10-letter words containing er
- alisanders — Alternative form of alexanders (plant).
- aliterates — Plural form of aliterate.
- all better — the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the way; all year.
- all-comers — You use all-comers to refer to everyone who wants to take part in an activity, especially a competition.
- all-seater — An all-seater stadium has enough seats for all the audience, rather than having some areas without seats where people stand.
- allergenic — causing allergic sensitization.
- allergists — Plural form of allergist.
- alliterate — to contain or cause to contain alliteration
- allomerism — similarity of crystalline structure in substances of different chemical composition
- allomerize — to undergo allomerism.
- allosteric — of, relating to, or designating a function of an enzyme in which the structure and activity of the enzyme are modified by the binding of a metabolic molecule
- alma mater — Your alma mater is the school or university which you went to.
- alter idem — another of the same kind; second self
- alteration — An alteration is a change in or to something.
- alterative — likely or able to produce alteration
- alternance — alternation; regular change
- alternated — Simple past tense and past participle of alternate.
- alternates — Plural form of alternate.
- alternatim — (in sacred music) alternating between two modes
- alternator — An alternator is a device, used especially in a car, that creates an electrical current that changes direction as it flows.
- altimeters — Plural form of altimeter.
- altogether — You use altogether to emphasize that something has stopped, been done, or finished completely.
- amberjacks — Plural form of amberjack.
- ambidexter — someone who is ambidextrous
- ambuscader — a person waiting in ambush; an ambusher
- amer. ind. — American Indian
- amercement — to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- americanos — Plural form of americano.
- amerindian — Amerindian means the same as American Indian.
- amersfoort — a town in the central Netherlands, in E Utrecht province. Pop: 131 000 (2003 est)
- ampersands — Plural form of ampersand.
- amphiaster — the structure that occurs in a cell undergoing mitosis, consisting of a spindle with an aster at each end
- 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 |)
- amphoteric — able to function as either a base or an acid
- amplifiers — Plural form of amplifier.
- anaerobies — (biology) anaerobes.
- anaerobium — anaerobe
- anagrammer — a person who enjoys solving anagrams
- anderlecht — a town in central Belgium, a suburb of Brussels. Pop: 92 755 (2004 est)
- anemometer — an instrument for recording the speed and often the direction of winds
- angiosperm — any seed-bearing plant of the phylum Angiospermophyta (division Angiospermae in traditional systems), in which the ovules are enclosed in an ovary, which develops into the fruit after fertilization; any flowering plant
- angleberry — a wart-like growth on the skin of cattle and horses
- angledozer — a bulldozer with an angled blade which allows earth to be pushed aside
- anglerfish — a bony fish with a growth on its head which can be wiggled to attract prey
- anhungered — overcome or oppressed with hunger
- animadvert — to comment with strong criticism (upon); make censorious remarks (about)
- anisomeric — (of a chemical compound) lacking isomers
- 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.
- announcers — Plural form of announcer.
- anonymizer — (Internet) A software tool that attempts to make a user's Internet activity untraceable by acting as a proxy.