10-letter words containing a, s, t, o, n, i
- inosculate — Join by intertwining or fitting closely together.
- insinuator — to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
- insolating — Present participle of insolate.
- insolation — solar radiation received at the earth's surface.
- insouciant — free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.
- inspirator — An inspirer, one that inspires.
- instaneous — Misspelling of instantaneous.
- instead of — as a substitute or replacement; in the place or stead of someone or something: We ordered tea but were served coffee instead.
- instigator — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- insulation — material used for insulating.
- insulators — Plural form of insulator.
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- ionisation — Alternative spelling of ionization.
- ironmaster — the master of a foundry or ironworks; a manufacturer of iron.
- 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
- isoantigen — (formerly) an alloantigen.
- isocyanate — a salt or ester of isocyanic acid.
- isolations — Plural form of isolation.
- iterations — the act of repeating; a repetition.
- jabotinsky — Vladimir, 1880–1940, Russian Zionist leader in Palestine.
- jamesonite — a metallic, dark-gray mineral, lead and iron antimony sulfide: formerly mined for lead.
- journalist — a person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism.
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- klinotaxis — a wavering side-to-side motion of the head occurring as an organism moves forward in response to a source of stimulation, caused by the alternating reaction of sensory receptors on either side of the body.
- lamingtons — Plural form of lamington.
- lampoonist — One who lampoons.
- langostino — langoustine.
- laudations — Plural form of laudation.
- leontiasis — a lionlike facial distortion.
- linoleates — Plural form of linoleate.
- loan-shift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- lovastatin — a drug, C 24 H 36 O 8 , that reduces the levels of fats in the blood by altering the enzyme activity in the liver that produces lipids.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- main store — main memory
- maisonette — a small house, especially one connected to a large apartment building.
- manifestos — Plural form of manifesto.
- mason city — a city in N Iowa.
- mastodonic — a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
- mastodynia — (medicine) mastalgia; pain in the breast.
- matosinhos — a port in N Portugal, on the estuary of the Leça River north of Oporto: fishing industry. Pop: 167 026 (2001)
- mediations — Plural form of mediation.
- menostaxis — an abnormally prolonged period of menstruation.
- migrations — Plural form of migration.
- minnesotan — a state in the N central United States. 84,068 sq. mi. (217,735 sq. km). Capital: St. Paul. Abbreviation: MN (for use with zip code), Minn.
- misappoint — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- miscaption — to provide with an incorrect caption
- miseration — (obsolete) commiseration.
- moissanite — (mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal mineral containing carbon and silicon.
- monarchist — the principles of monarchy.