10-letter words containing a, t, e, n, o
- tau lepton — an unstable lepton with a mass approximately 3500 times that of the electron. Symbol: T.
- technocrat — a proponent, adherent, or supporter of technocracy.
- technofear — fear of using technological devices, such as computers; technophobia
- telenovela — (in Latin America and Hispanic communities) a television soap opera, usually having a limited number of episodes.
- teleostean — a fish of the order Teleostei
- telsontail — any of several minute, wingless, primitive insects of the order Protura, having a cone-shaped head with sucking and piercing mouthparts and no eyes or antennae, inhabiting damp soil or decaying organic matter.
- temptation — the act of tempting; enticement or allurement.
- tena korua — a Māori greeting to two people
- tentations — a method of making mechanical adjustments or the like by a succession of trials.
- teratogeny — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
- terminator — a person or thing that terminates.
- tetragonal — pertaining to or having the form of a tetragon.
- tetrapylon — a structure having four gateways as features of an architectural composition.
- tetrathlon — a contest featuring four sporting disciplines
- the dragon — the constellation Draco
- the ogaden — a region of SE Ethiopia, bordering on Somalia: consists of a desert plateau, inhabited by Somali nomads; a secessionist movement, supported by Somalia, has existed within the region since the early 1960s and led to bitter fighting between Ethiopia and Somalia (1977–78)
- the oneida — a North American Indian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario; one of the Iroquois peoples
- theodosian — of or relating to Theodosius I, who made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire.
- theologian — a person versed in theology, especially Christian theology; divine.
- theomantic — relating to theomancy or divination
- theophanic — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- thereamong — amid or amongst
- thorianite — a rare mineral, mainly thoria, ThO 2 , but also containing uranium, cerium, and other rare-earth metals, occurring in small, black, cubic crystals: notable for its radioactivity and used as a minor source of thorium.
- tippecanoe — a river in N Indiana, flowing SW to the Wabash: battle 1811. 200 miles (320 km) long.
- to end all — If you describe something as, for example, the deal to end all deals or the film to end all films, you mean that it is very important or successful, and that compared to it all other deals or films seem second-rate.
- togolander — a former German protectorate in W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: E part is now the Republic of Togo; W part, a British mandate 1922–46 and trusteeship 1946–57, is now part of Ghana.
- tolerantly — inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing: tolerant of errors.
- toleration — an act or instance of tolerating, especially of what is not actually approved; forbearance: to show toleration toward the protesters.
- tolnaftate — an antifungal substance, C 19 H 17 NOS, used topically in the treatment of certain superficial fungal skin infections, as athlete's foot.
- tonalitive — of or relating to tonality
- tonka bean — the fragrant, black almond-shaped seed of a tall tree belonging to the genus Dipteryx (or Coumarouna), of the legume family, especially D. odorata, of tropical South America, used in perfumes, as a source of coumarin, and as a substitute for vanilla.
- tony hoare — Anthony Hoare
- top-ranked — A top-ranked sports player or team is the most successful player or team in a particular sport.
- torpedoman — a petty officer or warrant officer responsible for the maintenance, use, and repair of underwater weapons and equipment.
- torrential — pertaining to or having the nature of a torrent.
- tourmaline — any of a group of silicate minerals of complex composition, containing boron, aluminum, etc., usually black but having various colored, transparent varieties used as gems.
- tournament — a trial of skill in some game, in which competitors play a series of contests: a chess tournament.
- trade down — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- trajection — to transport, transmit, or transpose.
- tramontane — being or situated beyond the mountains.
- trampoline — a sheet, usually of canvas, attached by resilient cords or springs to a horizontal frame several feet above the floor, used by acrobats and gymnasts as a springboard in tumbling.
- trance out — to go into a trancelike or ecstatic state, esp through the effects of drugs or music
- transcoder — a technology, such as a software package, used to transfer data from one format to another
- transferor — a person who makes a transfer, as of property.
- travancore — a former state in SW India: merged 1949 with Cochin to form a new state (Travancore and Cochin) reorganized 1956 to form the larger part of Kerala state.
- treasonous — treasonable.
- tremolando — (of a piece of music) to be played with tremulous effect
- treponemal — any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
- triaconter — (in ancient Greece) a Greek galley with thirty oars
- trochanter — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.