10-letter words containing a, n, r, c
- anemochore — a plant in which the fruits or seeds are dispersed by wind
- anemochory — the dispersal of plant seeds or spores by the wind.
- angora cat — a long-haired variety of cat, originating in Britain from crosses between Abyssinian and Siamese breeds in the 1960s
- anharmonic — of or concerned with an oscillation whose frequency is not an integral factor or multiple of the base frequency
- anhidrotic — curbing the secretion of sweat
- anisocoria — inequality in the size of the pupils.
- anisomeric — (of a chemical compound) lacking isomers
- announcers — Plural form of announcer.
- anorectics — Plural form of anorectic.
- answerback — a reply or answering message from a computer or other electronic device, as by means of teletypewriter or simulated voice.
- antarctica — a continent around the South Pole: consists of an ice-covered plateau, 1800–3000 m (6000 ft to 10 000 ft) above sea level, and mountain ranges rising to 4500 m (15 000 ft) with some volcanic peaks; average temperatures all below freezing and human settlement is confined to research stations. All political claims to the mainland are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959
- antecessor — a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before
- anthracene — a colourless tricyclic crystalline solid having a slight blue fluorescence, used in the manufacture of chemicals, esp diphenylamine and alizarin, and as crystals in scintillation counters. Formula: C6H4(CH)2C6H4
- anthracite — Anthracite is a type of very hard coal which burns slowly, producing a lot of heat and very little smoke.
- anthracoid — resembling anthrax
- anticancer — acting against cancer
- anticaries — characterized by an ability to prevent caries
- anticenter — Geology. the point on the surface of the earth diametrically opposite the epicenter of an earthquake.
- antichrist — the antagonist of Christ, expected by early Christians to appear and reign over the world until overthrown at Christ's Second Coming
- antichurch — opposed to the beliefs, practices, and adherents of the Christian church
- anticorona — a luminous edging around the shadow of an observer or the point where his or her shadow would fall, as thrown by the sun upon a cloud or fog bank.
- antidromic — (of nerve fibres) conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal
- antierotic — discouraging sexual desire
- antiheroic — relating to or in the manner of an antihero
- antipiracy — acting against the piracy of copyrighted material
- antiracial — of or relating to the social construct of race: racial diversity; racial stereotypes.
- antiracing — Opposing racing.
- antiracism — the policy of challenging racism and promoting racial tolerance
- antiracist — a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- apocryphon — something that is regarded as probably untrue
- appearance — When someone makes an appearance at a public event or in a broadcast, they take part in it.
- apprentice — An apprentice is a young person who works for someone in order to learn their skill.
- approvance — approval
- aprication — the act of sunbathing or basking in the sun
- arachnidan — (zoology) Any of the Arachnida.
- arachnoids — Plural form of arachnoid.
- aragonitic — relating to aragonite
- araucanian — a South American Indian language; thought to be an isolated branch of the Penutian phylum, spoken in Chile and W Argentina
- araucarian — related to or belonging to the genus Araucaria
- arc cosine — Trigonometry. the angle, measured in radians, that has a cosine equal to a given number. Symbol: cos −1. Abbreviation: arc cos;
- arc secant — the angle, measured in radians, that has a secant equal to a given number. Symbol: sec −1. Abbreviation: arc sec;
- arc second — Astronomy. second2 (def 4).
- archangels — Plural form of archangel.
- archdeacon — An archdeacon is a high-ranking clergyman who works as an assistant to a bishop, especially in the Anglican church.
- archegonia — the female reproductive organ in ferns, mosses, etc.
- archfiends — Plural form of archfiend.
- archipenko — Aleksandr Porfiryevich (alɪkˈsandr parˈfirjɪvitʃ). 1887– 1964, Russian sculptor and painter, in the US after 1923, whose work is characterized by economy of form
- archontate — an archon's period in office
- arciniegas — Germán [her-mahn] /hɛrˈmɑn/ (Show IPA), 1900–1999, Colombian author, editor, and diplomat.
- arctangent — the function the value of which for a given argument is the angle in radians (between –π/2 and π/2) the tangent of which is that argument: the inverse of the tangent function