10-letter words containing a, n, o, r
- acronymous — 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.
- adderstone — a prehistoric ornamental bead
- addression — (obsolete) The act of addressing or directing one's course.
- adenoviral — relating to an adenovirus
- adenovirus — any of a group of viruses that can cause upper respiratory diseases in man
- adiaphoron — a thing of indifference
- 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.
- adjuration — a solemn charge or command
- admiration — Admiration is a feeling of great liking and respect for a person or thing.
- admonisher — One who admonishes.
- admonitory — admonishing; warning
- adorations — Plural form of adoration.
- adornments — Plural form of adornment.
- adrenalone — An adrenergic agonist used as a topical vasoconstrictor and hemostatic.
- adrianople — Edirne
- adroitness — expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- adsorption — an adsorbing or being adsorbed; adhesion of the molecules of a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance to a surface
- aerobeacon — A light used to warn aircraft away from tall structures.
- aeromancer — A practitioner of aeromancy.
- aeromarine — relating to navigation of aircraft above the ocean.
- aeronautic — relating to air companies
- aeronomist — a scientist who studies the upper atmosphere
- aerophones — Plural form of aerophone.
- aeroplanes — Plural form of aeroplane.
- aeroponics — aeroculture.
- aeruginous — bluish-green, like copper rust
- affordance — A potential action that is made possible by a given object or environment; especially, one that is made easily discoverable.
- affronting — a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult: an affront to the king.
- affrontive — characterized by a propensity to cause offence
- aforenamed — Named earlier in a document.
- afro-asian — of or relating to both Africa and Asia, esp as part of the Third World
- afro-chain — (in the Caribbean) a large chain necklace with a central pendant: usually worn with a dashiki by men
- afro-cuban — of or relating to a type of jazz influenced by Cuban variants of African rhythms
- afternoone — Obsolete spelling of afternoon.
- afternoons — during the afternoon, esp regularly
- aggeration — A heaping up; accumulation.
- aggression — Aggression is a quality of anger and determination that makes you ready to attack other people.
- agrégation — (in France) a civil service examination for some posts in secondary and higher education
- agronomial — of or relating to agronomy
- agronomics — the branch of economics dealing with the distribution, management, and productivity of land
- agronomist — An agronomist is someone who studies the growing and harvesting of crops.
- agrypnotic — inducing, relating to, or characterized by insomnia
- alabastron — a jar characteristically having an elongated shape, narrow neck, flat-rimmed mouth, and rounded base requiring a stand or support, chiefly used for fragrant ointments.
- alanbrooke — Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount. 1883–1963, British field marshal; chief of Imperial General Staff (1941–46)
- alcoranist — a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.