10-letter words containing a, t, o, r, n
- cribration — the action of sifting, esp (in pharmacy) to separate finer particles of a drug from coarser particles
- crispation — the act of curling or state of being curled
- croissants — Plural form of croissant.
- crown wart — a disease of alfalfa and clover, characterized by galls around the base of the stem, caused by several fungi of the genus Urophlyctis.
- cruciation — (obsolete) torture; torment.
- crustation — the action of forming a crust
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- cunctatory — prone to delaying
- cyanometer — an instrument used for measuring the blueness of the sky
- dantrolene — a toxic orange powder, C 14 H 10 N 4 O 5 , used to control muscle spasms, as in the treatment of local trauma, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, or other neurological disorders.
- darlington — an industrial town in NE England in Darlington unitary authority, S Durham: developed mainly with the opening of the Stockton-Darlington railway (1825). Pop: 86 082 (2001)
- davenports — Plural form of davenport.
- deaeration — the act of extracting a gas from a liquid
- declinator — a piece of apparatus that establishes the measure of a plane's deviation from the prime vertical or the meridian
- decolorant — able to decolour or bleach
- decontract — (ambitransitive) To expand from a contracted state.
- decorating — the painting or wallpapering of a room, house, etc
- decoration — The decoration of a room is its furniture, wallpaper, and ornaments.
- decreation — Destruction.
- deforciant — a person who wrongfully withholds something from someone by force
- delineator — a tailor's pattern, adjustable for different sizes
- deliration — delirium; madness
- delta iron — an allotrope of iron that exists between 1400°C and the melting point of iron and has the same structure as alpha iron
- demon star — Algol.
- denigrator — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- deodorants — Plural form of deodorant.
- deodourant — Rare spelling of deodorant.
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
- dermatogen — a meristem at the apex of stems and roots that gives rise to the epidermis
- derogating — Present participle of derogate.
- derogation — a lessening or weakening (of power, authority, position, etc.)
- designator — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- detonators — Plural form of detonator.
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- dictionary — (as modifier)
- discordant — being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous: discordant opinions.
- distrainor — (legal) One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- divinatory — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
- dominators — Plural form of dominator.
- dominatrix — a woman who plays the dominant role in a sado-masochistic sexual relationship or encounter.
- downdrafts — Plural form of downdraft.
- downmarket — Toward or relating to the cheaper or less prestigious sector of the market.
- downstairs — down the stairs.
- downstater — A person from downstate; usually specifically a person from downstate New York.
- downstream — upstream
- draconites — a type of precious stone thought to be found in a dragon's head
- dracontine — Belonging to a dragon.
- dracontium — (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.