10-letter words containing a, n, o, i
- acetonuria — ketonuria.
- acherontic — Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund.
- achondrite — a rare stony meteorite that consists mainly of silicate minerals and has the texture of igneous rock but contains no chondrules
- achromatin — the material of the nucleus of a cell that does not stain with basic dyes
- achromycin — tetracycline
- acidogenic — producing acid, as bacteria, or causing acidity, as of the urine.
- acinaceous — containing or consisting of kernels, particularly the seeds or stones of grapes
- acinarious — covered with globose vesicles resembling grape seeds, as certain algae.
- acronyming — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- acrophonic — the use of what was originally a logogram as a phonetic symbol for the initial sound of the word the logogram represented, as, in Semitic writing, the use of a picture of a shepherd's crook to represent the sound (l), the first sound of lamed, the Hebrew word for a shepherd's crook.
- acroterion — acroterium.
- actiniform — having radial form; rayed
- actinogram — the record produced by the action of an actinograph.
- actinolite — a green mineral of the amphibole group consisting of calcium magnesium iron silicate. Formula: Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
- actinology — the science of light rays and their chemical effects
- actinopods — any protozoan of the subclass Actinopoda, including the heliozoans and radiolarians, having stiff, rodlike, radiating pseudopodia.
- actinozoan — anthozoan
- action man — a person who relishes physical activity
- actionable — If something that you do or say to someone is actionable, it gives them a valid reason for bringing a legal case against you.
- actionably — In an actionable manner.
- actionless — inactive, without action
- activation — to make active; cause to function or act.
- actomyosin — a complex protein in skeletal muscle that is formed by actin and myosin and which, when stimulated, shortens to cause muscle contraction
- actuations — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- ad hominem — directed against a person rather than against his arguments
- adaptation — An adaptation of a book or play is a film or a television programme that is based on it.
- addictions — Plural form of addiction.
- addisonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Joseph Addison or his works.
- additional — Additional things are extra things apart from the ones already present.
- addression — (obsolete) The act of addressing or directing one's course.
- adenosines — Plural form of adenosine.
- adenoviral — relating to an adenovirus
- adenovirus — any of a group of viruses that can cause upper respiratory diseases in man
- adequation — Equivalence.
- adhesional — relating to adhesion
- adiaphoron — a thing of indifference
- adipokines — Plural form of adipokine.
- adirondack — a member of an Algonquian people living mainly north of the St. Lawrence River.
- adjourning — to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.
- adjunction — (in phrase-structure grammar) the relationship between a branch of a tree representing a sentence to other branches to its left or right that descend from the same node immediately above
- adjuration — a solemn charge or command
- admiration — Admiration is a feeling of great liking and respect for a person or thing.
- admissions — the procedure for admitting students to study at a college, university, or school
- admonished — to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
- admonisher — One who admonishes.
- admonishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admonish.
- admonition — An admonition is a warning or criticism about someone's behaviour.
- admonitive — relating to admonition; admonitory
- admonitory — admonishing; warning
- adnominals — Plural form of adnominal.