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10-letter words that end in a

  • anhydremia — an abnormal decrease in the volume of the blood, due to loss of water.
  • anisocoria — inequality in the size of the pupils.
  • anorgasmia — inability to experience sexual orgasm.
  • antarctica — a continent around the South Pole: consists of an ice-covered plateau, 1800–3000 m (6000 ft to 10 000 ft) above sea level, and mountain ranges rising to 4500 m (15 000 ft) with some volcanic peaks; average temperatures all below freezing and human settlement is confined to research stations. All political claims to the mainland are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959
  • antheridia — a male reproductive structure producing gametes, occurring in ferns, mosses, fungi, and algae.
  • anthimeria — (rhetoric) The use of a word from one word class or part of speech as if it were from another. Typically, and for example, the use of a noun as if it were a verb.
  • anthomania — an intense fondness for flowers
  • antianemia — acting against anemia
  • antiasthma — relating to drugs that act against asthma
  • anticorona — a luminous edging around the shadow of an observer or the point where his or her shadow would fall, as thrown by the sun upon a cloud or fog bank.
  • antinausea — preventing or alleviating nausea
  • antiutopia — dystopia.
  • aparavidya — intellectual knowledge.
  • aphelandra — any shrub of the evergreen genus Aphelandra, originally from tropical America, widely grown as a house plant for its variegated shiny leaves and brightly coloured flowers: family Acanthaceae
  • aphrodisia — the desire for sexual intimacy
  • appalachia — a highland region of the eastern US, containing the Appalachian Mountains, extending from Pennsylvania to Alabama
  • aqua regia — a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of one part nitric acid and three to four parts hydrochloric acid, used in metallurgy for dissolving metals, including gold
  • aquaphobia — an abnormal fear of water, esp because of the possibility of drowning
  • archegonia — the female reproductive organ in ferns, mosses, etc.
  • area opaca — the opaque area of the blastoderm surrounding the area pellucida.
  • arimathaea — a town in ancient Palestine. Matt. 27:57.
  • armillaria — any of various fungi of the genus Armillaria, which are white-spored and cause wood rot. Many species are parasitic.
  • arrhythmia — any variation from the normal rhythm in the heartbeat
  • arthralgia — pain in a joint
  • arthropoda — the phylum comprising the arthropods.
  • asafoetida — a bitter resin with an unpleasant onion-like smell, obtained from the roots of some umbelliferous plants of the genus Ferula: formerly used as a carminative, antispasmodic, and expectorant
  • asarabacca — a perennial evergreen Eurasian plant, Asarum europaeum, having kidney-shaped leaves and a single brownish flower: family Aristolochiaceae
  • aspergilla — Plural form of aspergillum.
  • aspersoria — Plural form of aspersorium.
  • aspidistra — any Asian plant of the liliaceous genus Aspidistra, esp A. lurida, a popular house plant with long tough evergreen leaves and purplish flowers borne on the ground
  • assafetida — asafetida
  • asteroidea — the class comprising the starfishes.
  • asthenopia — a strained condition of the eyes, often with headache, dizziness, etc.
  • atheromata — Plural form of atheroma.
  • autophagia — sustenance by self-absorption of the tissues of the body
  • autophilia — Self love, especially sexual attraction to the self.
  • autophobia — the fear of solitude or being alone
  • autostrada — an Italian motorway
  • auxocardia — enlargement of the heart, as by hypertrophy or dilatation.
  • avellaneda — a city in E Argentina, an industrial suburb of Buenos Aires. Pop: 328 980 (2001)
  • avicularia — Plural form of avicularium.
  • aviophobia — fear of flying in an airplane or other aircraft.
  • babia gora — the highest peak in Beskids mountain range, on the border of Poland and Slovakia. 5659 feet (1726 meters).
  • bacillemia — the presence of bacilli in the blood.
  • bacilluria — the presence of bacilli in the urine
  • bacteremia — the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream
  • balashikha — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe: a NE suburb of Moscow.
  • balenciaga — Cristobal (krisˈtoβal). 1895–1972, Spanish couturier
  • baltic sea — a sea in N Europe, connected with the North Sea by the Skagerrak, Kattegat, and Öresund; shallow, with low salinity and small tides
  • banderilla — a decorated barbed dart, thrust into the bull's neck or shoulder
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