10-letter words that end in s
- alcibiades — 450–404 bc, Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War: brilliant, courageous, and unstable, he defected to the Spartans in 415, but returned and led the Athenian victories at Abydos (411) and Cyzicus (410)
- alcoholics — Plural form of alcoholic.
- alderflies — Plural form of alderfly.
- alexanders — a biennial umbelliferous plant, Smyrnium olusatrum, native to S Europe, with dense umbels of yellow-green flowers and black fruits
- alexandros — Alexander (def 2).
- alexicacus — an epithet of Apollo, meaning “averter of evil,” in reference to his dispelling a plague that afflicted the Athenian forces in the Peloponnesian War.
- alger hiss — Alger, 1904–96, U.S. public official, accused of espionage 1948 and imprisoned for perjury 1950–54.
- algol 68rs — (language) An extension of ALGOL 68 supporting function closures by the Royal Signals Radar Establishment, Malvern UK. It has been ported to Multics and VAX/VMS.
- algorithms — Plural form of algorithm.
- alienators — Plural form of alienator.
- alignments — Plural form of alignment.
- alisanders — Alternative form of alexanders (plant).
- aliterates — Plural form of aliterate.
- all smiles — If you say that someone is all smiles, you mean that they look very happy, often when they have previously been worried or upset about something.
- all thumbs — clumsy
- all-comers — You use all-comers to refer to everyone who wants to take part in an activity, especially a competition.
- all-elbows — (jargon) Said of a TSR (terminate-and-stay-resident) mess-dos program, such as the N pop-up calendar and calculator utilities that circulate on BBS systems: unsociable. Used to describe a program that rudely steals the resources that it needs without considering that other TSRs may also be resident. One particularly common form of rudeness is lock-up due to programs fighting over the keyboard interrupt.
- allegories — Plural form of allegory.
- allergists — Plural form of allergist.
- alleviates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alleviate.
- allhallows — All Saints' Day
- alliaceous — of or relating to Allium, a genus of plants that have a strong onion or garlic smell and often have bulbs: family Alliaceae. The genus occurs in the N hemisphere and includes onion, garlic, leek, chive, and shallot
- alligators — either of two broad-snouted crocodilians of the genus Alligator, of the southeastern U.S. and eastern China.
- allogamous — cross-fertilization in plants (opposed to autogamy).
- allografts — Plural form of allograft.
- allographs — Plural form of allograph.
- allomorphs — Plural form of allomorph.
- allophones — Plural form of allophone.
- allosaurus — any of a genus (Allosaurus) of huge, carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods
- allostasis — The process by which the body responds to stressors in order to regain homeostasis.
- allotments — Plural form of allotment.
- allotropes — Plural form of allotrope.
- allowables — that may be allowed; legitimate; permissible: an allowable tax deduction.
- allowances — Plural form of allowance.
- almandines — Plural form of almandine.
- almshouses — Plural form of almshouse.
- alpenhorns — Plural form of alpenhorn.
- alphavirus — Any virus of the genus Alphavirus (family Togaviridae).
- alternates — Plural form of alternate.
- altimeters — Plural form of altimeter.
- altiplanos — Plural form of altiplano.
- aluminates — Plural form of aluminate.
- alutaceous — Zoology. covered with minute cracks or wrinkles and having a pale, leathery-brown color.
- alveolitis — an inflammation of the alveoli, occurring either in the lungs or in the socket of a tooth
- amanuenses — a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another; secretary.
- amanuensis — a person employed to take dictation or to copy manuscripts
- amaranthus — Any of the genus Amaranthus; an amaranth.
- amarynceus — a king of Messene who ruled Elis with Augeas and who was slain by Nestor in a war against the Pylians.
- amatorious — amatorial
- amazeballs — an expression of enthusiastic approval