10-letter words containing t, i, a, n, s
- flashpoint — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flauntiest — Superlative form of flaunty.
- florissant — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- flotations — Plural form of flotation.
- fontinalis — a type of aquatic moss
- formations — Plural form of formation.
- fornicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fornicate.
- fortransit — (language) Fortran Internal Translator. A subset of Fortran translated into IT on the IBM 650. It was in use in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Compilation took place in several steps (using punched cards as the only input/output media). FORTRANSIT was converted to IT Internal Translator which was converted into SOAP and thence to machine code. In the SOAP -> machine code step, the user had to include card decks for all the subroutines used in his FORTRANSIT program (including e.g. square root, sine, and even basic floating point routines).
- fraternise — to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.
- fraternism — (obsolete) fraternization.
- fulminates — Plural form of fulminate.
- fungistats — Plural form of fungistat.
- fustianist — a person who uses pompous or bombastic language
- fustianize — to use pompous or bombastic language
- fustinella — a short stiff skirt, usually pleated, made of white cotton or linen, worn by men in some parts of the Balkans.
- gainstrive — to resist; to oppose
- galantines — Plural form of galantine.
- gallivants — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gallivant.
- garnitures — Plural form of garniture.
- gatherings — Plural form of gathering.
- gelatinous — having the nature of or resembling jelly, especially in consistency; jellylike.
- generalist — a person whose knowledge, aptitudes, and skills are applied to a field as a whole or to a variety of different fields (opposed to specialist).
- germinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of germinate.
- giant star — a star having a diameter of from 10 to 100 times that of the sun, as Arcturus or Aldebaran.
- giantesses — Plural form of giantess.
- gigatonnes — Plural form of gigatonne.
- glasnostic — relating to the policy of glasnost
- go against — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- gradations — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- guaranties — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
- gymnasiast — a student in a gymnasium.
- gymnastics — (used with a plural verb) gymnastic exercises.
- gyniatrics — the branch of medicine dealing with the treatment of women's diseases
- gynostemia — the united stamens and pistil of an orchid.
- hackintosh — 1. (jargon, computer) An Apple Lisa that has been hacked into emulating a Macintosh (also called a "Mac XL"). 2. (jargon, computer) A Macintosh assembled from parts theoretically belonging to different models in the line.
- hailstones — Plural form of hailstone.
- halobionts — Plural form of halobiont.
- hamstrings — Plural form of hamstring.
- han cities — a group of three cities in E central China (Hanyang, Hankow, and Wuchang), in SE Hubei at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze Rivers; united in 1950 to form the conurbation of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province
- handprints — Plural form of handprint.
- handstitch — to stitch or sew by hand.
- hantavirus — any of several viruses of the family Bunyaviridae, spread chiefly by wild rodents, that cause acute respiratory illness, kidney failure, and other syndromes.
- harmonists — Plural form of harmonist.
- harvesting — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- hatchlings — Plural form of hatchling.
- heartiness — warm-hearted; affectionate; cordial; jovial: a hearty welcome.
- heathenish — of or relating to heathens: heathenish practices of idolatry.
- heathenism — a belief or practice of heathens; idolatry.
- heidenstam — Verner von [ver-nuh r fawn] /ˈvɛr nər fɔn/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, Swedish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1916.
- helianthus — any composite plant of the genus Helianthus, comprising the sunflowers.