10-letter words containing s
- 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.
- absorptive — able or tending to absorb; absorbent.
- abstaining — to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from): to abstain from eating meat.
- abstemious — Someone who is abstemious avoids doing too much of something enjoyable such as eating or drinking.
- 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
- abstersive — a cleansing substance
- 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
- abstracted — Someone who is abstracted is thinking so deeply that they are not fully aware of what is happening around them.
- abstracter — One who abstracts, or makes an abstract, as in records or documents. (First attested in the late 17th century.).
- abstractly — in an abstract manner, theoretically
- abstractor — a person who abstracts or makes an abstract
- abstractum — (philosophy, usually, in the plural) Something which is abstract or exists abstractly. (First attested in the mid 19th century.).
- abstrusely — In an abstruse manner. (First attested in the early 17th century.)0.
- abstrusity — the quality of being abstruse
- abstrusive — (rare) Of abstruse quality. (First attested in the mid 17th century.).
- 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 simbel — a former village in S Egypt: site of two temples of Rameses II, which were moved to higher ground (1966–67) before the area behind the Aswan High Dam was flooded
- abundances — Plural form of abundance.
- 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.).
- acaricides — Plural form of acaricide.
- acarpelous — without carpels
- acatalepsy — the state of being impossible to conceive or understand
- acausality — having no cause.
- accentless — having no accent
- acceptions — Plural form of acception.
- accessable — Misspelling of accessible.
- accessible — If a place or building is accessible to people, it is easy for them to reach it or get into it. If an object is accessible, it is easy to reach.
- accessibly — easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use.
- accessions — Plural form of accession.
- accidences — the rudiments or essentials of a subject.
- accipiters — Plural form of accipiter.
- acclimates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclimate.
- accomplish — If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.
- accordions — Plural form of accordion.
- accrescent — (of a calyx or other part) continuing to grow after flowering
- accretions — Plural form of accretion.
- accumbents — Plural form of accumbent.
- accuracies — Plural form of accuracy.
- accursedly — In an accursed manner.
- accusation — If you make an accusation against someone, you criticize them or express the belief that they have done something wrong.