10-letter words containing s
- africanist — a person specializing in the study of African affairs or culture
- afro-asian — of or relating to both Africa and Asia, esp as part of the Third World
- afrormosia — a hard teaklike wood obtained from tropical African trees of the leguminous genus Pericopsis
- after mast — the aftermost mast of a sailing vessel.
- 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
- afterhours — occurring, engaged in, or operating after the normal or legal closing time for business: an after-hours drinking club.
- afterlives — Plural form of afterlife.
- aftermaths — Plural form of aftermath.
- afternoons — during the afternoon, esp regularly
- afterpains — cramplike pains caused by contraction of the uterus after childbirth
- 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.
- afterwords — Plural form of afterword.
- agapanthus — a liliaceous plant, Agapanthus africanus, of southern Africa, having rounded clusters of blue or white funnel-shaped flowers
- agapetus i — Saint, died a.d. 536, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 535–536.
- agathocles — 361–289 b.c, tyrant of Syracuse 317–289.
- agendaless — without an agenda; unplanned; purposeless
- aggrandise — to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
- aggravates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggravate.
- aggregates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggregate.
- aggressing — to commit the first act of hostility or offense; attack first.
- aggression — Aggression is a quality of anger and determination that makes you ready to attack other people.
- aggressive — An aggressive person or animal has a quality of anger and determination that makes them ready to attack other people.
- aggressors — Plural form of aggressor.
- agitations — Plural form of agitation.
- agonistics — The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.
- agreements — Plural form of agreement.
- agrologist — a person who specializes in agrology
- agronomics — the branch of economics dealing with the distribution, management, and productivity of land
- agronomist — An agronomist is someone who studies the growing and harvesting of crops.
- ahorseback — on horseback
- aids virus — a variable retrovirus that invades and inactivates helper T cells of the immune system and is a cause of AIDS and AIDS-related complex: variants were identified in several laboratories and independently named lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 (HTLV-3) and AIDS-related virus (ARV) the name human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being subsequently proposed by an international taxonomy committee.
- air casing — a casing for the funnel of a powered vessel, large enough to provide an air space all around the funnel.
- air castle — a fanciful or impractical notion or hope; daydream.
- air pistol — An air pistol is a small gun which is fired by means of air pressure.
- air rights — rights to the airspace above a building or lot, regarded as the real property of the one who owns the building or lot
- air shower — a shower of secondary cosmic radiation, caused by the interaction of cosmic radiation or gamma radiation with the atmosphere.
- air spring — an enclosed pocket of air used to absorb shock or sudden fluctuations of load
- air strike — An air strike is an attack by military aircraft in which bombs are dropped. This expression is usually used by the country or group that is carrying out the attack.
- air switch — a switch in which the interruption of the circuit occurs in air.
- air system — a system of refrigeration utilizing air as a coolant.
- air-to-sea — operating between an aircraft in flight and a target on the sea