10-letter words starting with am
- amenorrhea — abnormal absence or suppression of menstruation
- amensalism — a relationship between two species of organisms in which the individuals of one species adversely affect those of the other and are unaffected themselves.
- amer. ind. — American Indian
- amercement — to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- americanos — Plural form of americano.
- amerindian — Amerindian means the same as American Indian.
- amersfoort — a town in the central Netherlands, in E Utrecht province. Pop: 131 000 (2003 est)
- ametabolic — (of certain insects) having no obvious metamorphosis
- amiability — Amiability is the quality of being friendly and pleasant.
- amianthoid — a fine variety of asbestos, with delicate, flexible filaments.
- amino acid — Amino acids are substances containing nitrogen and hydrogen and which are found in proteins. Amino acids occur naturally in the body.
- aminoacids — Plural form of aminoacid.
- aminoplast — amino resin.
- aminosugar — a monosaccharide with an amino or substituted amino group in place of a nonglycosidic hydroxyl group.
- amiodarone — a substance, C 25 H 29 I 2 NO 3 , used in the treatment of heart arrhythmias.
- amlodipine — A long-acting calcium channel blocker used as an anti-hypertensive and in the treatment of angina.
- ammocoetes — Plural form of ammocoete.
- ammoniacal — of, containing, using, or resembling ammonia
- ammoniated — to treat or cause to unite with ammonia.
- ammonified — Simple past tense and past participle of ammonify.
- ammonifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ammonify.
- ammonolyze — to subject to ammonolysis.
- ammunition — Ammunition is bullets and rockets that are made to be fired from guns.
- amnestying — Present participle of amnesty.
- amnioscopy — Examination of a foetus and the amniotic fluid in the lowest part of the amniotic sac using an amnioscope introduced through the cervical canal.
- amodiaquin — a compound, C20H22ClN3O, whose hydrochloride form is used in treating malaria
- amoebalike — Having the characteristics of an amoeba.
- amoebiasis — infection, esp of the intestines, caused by the parasitic amoeba Endamoeba histolytica
- amoebiform — resembling, shaped, or changing in shape like an amoeba
- amoebocyte — any cell having properties similar to an amoeba, such as shape, mobility, and ability to engulf particles
- amortising — Present participle of amortise.
- amortizing — Present participle of amortize.
- amoscanate — An experimental anthelmintic agent of the arylisothiocyanate class, found to be highly effective in animals against hookworms and the four major species of schistosomes, but possibly hepatotoxic.
- ampelopsis — any woody vine of the vitaceous genus Ampelopsis, of tropical and subtropical Asia and America
- ampersands — Plural form of ampersand.
- amphiaraus — a hero who joined the Seven against Thebes, although he knew that his death was fated: deified after death.
- amphiaster — the structure that occurs in a cell undergoing mitosis, consisting of a spindle with an aster at each end
- amphibians — any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Amphibia, comprising frogs and toads, newts and salamanders, and caecilians, the larvae being typically aquatic, breathing by gills, and the adults being typically semiterrestrial, breathing by lungs and through the moist, glandular skin.
- amphibious — In an amphibious military operation, army and navy forces attack a place from the sea.
- amphibolic — equivocal; uncertain; changing; ambiguous.
- amphibrach — a metrical foot consisting of a long syllable between two short syllables (◡ – ◡)
- amphictyon — a delegate to an amphictyonic council
- amphidamas — a son of Aleus who, with his brother Cepheus, joined the Argonauts.
- amphigoric — a meaningless or nonsensical piece of writing, especially one intended as a parody.
- amphigouri — amphigory.
- amphimacer — a metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of one short syllable between two long ones, or, in English verse, of one unaccented syllable between two accented ones (Ex.: | hésĭtáte |)
- amphimarus — a son of Poseidon, sometimes believed to be the father, by Urania, of the poet Linus.
- amphimixes — Plural form of amphimixis.
- amphimixis — true sexual reproduction by the fusion of gametes from two organisms
- amphinomus — Penelope's favorite suitor.