10-letter words containing se
- antiseptic — Antiseptic is a substance that kills germs and harmful bacteria.
- antiserums — Plural form of antiserum.
- antisexism — attitudes or behavior based on traditional stereotypes of gender roles.
- antisexist — a person opposed to sexism
- antisexual — a person opposed to sexuality or sexual activity
- antitheses — opposition; contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong.
- apocalypse — The apocalypse is the total destruction and end of the world.
- apocolypse — Misspelling of apocalypse.
- apologised — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- apologiser — Agent noun of apologise; one who apologises.
- apologises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apologise.
- apophyseal — Anatomy, Botany. an outgrowth; process; projection or protuberance.
- aposematic — (of the coloration of certain distasteful or poisonous animals) characterized by bright conspicuous markings, which predators recognize and learn to avoid; warning
- apostatise — Alternative spelling of apostatize.
- apostolise — to preach
- apotheoses — Plural form of apotheosis.
- appetisers — Plural form of appetiser.
- appraisers — Plural form of appraiser.
- apprentise — Obsolete form of apprentice.
- arc secant — the angle, measured in radians, that has a secant equal to a given number. Symbol: sec −1. Abbreviation: arc sec;
- arc second — Astronomy. second2 (def 4).
- arquebuses — Plural form of arquebuse.
- arse about — to play the fool; act stupidly, esp in an irritating manner
- arsenicals — Plural form of arsenical.
- arsenolite — a mineral, arsenic trioxide, As 2 O 3 , occurring usually as a white incrustation on arsenical ores.
- asbjornsen — Peter Christen [pey-tuh r kris-tuh n] /ˈpeɪ tər ˈkrɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1812–85, Norwegian naturalist and folklorist.
- asepticise — to make aseptic; to treat with aseptics
- asepticism — a form of care or treatment which prevents putrification
- asepticize — to cause (something) to be aseptic or non-putrefying
- asexuality — Biology. having no sex or sexual organs. independent of sexual processes, especially not involving the union of male and female germ cells.
- asexualize — to make incapable of reproduction, as by castrating.
- ass-kisser — the practice or an instance of attempting to curry favor by the excessive use of compliments, praise, or the like.
- assemblage — An assemblage of people or things is a collection of them.
- assemblers — Plural form of assembler.
- assemblies — an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
- assembling — to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
- assentator — a person who agrees or acquiesces in a compliant or fawning manner
- assentient — approving or agreeing
- assertable — having the ability to be affirmed or professed or deserving of affirmation
- assertedly — in a maintained but uncorroborated manner
- assertions — Plural form of assertion.
- assertoric — (of a statement) stating a fact, as opposed to expressing an evaluative judgment
- assessable — to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation.
- assessment — An assessment is a consideration of someone or something and a judgment about them.
- asseverate — to assert or declare emphatically or solemnly
- at present — A situation that exists at present exists now, although it may change.
- attic base — (in classical architecture) a base for a column, consisting of an upper and a lower torus separated by a scotia between two fillets.
- attoparsec — (unit, humour) About 31 mm (one inch). "atto-" is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^-18. A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-years; an attoparsec is thus 3.26 * 10^-18 light years. Thus, one attoparsec per microfortnight is about one inch per second. This unit is reported to be in use (though probably not very seriously) among hackers in the UK.
- authorised — Alternative spelling of authorized.
- authorises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authorise.