10-letter words containing a
- animallike — Alternative spelling of animal-like.
- animalness — The quality of being animal; animality.
- animatedly — full of life, action, or spirit; lively; vigorous: an animated debate on the death penalty.
- animations — Plural form of animation.
- anisocoria — inequality in the size of the pupils.
- anisomeric — (of a chemical compound) lacking isomers
- anisotropy — Physics. of unequal physical properties along different axes. Compare isotropic (def 1).
- anjou pear — a thick, green, oval-shaped pear that ripens during the winter
- ankle boot — a boot that extends up as far as the ankle
- ankle jerk — a reflex extension of the foot, caused by contraction of the muscles of the calf, resulting from a sharp tap on the Achilles tendon; Achilles reflex.
- ankle sock — a short sock coming up to the ankle
- ankle-deep — tall or deep enough to cover the ankles
- anklebones — Plural form of anklebone.
- ankylosaur — any of various quadrupedal herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs constituting the suborder Ankylosauria, which were most abundant in upper Cretaceous times and had a very heavily armoured tanklike body
- ankylosing — Present participle of ankylose.
- annalistic — a chronicler of events, especially yearly ones; historian.
- anne frank — Anne, 1929–45, German Jewish girl who died in Belsen concentration camp in Germany: her diaries about her family hiding from Nazis in Amsterdam (1942–44) published in 1947.
- annexation — the act of annexing, esp territory, or the condition of being annexed
- annihilate — To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
- anno regni — in the year of the reign
- annotating — Present participle of annotate.
- annotation — Annotation is the activity of annotating something.
- annotative — to supply with critical or explanatory notes; comment upon in notes: to annotate the works of Shakespeare.
- annotinous — one year old.
- announcers — Plural form of announcer.
- announcing — Present participle of announce.
- annoyances — Plural form of annoyance.
- annoyingly — causing annoyance; irritatingly bothersome: annoying delays.
- annualised — to calculate for or as for an entire year: Investors earned an annualized rate of seven percent paid quarterly.
- annualized — to calculate for or as for an entire year: Investors earned an annualized rate of seven percent paid quarterly.
- annuitants — Plural form of annuitant.
- annulation — the formation of rings
- annunciate — to announce
- anode glow — the luminous region between the positive column and the anode dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- anodically — In an anodic manner.
- anoestrous — anestrous.
- anogenital — Of or relating to the anus and genitals.
- anointment — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- anonaceous — relating to the plant family Anonaceae and its members
- anonymised — Simple past tense and past participle of anonymise.
- anonymized — carried out or organized in such a way as to preserve anonymity
- anonymizer — (Internet) A software tool that attempts to make a user's Internet activity untraceable by acting as a proxy.
- anonymouse — (informal) a person who posts to an online forum, or otherwise distributes information anonymously.
- anopheline — (of mosquitoes) belonging to the genus Anopheles, which carries malaria
- anorectics — Plural form of anorectic.
- anorexiant — a substance, as a drug, for causing loss of appetite.
- anorgasmia — inability to experience sexual orgasm.
- anovulants — Plural form of anovulant.
- anschauung — direct or immediate intuition or perception of sense data with little or no rational interpretation.
- anseriform — (ornithology) Of or pertaining to birds of the family Anseriformes including ducks, geese, swans, and screamers.