10-letter words containing a
- alluringly — very attractive or tempting; enticing; seductive.
- allusively — having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by allusions.
- allycholly — melancholy
- alma mater — Your alma mater is the school or university which you went to.
- almandines — Plural form of almandine.
- almetyevsk — a city in the Tatar Republic, in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Kazan.
- almond oil — oil obtained from almonds, used in many products, esp skin products
- almoravide — a member of a fanatical people of Berber origin and Islamic faith, who founded an empire in N Africa that spread over much of Spain in the 11th century ad
- almsgiving — the making of charitable donations, giving alms
- almshouses — Plural form of almshouse.
- almucantar — a circle on the celestial sphere parallel to the horizontal plane
- aloes wood — eaglewood
- alogically — in an alogical manner
- along with — accompanying; together with
- alongshore — close to, by, or along a shore
- alpenhorns — Plural form of alpenhorn.
- alpenstock — an early form of ice axe, consisting of a stout stick with an iron tip and sometimes having a pick and adze at the head, formerly used by mountain climbers
- alpestrine — (of plants) growing at high altitudes; subalpine
- alpha geek — the person in a group or office who has the most knowledge about computer technology
- alpha iron — a magnetic allotrope of iron that is stable below 910°C; ferrite
- alpha male — the dominant male animal or person in a group
- alpha wave — any of the electrical waves from the parietal and occipital regions of the brain, having frequencies from 8 to 13 hertz: a sign of relaxation, since they indicate a lack of sensory stimulation in a conscious person
- alpha-test — an in-house test of a new or modified piece of computer software
- alphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- alphametic — a mathematical puzzle using letters to express numbers that must be deciphered
- alphavirus — Any virus of the genus Alphavirus (family Togaviridae).
- alpine fir — a fir, Abies lasiocarpa, of the Rocky Mountains, yielding a soft, brittle wood used for making boxes, crates, etc.
- alprazolam — a potent benzodiazepine, C 17 H 13 CIN 4 , used in the treatment of certain anxiety states.
- alta vista — (web) A website provided by Digital which features a very fast Web and Usenet search engine. As of April 1996 its word index is 33GB in size. AltaVista is currently (June 1996) the largest Web index, with 30 million pages from 225,000 servers, and three million articles from 14,000 Usenet news groups. It is accessed over 12 million times per weekday.
- altar call — an evangelist preacher's invitation at the end of the sermon, asking people to come forward to acknowledge a conversion.
- altar card — one of three cards having certain portions of the Mass printed on them, placed upright on the altar to assist the memory of the celebrant.
- altar girl — a female altar server.
- altar rail — a rail around or in front of the altar table in church, often cushioned on top, at which worshippers kneel to take communion or vows
- altar wine — wine for use in a Eucharistic service.
- altarpiece — An altarpiece is a work of art behind the altar in a church.
- altazimuth — an instrument for measuring the altitude and azimuth of a celestial body by the horizontal and vertical rotation of a telescope
- alter idem — another of the same kind; second self
- alteration — An alteration is a change in or to something.
- alterative — likely or able to produce alteration
- alternance — alternation; regular change
- alternated — Simple past tense and past participle of alternate.
- alternates — Plural form of alternate.
- alternatim — (in sacred music) alternating between two modes
- alternator — An alternator is a device, used especially in a car, that creates an electrical current that changes direction as it flows.
- altimeters — Plural form of altimeter.
- altimetric — Of or pertaining to altimetry.
- altiplanos — Plural form of altiplano.
- altisonant — having an impressive sound
- altitonant — sounding loudly from high above
- alto flute — a large flute pitched a perfect fourth lower than an ordinary flute.