10-Letter Words Starting with A

Make an acronym of, perhaps

Shorten (a word)

Bribe a vet with a new contract

Offensive description of a snowman

Like a snowman.

Causing moral revulsion

ABSOLUTE self-existent

ABSOLUTE self-existent

Tending to suck up

Tending to soak up

Practice of refraining (from alcohol)

If you pass the bar, what will it mean?

Non-partaking (of liquor)

Having a ramp, say

Open to be got at

Easy to talk to; approachable

Second place comic played

Criminal's associate

Helper in wrongdoing

The case for the prosecution (wordplay)

Prosecution's case (wordplay)

Case which needs objective prosecuting

Able to be accomplished

If you get it, it must be so

'It can be done - somehow I have' (Cable)

Stony meteorite

Growing well in an acid medium: acidophilic bacteria.

Capable of being acquired.

""A readily polymerized amide, C 3 H 5 NO, derived from acrylic acid and used in synthetic fibers and sewage treatment. It is a carcinogen and is present in some foods, especially starches and cereals that are cooked at high temperatures.""

A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.

Worth trying (wordplay)

Possibly libellous (wordplay)

Giving grounds for a lawsuit

Maybe detain a man of unyielding nature

Hard type of man, worker in Eden originally

A barrier against Tyneside must be unbreakable

Decide (between claims or in games)

Decide officially on a dispute

Hear and decide (a case).

Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct.

Like certain evidence

Like some evidence

(As evidence in court) valid

Maiden, with tact, ordered entree

Letting in a ball stopped by hand

Permission to enter

Rush before a flight (wordplay)

It can give you a rush

Stimulator of ideal Queen Anne building

Having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface; displaying adsorption.adsorption.

Proceeding from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious; without the support of law; illegal.

ADVOCATE to plead in favour of

""A binucleate spore of a rust fungus, formed in a chainlike series in an aecium.""

AEROSOL a spray released under pressure

A story about company that may be ratified

Warm around volcanic rim, so may be asserted

Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act.

Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.

Flashbulb effect, for example

Lingering impression on the eye

Flashbulb effect

Additional short sketch.

M1's in time to expand

Magnify; increase power of

Make greater grade gains after revision

Exaggerate

Wild, wild raves and gigs on Ecstasy

Like a winning tournament player*

Combative - pushing

""ALKALINE containing an alkali, also ALKALIN""

Loyalty, say, found in Nato maybe

Loyalty, say, within marriage

Loyalty, say, found in union

ALLEGE to assert without proof

Show by storytelling

Everyone repeat! (wordplay)

Say tongue twisters, maybe

Say a tongue twister, maybe

Art for the masses (wordplay)

Communion table screen

Painting placed prominently in church

""An antiviral drug, C 10 H 17 NHCl, also used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.""

Make better meal, or I eat junk!

Make an unpleasant situation better

Make improvements to

AMERCE to fine or punish

English word

Gold place in which land is mined for mineral

Microscopic organism

Microscopic creature

Being very small but old-womanish about bad French copper

Adjective meaning resembling

Hammer a nail in the bust

Hit an alien ordered to exterminate

Dynamite, say

Serving to explain

Explanatory

Mutant canine tuna, say

Declare girl in acute trouble

Announce (arch.)

""Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles, which can carry the malaria parasite and transmit the disease to humans.""

Make an enemy of.

Rub the wrong way

Make an enemy of

I burn, but break your heart? I can't!

Hard, lustrous coal

Hard type of coal

Prepare for (a future event)

Predict - ape in attic (anagram)

Expect worker here for the French spread

Misogynous

Alcohol, for one.

Opposed to a cap on wages (wordplay)

Alcohol needed for driving (wordplay)

Word with prefix anti-

In favor of the great indoors, maybe

PLAGUE to pester or annoy

PLAQUE an ornamental plate or disk

Unable to stand the heat (wordplay)

""An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever.""

STRIKE to {hit=v}

Breeding and care of bees

One might be keeping this, by the sound of it

Bringing up workers in a religious environment

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.""

To perceive; to comprehend.

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

Fit old man's back caught in elastic

Relevant, appropriate

Relevant program on TV about Blair regularly skipped

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

It may be set off by commas

Juxtaposed

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

Capable of being decided by arbitration; determinable.

Virgil's tree of life

Coniferous hedge choice

Ornamental evergreen

Frame for door or window

Beam resting on tops of columns.

Frame Alistair, vacuously taking tab at party

ARPEGGIATE

Of Carney's film roles (wordplay)

A tacit rule that's broken, say

Expressing oneself clearly.

Carbon tip in abseil device, suitable for climbers

Attributable (to)

The act of ascribing.

""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.""

Asphaltic.

Choke (to death)

After wrecking taxi he pays for throttle

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

Cruise in a fur, open to attack

Open to attack

Given as seaworthy - but not secure against pirates

Making an assault.

Transferable

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

As one might be, following tips resulting in cash hoarding

Like some goals

Not so far as a star.

Within reach

Easy on the ol' windows to the soul

Pleasing to the eye

In good taste

Emery phor buphs (wordplay)

One making a sound investment (wordplay)

Hi-fi fan.

AURICULAE

Such a response is not wanted from setter's in-car mobile menu

Prepare to mass-produce, say

Jaguar, for one

Road-test need

Welcome graduation gift.

Why they eyed the showroom (wordplay)

Why they eyed the showroom?

Relating to motor vehicles

Cause a body part to undergo autotomy.

An undertaking to clad home in glass

Rearing and care of birds.

AXIOMATIZE