10-letter words starting with a
- airbrushes — Plural form of airbrush.
- aircrewman — a member of an aircrew.
- airdropped — Simple past tense and past participle of airdrop.
- airfreight — a method or service for transporting cargo by air
- airlifting — Present participle of airlift.
- airmailing — Present participle of airmail.
- airmanship — the skill or art of flying an aircraft
- airstreams — Plural form of airstream.
- airstrikes — Plural form of airstrike.
- airwaybill — An airbill.
- airy-fairy — If you describe someone's ideas as airy-fairy, you are critical of them because you think the ideas are vague, impractical, and unrealistic.
- aisi steel — any steel made to conform to the standard chemical compositions generally accepted by the U.S. steel industry and its principal customers.
- aisle seat — a seat, esp on a plane, situated at the end of a row, adjacent to the aisle
- akaryocyte — A cell that has no nucleus.
- akiapolaau — a rare yellow Hawaiian honeycreeper, Hemignathus munroi, having a long slender down-curved upper bill and a short straight lower bill.
- aktyubinsk — city in W Kazakhstan: pop. 248,000
- al manamah — Manama.
- al-battani — Battani.
- al-bukhari — Muhammad ibn Ismaʿil [ib-uh n is-mah-eel] /ˈɪb ən ɪsˈmɑ il/ (Show IPA), a.d. 810–870, a collector of the Hadith.
- al-ubayyid — El Obeid
- alabandite — a mineral form of manganese sulphide (MnS) with cubic crystals
- alabastron — a jar characteristically having an elongated shape, narrow neck, flat-rimmed mouth, and rounded base requiring a stand or support, chiefly used for fragrant ointments.
- alabastrum — alabastron.
- alacritous — cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
- alamogordo — city in S N.Mex.: pop. 36,000: site of testing range where first atomic bomb was exploded (July, 1945)
- alanbrooke — Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount. 1883–1963, British field marshal; chief of Imperial General Staff (1941–46)
- alarm call — a telephone call that someone arranges to have made in order to wake him or her up in the morning
- alarmclock — Misspelling of alarm clock.
- alarmingly — causing alarm or fear: an alarming case of pneumonia; an alarming lack of respect.
- alaska cod — a cod, Gadus macrocephalus.
- alba iulia — a city in W central Romania, on the Muresul River; the historic capital of Transylvania.
- alba longa — a city of ancient Latium, southeast of modern Rome: the legendary birthplace of Romulus and Remus
- alban berg — Alban [ahl-bahn,, ahl-bahn] /ɑlˈbɑn,, ˈɑl bɑn/ (Show IPA), 1885–1935, Austrian composer.
- albert lea — a city in S Minnesota.
- albescence — becoming white; whitish.
- albigenses — members of a Manichean sect that flourished in S France from the 11th to the 13th century
- albinistic — Of or pertaining to albinism.
- albondigas — Small meatballs, prepared in the Mexican, Spanish, or South American way.
- albumblatt — a short occasional instrumental composition, usually light in character
- albumenize — to coat with a solution containing albumen or albumin
- albumenoid — Alternative form of albuminoid.
- albuminate — any of several substances formed from albumin by the action of acid or alkali
- albuminize — to convert into albumin
- albuminoid — resembling albumin
- albuminose — Alternative form of albuminous.
- albuminous — of or containing albumin
- alcaiceria — a silk market
- alchemical — Alchemical means relating to the science of alchemy.
- alchemists — Plural form of alchemist.
- alchemized — Simple past tense and past participle of alchemize.