10-letter words containing si
- amylolysis — the conversion of starch into sugar
- anagenesis — the progressive evolutionary changes that take place over time in a single genetic lineage
- analgesics — Plural form of analgesic.
- analysis's — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- analysises — Misconstruction of analyses.
- anchylosis — (anatomy, medicine) alternative spelling of ankylosis.
- andalusian — from or relating to Andalusia
- andalusite — a grey, pink, or brown hard mineral consisting of aluminium silicate in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in metamorphic rocks and is used as a refractory and as a gemstone. Formula: Al2SiO5
- anesthesia — a partial or total loss of the sense of pain, temperature, touch, etc., produced by disease
- anhidrosis — the absence of sweating
- anhydrosis — the deficiency or absence of perspiration; adiaphoresis.
- ankylosing — Present participle of ankylose.
- antibiosis — an association between two organisms, esp microorganisms, that is harmful to one of them
- antibusing — opposed to busing, the policy of transporting students to faraway schools in order to achieve racial balance within the public education system
- antisepsis — destruction of undesirable microorganisms, such as those that cause disease or putrefaction
- antithesis — The antithesis of something is its exact opposite.
- anxiolysis — (medicine) The reduction of anxiety by means of sedation or hypnosis.
- aphaeresis — apheresis.
- aphrodisia — the desire for sexual intimacy
- apoapsides — Plural form of apoapsis.
- apotheosis — If something is the apotheosis of something else, it is an ideal or typical example of it.
- appetising — (mostly, British) alternative spelling of appetizing.
- applausive — characterized by applause
- appositely — In an apposite manner.
- apposition — If two noun groups referring to the same person or thing are in apposition, one is placed immediately after the other, with no conjunction joining them, as in 'Her father, Nigel, left home three months ago.'
- appositive — standing in apposition
- appraising — critical, considering
- appraisive — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- arc cosine — Trigonometry. the angle, measured in radians, that has a cosine equal to a given number. Symbol: cos −1. Abbreviation: arc cos;
- arcesilaus — 316–241 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- artemisias — Plural form of artemisia.
- asbestosis — inflammation of the lungs resulting from chronic inhalation of asbestos particles
- ascariasis — infestation of the intestines with the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides, causing abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, weight loss, etc
- ascensions — Plural form of ascension.
- asia minor — large peninsula in W Asia, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, including Asiatic Turkey west of an undefined line from the Gulf of Iskenderun to the Black Sea
- asiadollar — a U.S. dollar deposited in or credited to Asian banks and used in the money markets of the region.
- asian pear — a tropical pear tree, esp any of several varieties of Japanese pear Pyrus serotina
- aside from — Aside from means the same as apart from. This form is more usual in American English.
- aspersions — disparaging or malicious remarks; slanderous accusations
- assibilate — (of a speech sound) to be changed into a sibilant
- assignable — capable of being specified: The word has no assignable meaning in our language.
- assignment — An assignment is a task or piece of work that you are given to do, especially as part of your job or studies.
- assimilate — When people such as immigrants assimilate into a community or when that community assimilates them, they become an accepted part of it.
- assimulate — (obsolete) To assimilate.
- assiniboin — a member of a Siouan people of northeastern Montana and adjacent parts of Canada.
- assistance — If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- assistants — Plural form of assistant.
- assumpsits — Plural form of assumpsit.
- asteatosis — (pathology) Persistent dry scaling of the skin due to an absence or shortage of sebum.
- ateleiosis — the condition of having restricted or impaired growth