10-letter words containing a, k
- ankylosaur — any of various quadrupedal herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs constituting the suborder Ankylosauria, which were most abundant in upper Cretaceous times and had a very heavily armoured tanklike body
- ankylosing — Present participle of ankylose.
- anne frank — Anne, 1929–45, German Jewish girl who died in Belsen concentration camp in Germany: her diaries about her family hiding from Nazis in Amsterdam (1942–44) published in 1947.
- answerback — a reply or answering message from a computer or other electronic device, as by means of teletypewriter or simulated voice.
- anti-knock — An anti-knock agent helps to stop an engine from knocking, making it function more smoothly.
- anticaking — denoting an agent used to prevent substances from going hard or forming lumps
- antihijack — acting to prevent or resolve hijack situations
- antimarket — opposed to or working against commerce
- antiquarks — Plural form of antiquark.
- antishocks — antishock
- antismoker — a person opposed to tobacco smoking
- antistrike — intended to ban, prevent, or discourage strike action by trade unions
- archipenko — Aleksandr Porfiryevich (alɪkˈsandr parˈfirjɪvitʃ). 1887– 1964, Russian sculptor and painter, in the US after 1923, whose work is characterized by economy of form
- arrenotoky — parthenogenesis in which only males are produced.
- arsmetrick — relating to the cheeks of a person's bottom that are identical
- artichokes — Plural form of artichoke.
- ashkenazic — of or relating to the Ashkenazi Jews
- ask around — If you ask around or ask round, you ask several people a question.
- ask for it — to put a question to; inquire of: I asked him but he didn't answer.
- 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.
- ass-kicker — to kick ass. See kick (def 33).
- ass-kisser — the practice or an instance of attempting to curry favor by the excessive use of compliments, praise, or the like.
- assam ikan — a Malaysian dish of fish cooked with tamarind
- asskicking — to kick ass. See kick (def 33).
- asterisked — Simple past tense and past participle of asterisk.
- astrakhans — Plural form of astrakhan.
- at a whack — at one time and quickly or without pausing
- athabaskan — a family of North American Indian languages, including Chipewyan, Hupa, and Navajo
- attack dog — a dog trained to attack on command
- attackable — Which may be attacked.
- audio book — recording of a book
- audiobooks — Plural form of audiobook.
- aufklarung — the Enlightenment, esp in Germany
- autarkical — of or relating to autarky
- automakers — Plural form of automaker.
- automaking — The manufacture of automobiles.
- autoworker — An autoworker is a person who works in the automobile manufacturing industry.
- avenuelike — Resembling or characteristic of an avenue.
- awakenings — Plural form of awakening.
- awe-struck — filled with awe
- awkwardish — slightly awkward
- ayers rock — a conspicuous red monadnock in central Australia, in the SW Northern Territory: tourist attraction. 1143 feet (348 meters) high.
- azuki bean — adzuki bean.
- babymakers — Plural form of babymaker.
- back alley — dirty, unprepossessing, sordid, or clandestine: back-alley morals; back-alley political schemes.
- back bacon — lean bacon from the back of a pig's loin
- back bench — any of the rows of seats occupied by the backbenchers.
- back cover — the back part of the cover of a book or magazine
- back float — a floating position on one's back with arms extended out to the sides and face upward.
- back focus — the distance between the back surface of a lens and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.