10-letter words that end in n
- aedilitian — one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- aemulation — Archaic spelling of emulation.
- aerobeacon — A light used to warn aircraft away from tall structures.
- aeschylean — 525–456 b.c, Greek poet and dramatist.
- aethelstan — Athelstan
- affinition — (rare) The state or quality of being affined; mental affinity or attraction.
- affixation — affixture
- affliction — An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
- affrighten — to cause alarm or fright (in)
- afro-asian — of or relating to both Africa and Asia, esp as part of the Third World
- afro-chain — (in the Caribbean) a large chain necklace with a central pendant: usually worn with a dashiki by men
- afro-cuban — of or relating to a type of jazz influenced by Cuban variants of African rhythms
- afterbrain — metencephalon (sense 1)
- agent noun — a noun denoting the doer of an action, as editor or jogger.
- aggeration — A heaping up; accumulation.
- agglutinin — a substance, such as an antibody or a lectin, that causes agglutination of cells or bacteria
- aggression — Aggression is a quality of anger and determination that makes you ready to attack other people.
- aglutition — (medicine) Inability to swallow.
- agrégation — (in France) a civil service examination for some posts in secondary and higher education
- aircrewman — a member of an aircrew.
- alabastron — a jar characteristically having an elongated shape, narrow neck, flat-rimmed mouth, and rounded base requiring a stand or support, chiefly used for fragrant ointments.
- alderwoman — (in England and Wales until 1974) one of the senior female members of a local council, elected by other councillors
- alderwomen — Plural form of alderwoman.
- algonquian — a family of North American Indian languages whose speakers ranged over an area stretching from the Atlantic between Newfoundland and Delaware to the Rocky Mountains, including Micmac, Mahican, Ojibwa, Fox, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, and Shawnee. Some linguists relate it to Muskogean in a Macro-Algonquian phylum
- alienation — a turning away; estrangement
- alineation — the aligning or positioning of objects in a straight line
- alipterion — (in an ancient Roman bath) a room for anointment.
- alkylation — the attachment of an alkyl group to an organic compound, usually by the addition or substitution of a hydrogen atom or halide group
- allegation — An allegation is a statement saying that someone has done something wrong.
- allenstein — German name of Olsztyn.
- allhallown — relating to the period of time around Allhallows
- alligation — the act of joining or the condition of being joined to something
- allocation — An allocation is an amount of something, especially money, that is given to a particular person or used for a particular purpose.
- allochthon — a geological formation not formed in the region where found and moved to its present location by tectonic forces. Compare autochthon (def 3).
- allocution — a formal or authoritative speech or address, esp one that advises, informs, or exhorts
- alpha iron — a magnetic allotrope of iron that is stable below 910°C; ferrite
- alteration — An alteration is a change in or to something.
- ambulation — to walk about or move from place to place.
- amendation — (US) The result of making an amendment to a document etc; an amendment.
- amerindian — Amerindian means the same as American Indian.
- ammunition — Ammunition is bullets and rockets that are made to be fired from guns.
- amodiaquin — a compound, C20H22ClN3O, whose hydrochloride form is used in treating malaria
- amphictyon — a delegate to an amphictyonic council
- amphipodan — (zoology) Relating to the amphipods.
- amphiscian — an inhabitant of the tropics
- amphitryon — the grandson of Perseus and husband of Alcmene
- ampicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin used to treat various infections
- ampliation — an extension or addition to what is already known
- amputation — to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery.
- amstelveen — city in W Netherlands: suburb of Amsterdam: pop. 74,000