10-letter words containing ab
- alabandite — a mineral form of manganese sulphide (MnS) with cubic crystals
- alabastron — a jar characteristically having an elongated shape, narrow neck, flat-rimmed mouth, and rounded base requiring a stand or support, chiefly used for fragrant ointments.
- alabastrum — alabastron.
- allegeable — to assert without proof.
- allowables — that may be allowed; legitimate; permissible: an allowable tax deduction.
- alphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- ametabolic — (of certain insects) having no obvious metamorphosis
- amiability — Amiability is the quality of being friendly and pleasant.
- anabaptise — to rebaptise
- anabaptism — a member of any of various Protestant sects, formed in Europe after 1520, that denied the validity of infant baptism, baptized believers only, and advocated social and economic reforms as well as the complete separation of church and state.
- anabaptist — a member of any of various 16th-century Protestant movements that rejected infant baptism, insisted that adults be rebaptized, and sought to establish Christian communism
- anabaptize — to baptize again
- analphabet — an illiterate person unfamiliar with the letters of the alphabet
- analysable — Alternative spelling of analyzable.
- analyzable — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- answerable — If you are answerable to someone, you have to report to them and explain your actions.
- anti-labor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- antirabies — acting against or preventing rabies
- appealable — (legal, of a verdict etc.) That may be appealed, or sent to a higher court for judgement.
- appearable — Able to appear; appearing; apparent.
- appeasable — to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
- appellable — Appealable.
- applicable — Something that is applicable to a particular situation is relevant to it or can be applied to it.
- applicably — applying or capable of being applied; relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.
- approvable — able to be approved
- approvably — in an approvable manner
- aquabatics — gymnastic feats performed in water
- arabesqued — decorated with arabesques
- arabesques — Plural form of arabesque.
- arbitrable — that can be arbitrated; subject to arbitration
- arrestable — An arrestable offence is an offence that you can be arrested for.
- arse about — to play the fool; act stupidly, esp in an irritating manner
- asarabacca — a perennial evergreen Eurasian plant, Asarum europaeum, having kidney-shaped leaves and a single brownish flower: family Aristolochiaceae
- ascendable — having the ability to be ascended
- ascribable — to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute: The alphabet is usually ascribed to the Phoenicians.
- aspectable — having the ability to be seen
- assailable — to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- 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.
- assignable — capable of being specified: The word has no assignable meaning in our language.
- associable — that can be associated or connected in the mind
- astrolabes — Plural form of astrolabe.
- 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.