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Ten Letter Words A-Z

These words are all ten letters long, and start with each letter of the alphabet. From the clues, can you work them out?
Also in this series: Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen Letter Words A-Z
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Last updated: September 26, 2015
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First submittedSeptember 8, 2015
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Hint
Word
A
high-ranking diplomat
ambassador
B
board game with 15 pieces each
backgammon
C
to go around; bypass
circumvent
D
left speechless; stunned
dumbstruck
E
eagerness, excited interest
enthusiasm
F
to indicate beforehand
foreshadow
G
record player; phonograph
gramophone
H
fear of gay people
homophobia
I
unable to read
illiterate
J
newspaper reporter
journalist
K
Australian "laughing" bird
kookaburra
L
Bavarian leather shorts
lederhosen
M
puppet on strings
marionette
 
Hint
Word
N
ancient city's cemetery
necropolis
O
science of childbirth
obstetrics
P
treat milk by killing bacteria
pasteurize
Q
asks the questions on gameshows
quizmaster
R
early rock and roll music style
rockabilly
S
study of earthquakes
seismology
T
percussion instrument
tambourine
U
universally agreed upon
undisputed
V
animal with a skeleton
vertebrate
W
someone who does nothing but work
workaholic
X
dry climate plant, eg cactus
xerophytic
Y
bridge hand with no card over 9
yarborough
Z
veering left-right-left while moving
zigzagging
Eutychus
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Level 90
Sep 9, 2015
I think xerophilic would work too.
TenThousand
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Level 76
Sep 9, 2015
In this case, the relevant adjective for xerophile is xerophilous, which puts us one letter over.
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