10-letter words containing a, n, d, i, r, o
- octandrian — relating to the classification Octandria or those plants that have eight stamens
- oil-harden — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
- onboarding — (business) The process of bringing a new employee on board, incorporating training and orientation.
- orcharding — the cultivation of orchards
- ordainable — able to be ordained
- ordainment — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- ordinances — Plural form of ordinance.
- ordinaries — Plural form of ordinary.
- ordinarily — most of the time; generally; usually: Ordinarily he wakes at seven.
- ordinately — in an ordered manner
- ordinating — Present participle of ordinate.
- ordination — Ecclesiastical. the act or ceremony of ordaining.
- ordinative — Tending to ordain; directing; giving orders.
- ordovician — noting or pertaining to a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, from 500 million to 425 million years ago, notable for the advent of fish.
- orientated — Having a specific orientation.
- originated — Simple past tense and past participle of originate.
- ouvirandra — former name for the lattice-leaf plant Aponogeton madagascariensis, an aquatic plant from Madagascar, with leaves like a lattice spreading under the surface of the water
- palindrome — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- patronised — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- pro-indian — Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos.
- pyramidion — a miniature pyramid, as at the apex of an obelisk.
- pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
- quadricone — a quadric surface swept out by a straight line that passes through a fixed point such that no straight line can intersect it at more than two points
- radication — the act or process of taking root
- radio link — radio communication setup
- radiogenic — Physics. produced by radioactive decay: radiogenic lead; radiogenic heat.
- radiophone — a radiotelephone.
- radiosonde — an instrument that is carried aloft by a balloon to send back information on atmospheric temperature, pressure, and humidity by means of a small radio transmitter.
- rain cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
- rain-cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
- rained off — cancelled or postponed on account of rain
- randomwise — in a random manner
- rawinsonde — a method of upper-atmosphere meteorological observation conducted by means of a radiosonde tracked by radar.
- readoption — the adoption of something or someone again
- redondilla — a Spanish verse form in which each stanza consists of four lines, each with eight syllables, and a rhyme scheme abba.
- richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
- rio grande — a city in NE Puerto Rico.
- ritardando — becoming gradually slower
- road train — a convoy of motor vehicles.
- road-train — a convoy of motor vehicles.
- roadmaking — road building
- roman ride — a method of horseback riding in which a person stands astride a pair of horses.
- sanforized — (of a fabric) preshrunk using a patented process
- sang-froid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- sarcodines — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- sideration — sudden paralysis of a part of the body
- sit around — be idle, lounge about