10-letter words containing y, a
- arctophily — the practice of collecting teddy bears
- area study — anthropological or sociological research intended to gather and relate data on various aspects of a geographical region and its inhabitants, as natural resources, history, language, institutions, or cultural and economic characteristics; a field investigation into human ecology.
- areography — the description of the physical features, such as the surface, atmosphere, etc, of the planet Mars
- argus-eyed — keen-sighted; observant; vigilant
- argy-bargy — a wrangling argument or verbal dispute
- argyrodite — a rare mineral, Ag8GeS6, that contains silver, germanium, and sulphur
- aristology — the art of eating
- aristotype — a process of photographic printing in which paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin is used.
- arithmancy — divination by the use of numbers, especially by the number of letters in names.
- armorially — in an armorial manner
- army corps — a military formation that comprises two or more divisions and additional support arms
- army group — the largest operational formation of military land forces, normally comprising two or more armies or army corps under a designated commander.
- army-issue — given to soldiers in order to help them carry out their duties
- arrenotoky — parthenogenesis in which only males are produced.
- arrhythmia — any variation from the normal rhythm in the heartbeat
- arrhythmic — having irregular rhythm
- arrogantly — making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud: an arrogant public official.
- arsy-varsy — wrong end foremost; completely backward: an arsy-varsy way of doing things.
- arsy-versy — backwards or upside down
- arthrotomy — (medicine) The surgical incision of a joint.
- articulacy — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- articulary — (anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
- arty-farty — If you describe someone as arty-farty, you are criticizing them for being interested in artistic ideas or activities that most people do not think are interesting or worthwhile.
- aryballoid — relating to an aryballos
- aryl group — any organic group derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon by the removal of a hydrogen atom, as phenyl, C 6 H 5 −, from benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- arylamines — any of a group of amines in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms of ammonia are replaced by aromatic groups.
- arytenoids — Plural form of arytenoid.
- as many as — You use as many as before a number to suggest that it is surprisingly large.
- ascendancy — If one group has ascendancy over another group, it has more power or influence than the other group.
- ascendency — the state of being in the ascendant; governing or controlling influence; domination.
- ascomycete — any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota (formerly class Ascomycetes) in which the spores (ascospores) are formed inside a club-shaped cell (ascus). The group includes yeast, penicillium, aspergillus, truffles, and certain mildews
- asexuality — Biology. having no sex or sexual organs. independent of sexual processes, especially not involving the union of male and female germ cells.
- asphyxiant — causing asphyxia
- asphyxiate — If someone is asphyxiated, they die or lose consciousness because they are unable to breathe properly.
- aspiratory — of or suited for breathing or suction
- aspiringly — in an aspiring manner
- assertedly — in a maintained but uncorroborated manner
- assumingly — in a presuming manner
- assuringly — In an assuring manner.
- assythment — the recompense or redress made for wrongs or damage committed
- astacology — the investigation and analysis of crayfish
- astrocytes — Plural form of astrocyte.
- astrocytic — relating to astrocytes or star-shaped neuroglial cells
- astrolatry — a reverence for, devotion to, or deification of celestial objects
- astromancy — divination by means of the stars.
- astrometry — the branch of astronomy concerned with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodies
- asymmetric — Asymmetric means the same as asymmetrical.
- asymptotes — Plural form of asymptote.
- asymptotic — of or referring to an asymptote
- asynartete — a poem or stanza that contains two different types of metre