10-letter words containing a, n, u, r
- nurturance — warm and affectionate physical and emotional support and care.
- nutcracker — an instrument or device for cracking the shells of nuts.
- nutrasweet — a brand of artificial sweetener
- obduration — the process of becoming or the state of being obdurate, intractable and indifferent
- oberhausen — a city in W Germany, in the lower Ruhr valley.
- objuration — (rare) A firm binding by oath.
- obscurants — Plural form of obscurant.
- obtruncate — to slice or chop off the head or top part of
- obturation — to stop up; close.
- oceanarium — a large saltwater aquarium for the display and observation of fish and other marine life.
- octangular — having eight angles.
- omniparous — producing or generating all things
- on draught — Beer that is on draught is kept in and served from a barrel rather than a bottle.
- onocentaur — a centaur whose legs and body are that of a donkey as opposed to a horse
- orang-utan — a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species.
- orangeburg — a city in central South Carolina.
- orangequat — A citrus tree, a cross between an orange and a kumquat.
- orangutang — a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species.
- orangutans — Plural form of orangutan.
- outbargain — to surpass in bargaining
- outbraving — Present participle of outbrave.
- outgeneral — to outdo or surpass in generalship.
- outlanders — Plural form of outlander.
- outmigrant — A person who has migrated from one place to another, especially within a country.
- outraising — Present participle of outraise.
- outranging — Present participle of outrange.
- outranking — Present participle of outrank.
- outstaring — Present participle of outstare.
- 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
- overabound — (intransitive) To be too abundant or plentiful.
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- panaritium — a whitlow
- pancratium — (in ancient Greece) an athletic contest combining wrestling and boxing.
- pandurated — fiddle-shaped
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- panjandrum — a self-important or pretentious official.
- pannicular — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
- pantagruel — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- papandreou — Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (George) 1919–1996, Greek political leader: premier 1981–89 (son of George Papandreou).
- paperbound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
- paraguayan — a republic in central South America between Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina. 157,047 sq. mi. (406,750 sq. km). Capital: Asunción.
- paronymous — containing the same root or stem, as the words wise and wisdom.
- parturient — bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
- peduncular — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- penannular — having the shape or design of an incomplete circle.
- peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- pentaquark — a subatomic particle consisting of four quarks and one antiquark
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- perdurance — permanence; the quality of lasting or enduring forever