10-letter words that end in e
- alanbrooke — Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount. 1883–1963, British field marshal; chief of Imperial General Staff (1941–46)
- albescence — becoming white; whitish.
- albumenize — to coat with a solution containing albumen or albumin
- albuminate — any of several substances formed from albumin by the action of acid or alkali
- albuminize — to convert into albumin
- albuminose — Alternative form of albuminous.
- alcoholate — any of a class of compounds, analogous to hydrates, containing chemically combined alcohol, as chloral alcoholate, C 4 Cl 3 H 7 O 2 .
- alcoholise — Alternative spelling of alcoholize.
- alcoholize — to turn into alcoholic drink, as by fermenting or mixing with alcohol
- aldohexose — any aldose containing six carbon atoms, such as glucose or mannose
- aldotriose — (carbohydrate) Any aldose having three carbon atoms; in reality, just glyceraldehyde.
- aleixandre — Vicente (viˈθɛnte). 1898–1984, Spanish poet, whose collections include La destrucción o el amor (1935; Destruction or Love): Nobel prize for literature 1977
- algerienne — a brightly striped woolen fabric used for tents, awnings, curtains, etc.
- alice blue — a pale grayish-blue color.
- alienative — the state of being alienated, withdrawn, or isolated from the objective world, as through indifference or disaffection: the group's alienation from mainstream society.
- alkalinize — to make alkaline
- all square — mutually clear of all debts or obligations
- all-in-one — All-in-one means having several different parts or several different functions.
- alla breve — a musical time signature indicating two or four minims to a bar
- allegeable — to assert without proof.
- allegiance — Your allegiance is your support for and loyalty to a particular group, person, or belief.
- allegorize — to transform (a story, narrative, fable, etc) into or compose in the form of allegory
- alley gate — a metal spiked gate erected behind a terrace of houses to deter burglars
- alliterate — to contain or cause to contain alliteration
- allocative — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- allomerize — to undergo allomerism.
- allow-none — (programming) An annotation in GTk documentation indicating that the annotated entity may be null.
- almoravide — a member of a fanatical people of Berber origin and Islamic faith, who founded an empire in N Africa that spread over much of Spain in the 11th century ad
- alongshore — close to, by, or along a shore
- alpestrine — (of plants) growing at high altitudes; subalpine
- alpha male — the dominant male animal or person in a group
- alpha wave — any of the electrical waves from the parietal and occipital regions of the brain, having frequencies from 8 to 13 hertz: a sign of relaxation, since they indicate a lack of sensory stimulation in a conscious person
- altar wine — wine for use in a Eucharistic service.
- altarpiece — An altarpiece is a work of art behind the altar in a church.
- alterative — likely or able to produce alteration
- alternance — alternation; regular change
- alto flute — a large flute pitched a perfect fourth lower than an ordinary flute.
- amalgamate — When two or more things, especially organizations, amalgamate or are amalgamated, they become one large thing.
- amantadine — an antiviral drug used in the treatment of some types of influenza and to reduce some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease
- amarantine — amaranthine
- ame damnee — a person who is willingly or blindly the tool of another person.
- ameliorate — If someone or something ameliorates a situation, they make it better or easier in some way.
- amiodarone — a substance, C 25 H 29 I 2 NO 3 , used in the treatment of heart arrhythmias.
- amlodipine — A long-acting calcium channel blocker used as an anti-hypertensive and in the treatment of angina.
- ammonolyze — to subject to ammonolysis.
- amoebalike — Having the characteristics of an amoeba.
- amoebocyte — any cell having properties similar to an amoeba, such as shape, mobility, and ability to engulf particles
- amoscanate — An experimental anthelmintic agent of the arylisothiocyanate class, found to be highly effective in animals against hookworms and the four major species of schistosomes, but possibly hepatotoxic.
- amphiphile — any of many organic compounds such as detergents combining both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties
- amphitrite — a sea goddess, wife of Poseidon and mother of Triton