10-letter words containing a, r, d
- asteroidal — relating to asteroids
- asteroidea — the class comprising the starfishes.
- astrodomes — Plural form of astrodome.
- atascadero — a town in SW California.
- atevirdine — A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that has been studied for the treatment of HIV.
- attributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- audiograms — Plural form of audiogram.
- audiograph — a machine used to test a patient's hearing by transmitting sound waves directly to the inner ear
- audiometer — an instrument for testing the intensity and frequency range of sound that is capable of detection by the human ear
- audiometry — the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.
- auditioner — a person who attends an audition
- auditorily — in an auditory manner, by hearing
- auditorium — An auditorium is the part of a theatre or concert hall where the audience sits.
- aurangabad — city in central Maharashtra, W India: pop. 573,000
- australoid — denoting, relating to, or belonging to a supposed racial group that includes the native Australians and certain other peoples of southern Asia and the Pacific islands.
- authorised — Alternative spelling of authorized.
- authorized — officially permitted or empowered
- autodialer — An electronic device that dials telephone numbers randomly or from a list and may also leave messages and request information.
- autoloader — stack loader
- autostrada — an Italian motorway
- autowinder — a battery-operated device for advancing the film in a camera automatically after each exposure
- auxocardia — enlargement of the heart, as by hypertrophy or dilatation.
- avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
- avvogadore — an official Venetian criminal prosecutor
- award wage — (in Australia and New Zealand) statutory minimum pay for a particular group of workers
- awkwardish — slightly awkward
- ayurvedics — a therapeutic system based on the Ayurveda
- azhdarchid — Any member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of pterosaurs known primarily from the late Cretaceous including some of the largest known flying animals of all time.
- baby grand — a small grand piano, approximately 5 feet long
- back order — an order to be filled when stock is renewed
- back-order — to treat as a back order: We have to back-order your sofa until the new fabric arrives.
- backboards — Plural form of backboard.
- backburned — Simple past tense and past participle of backburn.
- 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.
- backhander — A backhander is an amount of money that is illegally paid to someone in a position of authority in order to encourage them to do something.
- backslider — A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
- backswords — Plural form of backsword.
- backvelder — a person who lives in a backveld
- backwardly — In a backward direction.
- bacon rind — the outer edge of a slice of bacon, corresponding to the skin of the pig
- bad breath — halitosis.
- bad mester — a term for the devil, used when speaking to children
- bainbridge — Beryl.1934–2010, British novelist and playwright. Novels include The Dressmaker (1973), Injury Time (1977), Master Georgie (1998), and According to Queeney (2001)
- balderdash — If you say that something that has been said or written is balderdash, you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
- balladeers — Plural form of balladeer.
- ballardian — of James Graham Ballard (1930–2009), the British novelist, or his works
- balustrade — A balustrade is a railing or wall on a balcony or staircase.
- band brake — a brake using a brake band.
- 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.
- banderilla — a decorated barbed dart, thrust into the bull's neck or shoulder