10-letter words containing a
- amphibious — In an amphibious military operation, army and navy forces attack a place from the sea.
- amphibolic — equivocal; uncertain; changing; ambiguous.
- amphibrach — a metrical foot consisting of a long syllable between two short syllables (◡ – ◡)
- amphictyon — a delegate to an amphictyonic council
- amphidamas — a son of Aleus who, with his brother Cepheus, joined the Argonauts.
- amphigoric — a meaningless or nonsensical piece of writing, especially one intended as a parody.
- amphigouri — amphigory.
- amphimacer — a metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of one short syllable between two long ones, or, in English verse, of one unaccented syllable between two accented ones (Ex.: | hésĭtáte |)
- amphimarus — a son of Poseidon, sometimes believed to be the father, by Urania, of the poet Linus.
- amphimixes — Plural form of amphimixis.
- amphimixis — true sexual reproduction by the fusion of gametes from two organisms
- amphinomus — Penelope's favorite suitor.
- amphiphile — any of many organic compounds such as detergents combining both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties
- amphiploid — a hybrid organism having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parental species.
- amphipodan — (zoology) Relating to the amphipods.
- amphiscian — an inhabitant of the tropics
- amphithyra — Also, amphithyron, amphithura [am-fuh-thoo r-uh] /ˌæm fəˈθʊər ə/ (Show IPA), amphithuron. Greek Orthodox Church. a divided curtain in front of the door of the iconostasis.
- amphitrite — a sea goddess, wife of Poseidon and mother of Triton
- amphitryon — the grandson of Perseus and husband of Alcmene
- amphogenic — producing both male and female offspring.
- ampholytic — capable of ionizing into both anions and cations; amphoteric.
- amphoteric — able to function as either a base or an acid
- ampicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin used to treat various infections
- ampliation — an extension or addition to what is already known
- ampliative — serving to extend or add to what is already known
- amplidynes — Plural form of amplidyne.
- amplifiers — Plural form of amplifier.
- amplifying — Present participle of amplify.
- amplitudes — Plural form of amplitude.
- amputating — Present participle of amputate.
- amputation — to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery.
- amritattva — a state of immortality or deathlessness
- amstelveen — city in W Netherlands: suburb of Amsterdam: pop. 74,000
- amusements — Plural form of amusement.
- amygdalate — relating to, having, or bearing almonds
- amygdaline — of or relating to a tonsil
- amygdaloid — a volcanic igneous rock containing amygdales
- amyl group — any of several univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 5 H 11 –, whose derivatives are found in fusel oil, fruit extracts, etc.
- amylaceous — of or resembling starch
- amylolysis — the conversion of starch into sugar
- amyloplast — a non-pigmented granule in a plant cell which stores amylopectin
- amyotrophy — wasting of muscles, caused by disease of the nerves supplying them
- amyxorrhea — the absence of the normal secretion of mucus.
- an lu shan — 703–57 ad, Chinese military governor. He declared himself emperor (756) and seized the capital Chang An; murdered by a eunuch slave
- anabaptise — to rebaptise
- anabaptism — a member of any of various Protestant sects, formed in Europe after 1520, that denied the validity of infant baptism, baptized believers only, and advocated social and economic reforms as well as the complete separation of church and state.
- anabaptist — a member of any of various 16th-century Protestant movements that rejected infant baptism, insisted that adults be rebaptized, and sought to establish Christian communism
- anabaptize — to baptize again
- anacardium — a genus of plants in the Anacardiaceae family found chiefly in tropical areas
- anachorism — a geographical misplacement; something located in an incongruous position