemata — dedicatory gifts offered to gods
- anatomized — Simple past tense and past participle of anatomize.
- anatomizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anatomize.
- ancestress — a female ancestor (sense 1) ancestor (sense 4)
- ancestries — Plural form of ancestry.
- anchorette — (in broadcasting) a young and inexperienced anchorwoman
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- 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
- anderlecht — a town in central Belgium, a suburb of Brussels. Pop: 92 755 (2004 est)
- anecdotage — anecdotes collectively
- anecdotist — a person who tells or collects anecdotes
- anelectric — not capable of acquiring a static electric charge when subjected to friction.
- 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.
- anesthesia — a partial or total loss of the sense of pain, temperature, touch, etc., produced by disease
- anesthetic — relating to, with, or characterized by anesthesia
- angel dust — PCP1