10-letter words containing n
- abominated — Simple past tense and past participle of abominate.
- abominator — One who abominates. (First attested in the late 17th century.).
- abonnement — a subscription
- aboriginal — An Aboriginal is an Australian Aborigine.
- aborigines — one of the original or earliest known inhabitants of a country or region.
- aboriginie — Misspelling of aborigine.
- aboundance — (obsolete) abundance.
- about-turn — An about-turn is the same as an about-face.
- abranchial — (zoology) Lacking gills.
- abreaction — the release and expression of emotional tension associated with repressed ideas by bringing those ideas into consciousness
- abridgment — a shortened version of a written work
- abrogating — Present participle of abrogate.
- abrogation — the act or an instance of abrogating, or repealing: abrogation of the treaty's responsibility.
- abruptions — Plural form of abruption.
- abruptness — sudden or unexpected: an abrupt departure.
- abscessing — Present participle of abscess.
- abscession — A separating; removal.
- abscission — the separation of leaves, branches, flowers, and bark from plants by the formation of an abscission layer
- absconders — Plural form of absconder.
- absconding — running away, esp from an open prison or to avoid prosecution or punishment
- absentness — The quality of being absent-minded. (First attested in the mid 19th century.).
- absinthian — a green, aromatic liqueur that is 68 percent alcohol, is made with wormwood and other herbs, and has a bitter, licorice flavor: now banned in most Western countries.
- absinthism — a diseased condition resulting from excessive drinking of absinthe
- absistence — (obsolete) A standing aloof.
- absit omen — may the presentiment not become real or take place
- absolution — If someone is given absolution, they are forgiven for something wrong that they have done.
- absorbance — a measure of the light-absorbing ability of an object, expressed as the logarithm to base 10 of the reciprocal of the internal transmittance
- absorbancy — absorbance
- absorbency — capable of absorbing heat, light, moisture, etc.; tending to absorb.
- absorbents — Plural form of absorbent.
- absorption — The absorption of a liquid, gas, or other substance is the process of it being soaked up or taken in.
- abstaining — to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from): to abstain from eating meat.
- abstenance — Misspelling of abstinence (by confusion with abstention).
- abstenious — Misspelling of abstemious (or possibly of abstentious.).
- abstention — Abstention is a formal act of not voting either for or against a proposal.
- abstergent — cleansing or scouring
- abstersion — the act of wiping clean or cleansing
- abstinence — Abstinence is the practice of abstaining from something such as alcoholic drink or sex, often for health or religious reasons.
- abstinency — the quality of being abstinent
- absumption — (obsolete) Gradual destruction or disintegration; wasting away.
- absurdness — utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation.
- abu hanifa — a.d. 699–767, Islamic scholar and founder of one of the schools of Islamic law.
- abundances — Plural form of abundance.
- abundantly — If something is abundantly clear, it is extremely obvious.
- abyssinian — a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia
- acanaceous — possessing prickles or thorns
- acanthosis — (medicine) A benign abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum, or prickle cell, layer of the epidermis.(First attested in the late 19th century.).
- accelerant — accelerating
- accentless — having no accent
- accentuate — To accentuate something means to emphasize it or make it more noticeable.