10-letter words containing a
- altocumuli — Plural form of altocumulus.
- altogether — You use altogether to emphasize that something has stopped, been done, or finished completely.
- altophobia — an abnormal fear of heights; acrophobia.
- altostrati — Plural form of altostratus.
- altrincham — a residential town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 40 695 (2001)
- altruistic — If your behaviour or motives are altruistic, you show concern for the happiness and welfare of other people rather than for yourself.
- aluminates — Plural form of aluminate.
- aluminized — Simple past tense and past participle of aluminize.
- alutaceous — Zoology. covered with minute cracks or wrinkles and having a pale, leathery-brown color.
- alveolarly — in an alveolar manner
- alveolitis — an inflammation of the alveoli, occurring either in the lungs or in the socket of a tooth
- alvin york — a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
- amalgamate — When two or more things, especially organizations, amalgamate or are amalgamated, they become one large thing.
- amantadine — an antiviral drug used in the treatment of some types of influenza and to reduce some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease
- amanuenses — a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another; secretary.
- amanuensis — a person employed to take dictation or to copy manuscripts
- amaranthus — Any of the genus Amaranthus; an amaranth.
- amarantine — amaranthine
- amarynceus — a king of Messene who ruled Elis with Augeas and who was slain by Nestor in a war against the Pylians.
- amateurish — If you describe something as amateurish, you think that it is not skilfully made or done.
- amateurism — Amateurism is the belief that people should take part in sports and other activities as a hobby, for pleasure, rather than as a job, for money.
- amatorious — amatorial
- amatungula — Natal plum.
- amazeballs — an expression of enthusiastic approval
- amazedness — the quality of being amazed
- amazements — Plural form of amazement.
- amazon ant — any of several small reddish ants of the genus Polyergus, esp P. rufescens, that enslave the young of other ant species
- ambagitory — ambiguous
- ambassador — An ambassador is an important official who lives in a foreign country and represents his or her own country's interests there.
- amberjacks — Plural form of amberjack.
- ambidexter — someone who is ambidextrous
- ambilevous — (rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
- ambiophony — the reproduction of sound to create an illusion to a listener of being in a spacious room, such as a concert hall
- ambisexual — relating to or affecting both the male and female sexes
- ambisonics — the technique of reproducing and transmitting surround sound
- ambitioned — sought after, desired
- ambivalent — If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it.
- amboceptor — an immune body formed in the blood during infection or immunization that serves to link the complement to the antigen
- ambulacral — one of the radial areas in an echinoderm, as the sea urchin, bearing the tube feet by which the creature moves.
- ambulacrum — any of five radial bands on the ventral surface of echinoderms, such as the starfish and sea urchin, on which the tube feet are situated
- ambulances — Plural form of ambulance.
- ambulating — Present participle of ambulate.
- ambulation — to walk about or move from place to place.
- ambulatory — of, relating to, or designed for walking
- ambuscaded — Simple past tense and past participle of ambuscade.
- ambuscader — a person waiting in ambush; an ambusher
- ambuscades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambuscade.
- ambush bug — any of several carnivorous bugs of the family Phymatidae, inhabiting tropical areas in the Americas and Asia, that lie concealed in flowers to prey on insects.
- ambushment — an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road.
- ambystomid — Also called mole salamander. any of various small- to moderate-sized salamanders of the genus Ambystoma, terrestrial or semiaquatic, inhabiting North America from New England to Florida and westward to Texas.