10-letter words containing a, d, r, o
- advocators — to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers.
- advocatory — of an advocate
- aerobridge — A telescoping corridor that extends from an airport terminal to an aircraft and allows secure boarding and disembarkation of passengers.
- aerodromes — Plural form of aerodrome.
- affordable — If something is affordable, most people have enough money to buy it.
- affordably — in an affordable or reasonably priced manner
- affordance — A potential action that is made possible by a given object or environment; especially, one that is made easily discoverable.
- afforested — Simple past and past participle of afforest.
- aforenamed — Named earlier in a document.
- aforesaide — Archaic spelling of aforesaid.
- afterwords — Plural form of afterword.
- afterworld — a world inhabited after death
- aid worker — a person who works for an aid agency
- air-cooled — An air-cooled engine is prevented from getting too hot when it is running by cool air that passes over it, rather than being cooled by a liquid.
- air-logged — (of a pump or system of piping) hindered in its functioning by an air lock; air-bound.
- airdropped — Simple past tense and past participle of airdrop.
- alamogordo — city in S N.Mex.: pop. 36,000: site of testing range where first atomic bomb was exploded (July, 1945)
- alderwoman — (in England and Wales until 1974) one of the senior female members of a local council, elected by other councillors
- alderwomen — Plural form of alderwoman.
- aldotriose — (carbohydrate) Any aldose having three carbon atoms; in reality, just glyceraldehyde.
- alessandro — Victor Nicholas, 1915–76, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- alexandros — Alexander (def 2).
- all-around — You say all around to indicate that something affects all parts of a situation or all members of a group.
- allargando — (to be performed) with increasing slowness
- almoravide — a member of a fanatical people of Berber origin and Islamic faith, who founded an empire in N Africa that spread over much of Spain in the 11th century ad
- ambassador — An ambassador is an important official who lives in a foreign country and represents his or her own country's interests there.
- amendatory — serving to amend; corrective
- amiodarone — a substance, C 25 H 29 I 2 NO 3 , used in the treatment of heart arrhythmias.
- anadromous — (of fishes such as the salmon) migrating up rivers from the sea in order to breed
- anchor bed — a sloping, slightly projecting platform on the forecastle of a ship, for supporting an anchor when not in use.
- andragogic — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
- androcracy — social and political rule by men.
- androecium — the stamens of a flowering plant collectively
- androgenic — any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics.
- androgynal — Androgynous.
- androgynes — Plural form of androgyne.
- andromache — the wife of Hector
- andromaque — a tragedy (1667) by Racine.
- andropause — the period, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55, during which a man's testosterone levels may fall, leading to a reduction in vigour and sexual drive
- androphore — an extension of the receptacle carrying the androecium and the gynoecium, typical of the caper family (Capparidaceae)
- andropogon — (botany) Any member of the grass genus Andropogon.
- androspore — the zoospore of certain algae that develops into a small male plant producing antherozoids.
- angledozer — a bulldozer with an angled blade which allows earth to be pushed aside
- anhidrosis — the absence of sweating
- anhidrotic — curbing the secretion of sweat
- anhydrosis — the deficiency or absence of perspiration; adiaphoresis.
- anthracoid — resembling anthrax
- anthropoid — resembling man
- antidromic — (of nerve fibres) conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal
- antimodern — opposed to modern attitudes