10-Letter Words Starting with A

Aphorise

Inclined to quote maxims

Like an adage

Expressed pithily.

Aphorize

Breeding and care of bees

One might be keeping this, by the sound of it

Bringing up workers in a religious environment

Apiology

Apoapsis

Apocarpy

1. unquestionably true by virtue of demonstration

Like party avoiders (wordplay)

Like a no-party person (wordplay)

Word applying to few in Washington

In a sorry state (wordplay)

With hat in hand, perhaps

So sorry and disturbed, to ogle a pic

Said sorry for serving old sago pie

Expressed regret for what one has done

Expressed regret

Expresses regret for an initial self-confidence over record at school

Defenders of controversial stances, say

Defenders of the faith.

They have defensive ends

Began damage control, perhaps

Ended a spat, in a way

Expressed regrets

One who makes an apology; an apologist.

Eats humble pie

Makes excuses.

Apophony

8 captain briefly could get mad

Red with rage

Overcome with anger

Apoplexy

""Having or designating conspicuous or warning colors or structures indicative of special means of defense against enemies, as in the skunk.""

Apospory

Apostacy

Desertions of dogma

Reasons for excommunication

Religious defections

A comic Frenchman in group is to abandon principles

Abandon your principles with a job at one's expense initially

""To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered.""

Of or pertaining to the apothecium.

""The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.""

Highest point of development

Isotope has got as high as it gets

Model taking a drug, explosive old girl

Intended to ward off evil: an apotropaic symbol.

APPAREL to {clothe=v}

Banquo, for one.

Hamlet's father made one

Phantom pair in a top review

Apparitor

Additional sections of a book.

Supplements that might cause grumbling (wordplay)

Supplementary materials

Appendix

To perceive; to comprehend.

Belongs (to)

Forms a part of, with "to"

Forms a part of, with 'to'

Assorted pies and pates about right for hors d'oeuvres

Mince pies and a pint - good and tasty!

Mouth-watering

Quite mouthwatering - but gets a pip in by accident

""Having the quality of desiring gratification; as, appetitive power or faculty. as, appetitive power or faculty.""

Introductory courses (wordplay)

Starters on a menu

Appetize

Going like the clappers (wordplay)

Giving a hand around the house (wordplay)

Clapping etc

Mixers, for example

Electrical devices

Kitchen needs

Fit old man's back caught in elastic

Relevant, appropriate

Relevant program on TV about Blair regularly skipped

Hirer's interviewees

Job seekers.

Resume submitters

Nail polish brush, for example

Cosmetician's device.

Device used as a swab.

Supreme Court justices, e.g

Supreme Court justices, for example

Those taken on a quiet river current over another river

Assigning (to a post)

Designating.

It's not about rejecting a father losing article for blessing

""Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office. as, an appointive office.""

Doles out

APPOSITE {relevant=adj}

Putting side by side.

Proximity to a quiet location

Contiguity, grammatically

It may be set off by commas

Juxtaposed

Vehicle valuations

Estimates

Appraisee

They value the program and they up the ante

Informing about a judgmental activity

Sizing up

APPRAISE to set a value on

Increase (in value)

(Of asset) rise in value

Be fully aware of.

Sugarplum is what one gets!

Worker learning a trade

One is bound to be in training

Blue-green beryl

Birthstone for many Pisces

Gemstone a queen pinned to a soldier

Engraved on copper using resin and nitric acid

AQUATINT to etch using a certain process

""Consisting or conveying water or a watery fluid; as, aquiferous vessels; the aquiferous system. as, aquiferous vessels; the aquiferous system.""

Aquilegia

AQUILINE hooked like an eagle's beak

ARABICIZE

Arabicize

Arabinose

Arachnoid

Aragonite

""ARAGONITE A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.""

""Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian.""

Araucaria

Capable of being decided by arbitration; determinable.

ARBITRAGE Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.

Same as arbitrageur.arbitrageur.

Arbitrage

Settled a dispute

Resolves, as a contract dispute

Decides to barter, as it is damaged

Determines to get back her support it deserves

Grieve or Dascoli

Independent settler of dispute

Person authorized to decide a dispute.

Arborize

Virgil's tree of life

Coniferous hedge choice

Ornamental evergreen

Arccosine

Archaise

""Like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to an archaism.""

Archaize

Coy Joey (wordplay)

Provincial administrator (wordplay)

Canterbury tales subject

""Pl. archegonia (-n - ) A multicellular, often flask-shaped, egg-producing organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms.""

""A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Ch\'91todon rostratus.Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Ch\'91todon rostratus.""

Vampire Aristocrats, in Dungeons & Dragons

Ones making plans

Pritzker Prize winners

Bezaleel et al.

Frame for door or window

Beam resting on tops of columns.

Frame Alistair, vacuously taking tab at party

Record-keepers of a sort

They say Gemmill leaps over fancy formations

""A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.""

ARCTIC a warm waterproof overshoe

Arecoline

Areology

People of the pampas

Natives of Cordoba.

Argentite

Argillite

Arhatship

Aridness

Upperclass man (wordplay)

Effendi, for one

One of the upper crust

Activity for summer (wordplay)

Field of operations (wordplay)

R without an apostrophe (wordplay)

Toothless, burrowing animals.

Plated mammals

Burrowing mammals.

Armature

Bearing arms.

Armistice

ARMORIAL a book of coats-of-arms

AROMATIZE To impregnate with aroma; to render aromatic; to give a spicy scent or taste to; to perfume.

Makes fragrant

ARPEGGIATE

Charging in court

Putting on trial Arabian ruling is heard

Calling before a court to answer charge

Varying heartbeat

Lacking rhythm or regularity of rhythm: "a slight arrhythmic imperfection when the car idles" (Garrison Keillor).

Comes to accept first people on the make

Social climbers

Nouveaux riches

Claiming without right

Unfair claiming giro, rat on a suspect

Improper seizure.

Unjustified seizure.

Arsenical

Artemisia

ARTERIAL a type of {highway=n}

Of or pertaining to an arteriole.

Arteriole

Neuralgic pain in a joint or joints.

Neuralgic pain in a joint or joints.

Arthritic

Edible thistles that may be stuffed

Their hearts are often preserved in jars

Edible flower heads are so thick, oddly

Endowed with the power of speech.

Of Carney's film roles (wordplay)

A tacit rule that's broken, say

Expressing oneself clearly.

Skilled craftsmen

Mock trial, if CIA involved

Forced frail cat I upset to eat one

Kiss of life

Artiness

Puppetry and ventriloquism, for example

Skillful qualities

Arytenoid

Odoriferous gum resins.

Gum resin used medically

Foul-smelling but safe aid to a curry

Bitter medicine

Miner's disease

Chronic lung disease

Lung disease

Plural or third person singular

""A disease, usually accompanied by colicky pains and diarrhea, caused by the presence of ascarids in the gastrointestinal canal.""

Carbon tip in abseil device, suitable for climbers

Climbs

Finds out in case star gets worried

Finds out Isaac Stern is playing

Establishes for sure the chump has swallowed it

Austerity of a strict hermit

Discipline of mind and body.

Diogenes belief

Asclepiad

ASCOCARP a spore-producing organ of certain fungi

Pl. ascogonia (-n - ) The female reproductive organ of ascomycetous fungi.

ASCOSPORE One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi.

Attributable (to)

I give praise to Paris in a hundred shapes

Assignment

The act of ascribing.

Having no evident sex or sex organs.

Ashiness

""A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; called also altheine. C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; called also altheine.""

Asperate

Instruments for sprinkling holy water

Implements for sprinkling holy water

""Pl. aspergilli (-j l ) Any of various fungi of the genus Aspergillus, which includes many common molds.""

Asperity

Disparaging remarks about rap session

They're often cast in soap operas

Slurs on a person's reputation

Asphalt

Asphaltic.

ASPHERIC not spherical

Choke (to death)

After wrecking taxi he pays for throttle

Choke, but manage to pay his tax before the end of June

Huge house plant

Iris adapts, being adaptable plant

Plant rallied Ada's spirit

Pronouncing the "h" as in house

... to turn Paris into a dream, ...

Breathing in desire

Desire to Parisian is strange ...

Removers of some body fluids

Suction devices

Medical instruments removing fluids from cavities

Assagai

Cruise in a fur, open to attack

Open to attack

Given as seaworthy - but not secure against pirates

Hit makers, say

People who attack the workers

Pepper spray targets

No defence for such a pickling, by the sound of it

Making an assault.

Assegai

Diets for the party members with seats

Pep rallies

Doctor ambles; she is avoiding hospital gatherings

Gathering son wears same silly flash jewellery

They're said to be positive

Evict from service stations for opinions

Positive statements

Transferable

Reporter's stint

Task in which worker keeps messing about

Broken-down gents is man's task

Absorb and digest (food)

Take in a smile as it develops

Become part of the prevailing culture

When drunk, can siestas help (wordplay)

One may give this by hand

Help a relative, protected by position

All excited, sits with Santa's helpers

Associates fool with first workers

Right-hand men

Oasis acted badly in a group, perhaps

Kind of press

Got together, tossing coats aside

Star has business ones

Word in many law firm names

Law firm employees

""Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.""

Assumpsit

Guess feast day (wordplay)

Belief held without proof

Undertaking reform must pain so

As one might be, following tips resulting in cash hoarding

Star-shaped, as crystals

Needing explanation, perhaps

Marked danger branding a horse

Marked symbolically

Of small celestial bodies

Concerning certain space rocks

Of small planets like Ceres

Asthmatic

Not right insight (wordplay)

Suffering distortions of vision

Having double-vision

Knocked out a dishonest criminal

Amazed - and so is the organisation

Left slack-jawed

Staggers, due to ill-fitting satin shoes

Knocks for a loop

Surprises, this season, coming out

Adman's adjective

An observation about tenor: 'stunning'

Striking dumb with astonishment

Astrict

Caustic stinger ant outbreak!

Trains excited bloke, 17 (wordplay)

Sharp as wine with added peel, say

Astringe

ASTROCYTE a large star-shaped neuroglial cell in nervous tissue.