10-letter words containing a, r, o, n, s
- anchorages — Plural form of anchorage.
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- anchorless — without an anchor
- androgynes — Plural form of androgyne.
- andropause — the period, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55, during which a man's testosterone levels may fall, leading to a reduction in vigour and sexual drive
- androspore — the zoospore of certain algae that develops into a small male plant producing antherozoids.
- angiograms — Plural form of angiogram.
- angiosperm — any seed-bearing plant of the phylum Angiospermophyta (division Angiospermae in traditional systems), in which the ovules are enclosed in an ovary, which develops into the fruit after fertilization; any flowering plant
- anhidrosis — the absence of sweating
- anhydrosis — the deficiency or absence of perspiration; adiaphoresis.
- anisocoria — inequality in the size of the pupils.
- anisomeric — (of a chemical compound) lacking isomers
- anisotropy — Physics. of unequal physical properties along different axes. Compare isotropic (def 1).
- ankylosaur — any of various quadrupedal herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs constituting the suborder Ankylosauria, which were most abundant in upper Cretaceous times and had a very heavily armoured tanklike body
- announcers — Plural form of announcer.
- anoestrous — anestrous.
- anorectics — Plural form of anorectic.
- anorgasmia — inability to experience sexual orgasm.
- anseriform — (ornithology) Of or pertaining to birds of the family Anseriformes including ducks, geese, swans, and screamers.
- answer for — If you have to answer for something bad or wrong you have done, you are punished for it.
- antecessor — a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before
- anti-story — a narrative of short-story length that makes no effort to follow a plot and ignores structural conventions, character motivations, and the like.
- antiheroes — Plural form of antihero.
- antismoker — a person opposed to tobacco smoking
- antrostomy — (surgery) Incision and drainage of the antrum.
- appointers — Plural form of appointer.
- appointors — Plural form of appointor.
- apportions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apportion.
- aquaporins — Plural form of aquaporin.
- arachnoids — Plural form of arachnoid.
- arc cosine — Trigonometry. the angle, measured in radians, that has a cosine equal to a given number. Symbol: cos −1. Abbreviation: arc cos;
- arc second — Astronomy. second2 (def 4).
- arenaceous — (of sedimentary rocks and deposits) composed of sand or sandstone
- argenteous — silvery.
- arsenolite — a mineral, arsenic trioxide, As 2 O 3 , occurring usually as a white incrustation on arsenical ores.
- arytenoids — Plural form of arytenoid.
- asbjornsen — Peter Christen [pey-tuh r kris-tuh n] /ˈpeɪ tər ˈkrɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1812–85, Norwegian naturalist and folklorist.
- 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.