10-letter words containing a, r, n, o
- fractioned — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- franchisor — Also, franchisor [fran-chahy-zer, fran-chuh-zawr] /ˈfræn tʃaɪ zər, ˌfræn tʃəˈzɔr/ (Show IPA). a person or company that grants a franchise.
- franconian — a group of West Germanic dialects or languages, consisting of Frankish and the dialects descended from Frankish.
- frappucino — Any of several forms of partially frozen cappuccino coffee.
- fraunhofer — Joseph von [joh-zuh f von,, -suh f;; German yoh-zef fuh n] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf vɒn,, -səf;; German ˈyoʊ zɛf fən/ (Show IPA), 1787–1826, German optician and physicist.
- freedwoman — a woman who has been freed from slavery.
- freemasons — a member of a widely distributed secret order (Free and Accepted Masons) having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.
- freshwoman — A female first-year student at a university, college, or high school.
- frictional — of, relating to, or of the nature of friction.
- frobnicate — /frob'ni-kayt/ (Possibly from frobnitz, and usually abbreviated to frob, but "frobnicate" is recognised as the official full form). To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. One frequently frobs bits or other 2-state devices. Thus: "Please frob the light switch" (that is, flip it), but also "Stop frobbing that clasp; you'll break it". One also sees the construction "to frob a frob". Usage: frob, twiddle, and tweak sometimes connote points along a continuum. "Frob" connotes aimless manipulation; "twiddle" connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse search for a proper setting; "tweak" connotes fine-tuning. If someone is turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's carefully adjusting it, he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the screen, he is probably twiddling it; but if he's just doing it because turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it. The variant "frobnosticate" has also been reported.
- front-load — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- front-page — of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.
- front-rank — among the best or most important; foremost; topnotch.
- frontality — the representation of the front view of figures or objects in a work of art.
- frontstall — chanfron.
- frontwards — in a direction toward the front.
- frontwoman — The lead female singer in a band.
- fulminator — One who fulminates, or criticizes intensely.
- funeration — (obsolete) the act of burying with funeral rites.
- furanoside — any glycoside compound in the furanose form
- gadrooning — ornamentation with gadroons.
- gamma iron — Metallurgy. an allotrope of iron, stable between 910°C and 1400°C and having a face-centered cubic lattice.
- gangliform — having the form of a ganglion.
- gangrenous — necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
- gansevoort — Peter, 1749–1812, U.S. general: soldier in the American Revolutionary War.
- gardenhood — The state of being a garden; the status, respect, or appearance befitting a proper garden.
- garrisoned — a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
- gasconader — A great boaster; a blusterer.
- gastronome — a connoisseur of good food; gourmet; epicure.
- gastronomy — the art or science of good eating.
- gastroporn — the representation of food in a highly sensual manner
- generation — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- generators — Plural form of generator.
- germantown — a NW section of Philadelphia, Pa.: American defeat by British 1777.
- get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- girandoles — Plural form of girandole.
- glamouring — Present participle of glamour.
- glanderous — Characteristic of, pertaining to, or afflicted by glanders.
- glandiform — (anatomy) Shaped like, resembling, or characteristic of glands.
- go-carting — Go-carting is the sport of racing or riding on go-carts.
- go-karting — racing in small vehicle
- goaltender — a goalkeeper.
- godfearing — Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
- godparents — Plural form of godparent.
- gonkulator — /gon'kyoo-lay-tr/ (From "Hogan's Heroes", the TV series) A pretentious piece of equipment that actually serves no useful purpose. Usually used to describe one's least favourite piece of computer hardware. See gonk.
- gonorrheal — Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with gonorrhoea.
- gonorrhoea — a contagious, purulent inflammation of the urethra or the vagina, caused by the gonococcus.
- goosanders — Plural form of goosander.
- gorgonians — Plural form of gorgonian.
- gorgonzola — a strongly flavored, semisoft variety of Italian milk cheese veined with mold.