10-letter words containing s
- adar sheni — an extra month of the Jewish year, occurring about once every three years between Adar and Nisan
- adderstone — a prehistoric ornamental bead
- addictions — Plural form of addiction.
- addictives — Plural form of addictive.
- addisonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Joseph Addison or his works.
- addressees — the person, company, or the like to whom a piece of mail is addressed.
- addressing — a method by which a computer network can identify which device sent a piece of information over the network, and which device received it
- addression — (obsolete) The act of addressing or directing one's course.
- adenosines — Plural form of adenosine.
- adenovirus — any of a group of viruses that can cause upper respiratory diseases in man
- adequacies — Plural form of adequacy.
- adherences — Plural form of adherence.
- adhesional — relating to adhesion
- adhesively — coated with glue, paste, mastic, or other sticky substance: adhesive bandages.
- adipocytes — Plural form of adipocyte.
- adipokines — Plural form of adipokine.
- adjectives — Grammar. any member of a class of words that modify nouns and pronouns, primarily by describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying, as wise in a wise grandmother, or perfect in a perfect score, or handsome in He is extremely handsome. Other terms, as numbers (one cup; twelve months), certain demonstrative pronouns (this magazine; those questions), and terms that impose limits (each person; no mercy) can also function adjectivally, as can some nouns that are found chiefly in fixed phrases where they immediately precede the noun they modify, as bottle in bottle cap and bus in bus station. Synonyms: modifier, qualifier, identifier, describer, describing word.
- adjustable — If something is adjustable, it can be changed to different positions or sizes.
- adjustably — In a way that is adjustable.
- adjustment — An adjustment is a small change that is made to something such as a machine or a way of doing something.
- admeasured — Simple past tense and past participle of admeasure.
- admeasures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admeasure.
- administer — If someone administers something such as a country, the law, or a test, they take responsibility for organizing and supervising it.
- admissable — Alternative spelling of admissible.
- admissible — If evidence is admissible, it is allowed in a court of law.
- admissibly — In a manner that is admissible; acceptably.
- admissions — the procedure for admitting students to study at a college, university, or school
- admixtures — Plural form of admixture.
- admonished — to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
- admonisher — One who admonishes.
- admonishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admonish.
- adnominals — Plural form of adnominal.
- adolescent — Adolescent is used to describe young people who are no longer children but who have not yet become adults. It also refers to their behaviour.
- adorations — Plural form of adoration.
- adornments — Plural form of adornment.
- adposition — (grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context.
- adrenalise — (British spelling) To render frightening or thrilling, such as to stimulate the production of adrenalin.
- adroitness — expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- adsorbable — Able to be adsorbed.
- adsorbates — Plural form of adsorbate.
- adsorption — an adsorbing or being adsorbed; adhesion of the molecules of a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance to a surface
- adsorptive — relating to or characterized by adsorption
- adulations — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- adulterers — Plural form of adulterer.
- adulteress — An adulteress is a woman who commits adultery.
- adulterous — An adulterous relationship is a sexual relationship between a married person and someone they are not married to. An adulterous person is someone who commits adultery.
- adumbrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adumbrate.
- advantages — A condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position.
- adventures — Plural form of adventure.
- adverbials — Plural form of adverbial.