10-letter words containing a, g
- agitatedly — excited; disturbed.
- agitations — Plural form of agitation.
- aglomerate — Misspelling of agglomerate.
- aglutition — (medicine) Inability to swallow.
- agnoiology — the theory of ignorance
- agonistics — The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.
- agonizedly — in an agonized way
- agony aunt — An agony aunt is a person who writes a column in a newspaper or magazine in which they reply to readers who have written to them for advice on their personal problems.
- agoraphobe — a person suffering from agoraphobia
- agrammatic — Of, pertaining to, or afflicted by agrammatism.
- agraphobia — Fear of sexual abuse.
- agreeingly — (obsolete) In a manner that agrees or corresponds.
- agreements — Plural form of agreement.
- agrégation — (in France) a civil service examination for some posts in secondary and higher education
- agricultor — (archaic) An agriculturist; a farmer.
- agrologist — a person who specializes in agrology
- agronomial — of or relating to agronomy
- agronomics — the branch of economics dealing with the distribution, management, and productivity of land
- agronomist — An agronomist is someone who studies the growing and harvesting of crops.
- agrypnotic — inducing, relating to, or characterized by insomnia
- ahmednagar — a city in W India, in Maharashtra: formerly one of the kingdoms of Deccan. Pop: 307 455 (2001)
- aid agency — an organization that gives money, equipment, or services to people who need them but who cannot provide them for themselves
- air bridge — a link by air transport between two places, esp two places separated by a stretch of sea
- air casing — a casing for the funnel of a powered vessel, large enough to provide an air space all around the funnel.
- air engine — an engine that uses the expansion of heated air to drive a piston
- air guitar — an imaginary guitar played while miming to rock music
- air hunger — deep, rapid, and labored breathing caused by an increased respiratory drive due to abnormally low blood oxygen levels, as in severe heart failure or asthma.
- air rights — rights to the airspace above a building or lot, regarded as the real property of the one who owns the building or lot
- air spring — an enclosed pocket of air used to absorb shock or sudden fluctuations of load
- air-logged — (of a pump or system of piping) hindered in its functioning by an air lock; air-bound.
- airfreight — a method or service for transporting cargo by air
- airlifting — Present participle of airlift.
- airmailing — Present participle of airmail.
- alamogordo — city in S N.Mex.: pop. 36,000: site of testing range where first atomic bomb was exploded (July, 1945)
- alarmingly — causing alarm or fear: an alarming case of pneumonia; an alarming lack of respect.
- alba longa — a city of ancient Latium, southeast of modern Rome: the legendary birthplace of Romulus and Remus
- alban berg — Alban [ahl-bahn,, ahl-bahn] /ɑlˈbɑn,, ˈɑl bɑn/ (Show IPA), 1885–1935, Austrian composer.
- albigenses — members of a Manichean sect that flourished in S France from the 11th to the 13th century
- albondigas — Small meatballs, prepared in the Mexican, Spanish, or South American way.
- alcheringa — (often initial capital letter) dreamtime.
- algebraist — an expert in algebra.
- alger hiss — Alger, 1904–96, U.S. public official, accused of espionage 1948 and imprisoned for perjury 1950–54.
- algerienne — a brightly striped woolen fabric used for tents, awnings, curtains, etc.
- algol 68-r — (language) A restriction of ALGOL 68 permitting one-pass compilation, developed at the Royal Signals Radar Establishment, Malvern, Worcester, UK in April 1970.
- algol 68rs — (language) An extension of ALGOL 68 supporting function closures by the Royal Signals Radar Establishment, Malvern UK. It has been ported to Multics and VAX/VMS.
- algolagnia — a perversion in which sexual pleasure is gained from the experience or infliction of pain
- algolagnic — Of or relating to algolagnia.
- algologist — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- 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
- algophilia — Pleasure from experiencing pain, especially sexually.