10-letter words containing d, r, i
- animadvert — to comment with strong criticism (upon); make censorious remarks (about)
- antheridia — a male reproductive structure producing gametes, occurring in ferns, mosses, fungi, and algae.
- anthracoid — resembling anthrax
- anthropoid — resembling man
- anti-draft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- antidromic — (of nerve fibres) conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal
- antimodern — opposed to modern attitudes
- antitrades — winds moving above and opposite to the tropical trade winds: as they reach the Temperate Zones, they descend to the surface, forming a deep layer of prevailing westerlies
- aparavidya — intellectual knowledge.
- aphrodisia — the desire for sexual intimacy
- appledrain — a wasp
- arachnidan — (zoology) Any of the Arachnida.
- arachnoids — Plural form of arachnoid.
- arbitraged — Simple past tense and past participle of arbitrage.
- arbitrated — to decide as arbitrator or arbiter; determine.
- archfiends — Plural form of archfiend.
- archimedes — ?287–212 bc, Greek mathematician and physicist of Syracuse, noted for his work in geometry, hydrostatics, and mechanics
- arcimboldi — Giuseppe [juh-sep-ee;; Italian joo-zep-pe] /dʒəˈsɛp i;; Italian dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1527–93, Italian painter.
- arcimboldo — Giuseppe. 1527–93, Italian painter, best remembered for painting grotesque figures composed of fruit, vegetables, and meat
- argyrodite — a rare mineral, Ag8GeS6, that contains silver, germanium, and sulphur
- armadillos — Plural form of armadillo.
- aromatized — Simple past tense and past participle of aromatize.
- arthrodial — a joint, as in the carpal articulations, in which the surfaces glide over each other in movement.
- arthrodire — any of numerous fishes of the extinct order Arthrodira, widely distributed during the Devonian Period, having the anterior part of the body covered by a shield of bony plates.
- aryballoid — relating to an aryballos
- arytenoids — Plural form of arytenoid.
- ascaridole — a liquid, C 10 H 16 O 2 , constituting the active principle of chenopodium oil, used chiefly as a catalyst in polymerization reactions.
- asiadollar — a U.S. dollar deposited in or credited to Asian banks and used in the money markets of the region.
- aside from — Aside from means the same as apart from. This form is more usual in American English.
- aspidistra — any Asian plant of the liliaceous genus Aspidistra, esp A. lurida, a popular house plant with long tough evergreen leaves and purplish flowers borne on the ground
- asteriated — having a structure that produces an asterism
- asteridian — a member of the starfish family Asteridae
- asterisked — Simple past tense and past participle of asterisk.
- asteroidal — relating to asteroids
- asteroidea — the class comprising the starfishes.
- atevirdine — A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that has been studied for the treatment of HIV.
- attributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- audiograms — Plural form of audiogram.
- audiograph — a machine used to test a patient's hearing by transmitting sound waves directly to the inner ear
- audiometer — an instrument for testing the intensity and frequency range of sound that is capable of detection by the human ear
- audiometry — the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.
- auditioner — a person who attends an audition
- auditorily — in an auditory manner, by hearing
- auditorium — An auditorium is the part of a theatre or concert hall where the audience sits.
- australoid — denoting, relating to, or belonging to a supposed racial group that includes the native Australians and certain other peoples of southern Asia and the Pacific islands.
- authorised — Alternative spelling of authorized.
- authorized — officially permitted or empowered
- autodialer — An electronic device that dials telephone numbers randomly or from a list and may also leave messages and request information.
- autowinder — a battery-operated device for advancing the film in a camera automatically after each exposure
- auxocardia — enlargement of the heart, as by hypertrophy or dilatation.