10-letter words containing a, b
- asking bid — a conventional bid by which a bidder asks for specific information about the strength of his or her partner's hand in a given suit.
- aspectable — having the ability to be seen
- assailable — to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- 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.
- assertable — having the ability to be affirmed or professed or deserving of affirmation
- assessable — to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation.
- assibilate — (of a speech sound) to be changed into a sibilant
- assignable — capable of being specified: The word has no assignable meaning in our language.
- assiniboin — a member of a Siouan people of northeastern Montana and adjacent parts of Canada.
- associable — that can be associated or connected in the mind
- astarboard — to or from the starboard side
- astrobleme — a mark on the earth's surface, usually circular, formed by a large ancient meteorite impact
- astrolabes — Plural form of astrolabe.
- at liberty — free, unoccupied, or unrestricted
- athabascan — a family of languages spoken by American Indians in most of inland northwest Canada and Alaska, in coastal Oregon and California, and in Arizona and the Rio Grande basin, and including especially Navajo, Apache, and Chipewyan. Compare family (def 14).
- athabaskan — a family of North American Indian languages, including Chipewyan, Hupa, and Navajo
- atrabiliar — (obsolete) melancholy; atrabilious.
- attachable — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
- attackable — Which may be attacked.
- attainable — Something that is attainable can be achieved.
- attainably — In a way that can be attained.
- attenuable — Capable of being attenuated.
- attestable — Able to be attested.
- 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.
- attributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- attributer — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- attributes — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- attributor — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- aubergines — Plural form of aubergine.
- aubergiste — an innkeeper or hotelier
- audibility — capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.
- audio book — recording of a book
- audiobooks — Plural form of audiobook.
- aurangabad — city in central Maharashtra, W India: pop. 573,000
- autojumble — a sale of second-hand car parts, esp for car enthusiasts
- automobile — An automobile is a car.
- autophobia — the fear of solitude or being alone
- autophobic — Of or pertaining to autophobia.
- aviophobia — fear of flying in an airplane or other aircraft.
- avouchable — able to be avouched
- azerbaijan — a republic in NW Asia: the region was acquired by Russia from Persia in the early 19th century; became the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic in 1936 and gained independence in 1991; consists of dry subtropical steppes around the Aras and Kura rivers, surrounded by the Caucasus; contains the extensive Baku oilfields. Language: Azerbaijani (or Azeri). Religion: Shiite Muslim. Currency: manat. Capital: Baku. Pop: 9 590 159 (2013 est). Area: 86 600 sq km (33 430 sq miles)
- azobenzene — a yellow or orange crystalline solid used mainly in the manufacture of dyes. Formula: C6H5N:NC6H5
- azuki bean — adzuki bean.
- b particle — B meson.
- bab ed-din — (the Bab; Ali Muhammad of Shiraz) 1819–50, a Persian religious leader: founder of Bābī.
- babbitting — Present participle of babbitt.
- babblative — having a tendency to babble; loquacious