10-letter words starting with ant
- antibaryon — the antiparticle of any of the baryons
- antibiosis — an association between two organisms, esp microorganisms, that is harmful to one of them
- antibiotic — Antibiotics are medical drugs used to kill bacteria and treat infections.
- antibodies — any of numerous Y -shaped protein molecules produced by B cells as a primary immune defense, each molecule and its clones having a unique binding site that can combine with the complementary site of a foreign antigen, as on a virus or bacterium, thereby disabling the antigen and signaling other immune defenses. Abbreviation: Ab.
- antibusing — opposed to busing, the policy of transporting students to faraway schools in order to achieve racial balance within the public education system
- anticaking — denoting an agent used to prevent substances from going hard or forming lumps
- anticancer — acting against cancer
- anticaries — characterized by an ability to prevent caries
- anticavity — designed to prevent the occurrence of cavities in teeth: an anticavity toothpaste.
- anticenter — Geology. the point on the surface of the earth diametrically opposite the epicenter of an earthquake.
- antichange — Opposing change.
- antichoice — opposed to granting pregnant women the choice to have an abortion
- antichrist — the antagonist of Christ, expected by early Christians to appear and reign over the world until overthrown at Christ's Second Coming
- antichthon — counterearth.
- antichurch — opposed to the beliefs, practices, and adherents of the Christian church
- anticipant — operating in advance; expectant; anticipating
- anticipate — If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it.
- anticivism — opposition to citizenship
- anticlimax — You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected.
- anticlinal — of, relating to, or resembling an anticline
- anticlines — Plural form of anticline.
- anticodons — Plural form of anticodon.
- 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.
- anticyclic — not conforming to or following a cycle: anticyclical sales that rise when the economy fades.
- antidazzle — preventing dazzle
- antidromic — (of nerve fibres) conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal
- antiemetic — preventing vomiting
- antienzyme — a substance that inhibits or counteracts the action of an enzyme.
- antierotic — discouraging sexual desire
- antifamily — opposed to the family unit
- antifebrin — acetanilide.
- antifemale — opposed to or discriminating against women
- antifogger — an antifoggant.
- antifouled — Simple past tense and past participle of antifoul.
- antifreeze — Antifreeze is a liquid which is added to water to stop it freezing. It is used in car radiators in cold weather.
- antifungal — inhibiting the growth of fungi
- antigalaxy — a galaxy consisting of antimatter.
- antigodlin — lopsided or at an angle; out of alignment.
- antigoglin — lopsided or at an angle; out of alignment.
- antigorite — a variety of serpentine occurring in a brownish-green lamellar form.
- antigrowth — acting to restrict or prevent growth
- antihelium — the antimatter counterpart to helium.
- antiheroes — Plural form of antihero.
- antiheroic — relating to or in the manner of an antihero
- antiherpes — acting against the herpes simplex virus
- antihijack — acting to prevent or resolve hijack situations
- antihunter — a person opposed to hunters or hunting practices
- antilepton — the antiparticle of any of the leptons
- antilithic — preventing the formation or development of calculi, as of the urinary tract
- antilitter — intended to discourage litter dropping