10-letter words containing a, r, s, o, n
- infrasonic — noting or pertaining to a sound wave with a frequency below the audio-frequency range.
- infrasound — sound with frequencies below the audible range.
- infusorial — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of infusorians: infusorial earth.
- infusorian — any of the Infusoria.
- inhabitors — Plural form of inhabitor.
- inhalators — Plural form of inhalator.
- initiators — Plural form of initiator.
- innovators — Plural form of innovator.
- inorganics — Plural form of inorganic.
- insinuator — to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
- insofar as — to such an extent (usually followed by as): I will do the work insofar as I am able.
- inspirator — An inspirer, one that inspires.
- instigator — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- insulators — Plural form of insulator.
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- irishwoman — a woman born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- ironmaster — the master of a foundry or ironworks; a manufacturer of iron.
- isabnormal — a line on a map or chart connecting points having an equal deviation from the normal value of some meteorological quantity, as temperature.
- iso rating — a classification of film speed in which a doubling of the ISO number represents a doubling in sensitivity; for example, ISO 400 film requires half the exposure of ISO 200 under the same conditions. The system uses identical numbers to the obsolete ASA rating
- isochronal — equal or uniform in time.
- isoflurane — a volatile, halogenated ether, C 3 H 2 ClF 5 O, used as a general anesthetic in surgery.
- iterations — the act of repeating; a repetition.
- jaborandis — Plural form of jaborandi.
- janus word — a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings, as cleave, meaning ‘to adhere closely’ and ‘to part or split’.
- jazzperson — A jazz musician.
- journalese — a manner of writing or speaking characterized by clichés, occasional neologism, archness, sensationalizing adjectives, unusual or faulty syntax, etc., used by some journalists, especially certain columnists, and regarded as typical journalistic style.
- journalise — Alternative spelling of journalize.
- journalism — the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.
- journalist — a person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism.
- kairomones — Plural form of kairomone.
- karlskrona — a port in S Sweden: Sweden's main naval base since 1680. Pop: 61 097 (2004 est)
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- kommunarsk — a city in E Ukraine.
- kronshtadt — city & naval fortress on an island in NW Russia, on the Gulf of Finland: pop. 45,000
- kurrajongs — Plural form of kurrajong.
- lakefronts — Plural form of lakefront.
- landowners — Plural form of landowner.
- languorous — characterized by languor; languid.
- laniferous — wool-bearing: sheep and other laniferous animals.
- lanosterol — a sterol, C 30 H 50 O, formed from squalene epoxide, that is a precursor in the biosynthesis of cholesterol and is a component of lanolin.
- lawnmowers — Plural form of lawnmower.
- lay person — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- lemongrass — A fragrant tropical grass that yields an oil that smells lemon. It is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumery and medicine.
- loan shark — a person who lends money at excessively high rates of interest; usurer.
- lobsterman — a person who traps lobsters.
- logansport — a city in N Indiana, on the Wabash River.
- lombrosian — of or relating to the doctrine propounded by the Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso that criminals are a product of hereditary and atavistic factors and can be classified as a definite abnormal type
- longbeards — Plural form of longbeard.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- macaronics — Plural form of macaronic.