10-letter words containing au
- autoroutes — Plural form of autoroute.
- autoscopic — of or relating to an out-of-body experience
- autosexing — the breeding of birds to reveal specific sexual characteristics
- autostrada — an Italian motorway
- autotheism — the doctrine of God's self-existence and subsistence
- autotheist — a person who worships himself or herself
- autotomise — Alt form autotomize.
- autotomize — to cause (a part of the body) to undergo autotomy
- autotomous — separating body parts in order to escape danger
- autotoxins — Plural form of autotoxin.
- autotrophs — Plural form of autotroph.
- autotrophy — (in certain plants and bacteria) the process of making food from inorganic substances, using photosynthesis
- autotropic — Growing in a straight line.
- autowinder — a battery-operated device for advancing the film in a camera automatically after each exposure
- autoworker — An autoworker is a person who works in the automobile manufacturing industry.
- autumnally — belonging to or suggestive of autumn; produced or gathered in autumn: autumnal colors.
- auxocardia — enlargement of the heart, as by hypertrophy or dilatation.
- auxochrome — a group of atoms that can be attached to a chromogen to convert it into a dye
- auxospores — Plural form of auxospore.
- auxotrophs — Plural form of auxotroph.
- auxotrophy — the inability to synthesize particular growth factors, due to mutational changes
- balaustine — of or relating to the pomegranate.
- bank vault — a strongroom in a bank for the storage of valuable items
- barkhausen — Heinrich Georg. 1881–1956, German physicist; discovered that ferromagnetic material in an increasing magnetic field becomes magnetized in discrete jumps (the Barkhausen effect)
- barosaurus — Any of the genus Barosaurus of long-tailed, long-necked, herbivorous dinosaurs.
- barotrauma — an injury caused by changes in atmospheric pressure, esp to the eardrums or lungs
- baudelaire — Charles Pierre (ʃarl pjɛr). 1821–67, French poet, noted for his macabre imagery; author of Les fleurs du mal (1857)
- baudouin i — 1930–93, king of Belgium (1951–93)
- baumeister — Willi [vil-ee] /ˈvɪl i/ (Show IPA), 1889–1955, German painter.
- baumgarten — Alexander Gottlieb. 1714–62, German philosopher, noted for his pioneering work on aesthetics, a term that he originated
- bay laurel — a small evergreen Mediterranean laurel, Laurus nobilis, with glossy aromatic leaves, used for flavouring in cooking, and small blackish berries
- beau geste — a noble or gracious gesture or act, esp one that is meaningless
- beau ideal — perfect beauty or excellence
- beau monde — the world of fashion and society
- beau-ideal — a conception of perfect beauty.
- beaujolais — Beaujolais is a type of red wine that comes from the region of eastern France called Beaujolais.
- beauregard — P(ierre) G(ustave) T(outant) de1818-93; Confederate general
- beautician — A beautician is a person whose job is giving people beauty treatments such as doing their nails, treating their skin, and putting on their make-up.
- beautified — Simple past tense and past participle of beautify.
- beautifier — A person who or a thing which beautifies or makes beautiful.
- beautifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beautify.
- beautifull — Obsolete spelling of beautiful.
- beautifuls — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
- beautyless — Devoid of beauty.
- beaux arts — noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, popularly associated with the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, that prevailed in France in the late 19th century and that was adopted in the U.S. and elsewhere c1900, characterized by the free and eclectic use and adaptation of French architectural features of the 16th through 18th centuries combined so as to give a massive, elaborate, and often ostentatious effect, and also by the use of symmetrical plans preferably allowing vast amounts of interior space.
- beaux-arts — relating to the classical decorative style, esp that of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris
- because of — If an event or situation occurs because of something, that thing is the reason or cause.
- bestraught — distraught; distracted
- big laurel — the rhododendron.
- bigarreaux — a large, heart-shaped variety of sweet cherry, having firm flesh.