10-letter words containing e
- affiliated — If an organization is affiliated with another larger organization, it is officially connected with the larger organization or is a member of it.
- affiliates — Plural form of affiliate.
- affinities — a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc.
- affinitive — characterized by affinity; closely related or associated.
- affirmable — having the ability to be verified or confirmed
- affirmance — a verification, confirmation, or affirmation
- afflictive — causing pain or misery
- affluently — in an abundant or wealthy manner
- affordable — If something is affordable, most people have enough money to buy it.
- affordance — A potential action that is made possible by a given object or environment; especially, one that is made easily discoverable.
- afforested — Simple past and past participle of afforest.
- affricates — Plural form of affricate.
- affrighted — to frighten.
- affrighten — to cause alarm or fright (in)
- affrontive — characterized by a propensity to cause offence
- aforenamed — Named earlier in a document.
- aforesaide — Archaic spelling of aforesaid.
- africander — one of a breed of red beef cattle, raised originally in southern Africa, well adapted to high temperatures.
- africanize — to make African, esp to give control of (policy, government, etc) to Africans
- afrikander — a breed of humpbacked beef cattle originally raised in southern Africa
- after dark — If you do something after dark, you do it when the sun has set and night has begun.
- after mast — the aftermost mast of a sailing vessel.
- after next — You use after next in expressions such as the week after next to refer to a period of time after the next one. For example, when it is May, the month after next is July.
- afterbirth — the placenta and fetal membranes expelled from the uterus after the birth of the offspring
- afterbrain — metencephalon (sense 1)
- afterclaps — Plural form of afterclap.
- afterdecks — Plural form of afterdeck.
- afterglows — Plural form of afterglow.
- aftergrass — grass that grows in a field after a crop (usually of grass) has been harvested
- afterguard — a sailor or group of sailors stationed on the poop to attend to the aft sails
- afterhours — occurring, engaged in, or operating after the normal or legal closing time for business: an after-hours drinking club.
- afterimage — a sustained or renewed sensation, esp visual, after the original stimulus has ceased
- afterlight — the light visible in the sky after sunset; afterglow.
- afterlives — Plural form of afterlife.
- aftermaths — Plural form of aftermath.
- afternoone — Obsolete spelling of afternoon.
- afternoons — during the afternoon, esp regularly
- afterpains — cramplike pains caused by contraction of the uterus after childbirth
- afterparty — An afterparty is a small party held after a larger event, to which only a small group of guests is invited.
- afterpiece — a brief usually comic dramatic piece presented after a play
- aftersales — (business) Alternative form of aftersale.
- aftershaft — a secondary feather arising near the base of a contour feather
- aftershave — Aftershave is a liquid with a pleasant smell that men sometimes put on their faces after shaving.
- aftershock — Aftershocks are smaller earthquakes which occur after a large earthquake.
- afterswarm — a secondary (or tertiary) swarm of bees which leaves the colony after the main swarm has left, in the company of a virgin queen
- aftertaste — An aftertaste is a taste that remains in your mouth after you have finished eating or drinking something.
- afterwards — If you do something or if something happens afterwards, you do it or it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned.
- afterwhile — (US, dialect) afterwards.
- afterwords — Plural form of afterword.
- afterworld — a world inhabited after death