10-letter words containing a, n, o, r
- ascription — the act of ascribing
- asgeirsson — Asgeir [ahs-gair] /ˈɑs gɛər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1972, Icelandic statesman: president 1952–68.
- asia minor — large peninsula in W Asia, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, including Asiatic Turkey west of an undefined line from the Gulf of Iskenderun to the Black Sea
- ask around — If you ask around or ask round, you ask several people a question.
- asperation — The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
- aspersions — disparaging or malicious remarks; slanderous accusations
- aspiration — Someone's aspirations are their desire to achieve things.
- assentator — a person who agrees or acquiesces in a compliant or fawning manner
- assertions — Plural form of assertion.
- assortment — An assortment is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities.
- astriction — to bind fast; constrain.
- astrionics — the science dealing with the application of electronics to astronautics.
- astromancy — divination by means of the stars.
- astronauts — Plural form of astronaut.
- astronomer — An astronomer is a scientist who studies the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.
- astronomic — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- asynchrony — a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
- atef-crown — a symbolic headdress of certain Egyptian gods, as Osiris, and of Egyptian kings, consisting of a tall conical cap flanked by two plumes and bearing representations of the uraeus and the sun.
- atropatene — Media Atropatene.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attenuator — any device designed to reduce the power of a wave or electrical signal without distorting it
- attornment — (feudal legal) The consent of a tenant to the transfer of his relationship to his landlord to another person.
- attraction — An attraction is a feature which makes something interesting or desirable.
- au courant — up-to-date, esp in knowledge of current affairs
- auctionary — of or relating to auctions or auctioneers
- auctioneer — An auctioneer is a person in charge of an auction.
- auditioner — a person who attends an audition
- auguration — The practice of augury.
- aureomycin — chlortetracycline
- ausforming — a treatment to strengthen hard steels, prior to quenching, in which the specimen is plastically deformed while it is in the austenite temperature range
- autowinder — a battery-operated device for advancing the film in a camera automatically after each exposure
- aversation — (obsolete) A turning from with dislike; aversion.
- axonometry — the branch of crystallography concerned with measurement of the axes of crystals
- background — Your background is the kind of family you come from and the kind of education you have had. It can also refer to such things as your social and racial origins, your financial status, or the type of work experience that you have.
- backronyms — Plural form of backronym.
- bacon rind — the outer edge of a slice of bacon, corresponding to the skin of the pig
- band razor — a safety razor with a replaceable head whose cutting edge is a narrow band of steel that can be wound forward, exposing a new, sharp section.
- banderoles — Plural form of banderole.
- bandoleers — Plural form of bandoleer.
- bandoleros — Plural form of bandolero.
- bandoliers — Plural form of bandolier.
- bankrolled — money in one's possession; monetary resources.
- bankroller — the person or organization that provides the finance for a project, business, etc
- baragnosis — loss of the ability to estimate or perceive the weight of an object.
- bare bones — The bare bones of something are its most basic parts or details.
- bare owner — a person who has bare ownership of a property
- bargain on — to rely or depend on (something)
- bargainous — (informal) cheap (characteristic of a bargain).
- bargestone — any of several stones forming the sloping edge of a gable.
- barleycorn — a grain of barley, or barley itself