10-letter words containing ae
- palaeolith — a stone tool dating to the Palaeolithic
- palaeology — the study of prehistory
- palaeotype — a system of Roman letters and symbols that represent spoken sounds
- palaeozoic — of, denoting, or relating to an era of geological time that began 600 million years ago with the Cambrian period and lasted about 375 million years until the end of the Permian period
- palaestral — relating to the palaestra
- paraenesis — advice
- paraenetic — of or relating to moral and ethical instruction or paraenesis
- pasargadae — an ancient ruined city in S Iran, NE of Persepolis: an early capital of ancient Persia; tomb of Cyrus the Great.
- phaelonion — an item of religious clothing, worn in the Eastern Church, and taking the form of a garment without sleeves for the upper body, rather like a chasuble
- phagedaena — a severe, destructive, eroding ulcer.
- polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
- praeludium — a prelude, now predominantly in a musical context
- praemunire — a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
- praepostor — a senior student at an English public school who is given authority over other students.
- praetorian — of or relating to a praetor.
- praetorium — (in Roman history) the headquarters or residence of a Roman official, governor or military commander
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- propraetor — an officer who, after having served as praetor in Rome, was sent to govern a province with praetorial authority.
- propylaeum — Often, propylaea. a vestibule or entrance to a temple area or other enclosure, especially when elaborate or of architectural importance.
- ptolemaeus — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 90 miles (144 km) in diameter.
- quaestuary — a quaestor
- res gestae — things done or accomplished; achievements
- saehrimnir — a boar that is roasted and served up every night in Valhalla and grows whole by morning.
- sallie mae — a U.S. government–chartered private company whose chief function is to make available to qualified students low-cost loans backed by government agencies through lending institutions. Abbreviation: SLMA.
- san rafael — a city in W Argentina.
- scarabaeid — belonging or pertaining to the Scarabaeidae, a family of lamellicorn beetles, including the scarabs, dung beetles, June bugs, and cockchafers.
- scarabaeus — scarab (defs 2, 3).
- schaerbeek — a city in central Belgium, near Brussels.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- skara brae — the site of an excavated Neolithic village on Pomona in the Orkney Islands, dating from c2000 b.c.
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stomodaeum — stomodeum.
- subpoenaed — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- synaeresis — the contraction of two syllables or two vowels into one, especially the contraction of two vowels so as to form a diphthong.
- taeniacide — an agent that destroys tapeworms.
- taeniafuge — an agent or medicine for expelling tapeworms from the body.
- tetraethyl — containing four ethyl groups.
- the parcae — the Roman goddesses of fate
- toto caelo — by the entire extent of the heavens; diametrically.
- trabeculae — Anatomy, Botany. a structural part resembling a small beam or crossbar.
- trachiniae — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
- tropaeolin — any of a number of orange or yellow azo dyes of complex molecular structure.
- tropaeolum — any garden plant of the genus Tropaeolum esp the nasturtium
- tularaemia — a plaguelike disease of rabbits, squirrels, etc., caused by a bacterium, Francisella tularensis, transmitted to humans by insects or ticks or by the handling of infected animals and causing fever, muscle pain, and symptoms associated with the point of entry into the body.
- typothetae — printers collectively; used in the names of organized associations, as of master printers
- winlestrae — windlestraw.