10-letter words containing e, i, r, n
- afterpains — cramplike pains caused by contraction of the uterus after childbirth
- aggeration — A heaping up; accumulation.
- aggrandise — to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
- aggrandize — To aggrandize someone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are. To aggrandize a building means to make it more impressive.
- aggressing — to commit the first act of hostility or offense; attack first.
- aggression — Aggression is a quality of anger and determination that makes you ready to attack other people.
- aggrieving — Present participle of aggrieve.
- agreeingly — (obsolete) In a manner that agrees or corresponds.
- agrégation — (in France) a civil service examination for some posts in secondary and higher education
- air engine — an engine that uses the expansion of heated air to drive a piston
- air hunger — deep, rapid, and labored breathing caused by an increased respiratory drive due to abnormally low blood oxygen levels, as in severe heart failure or asthma.
- air-intake — an opening in an aircraft through which air is drawn, esp for the engines
- air-minded — interested in or promoting aviation or aircraft
- aircrewman — a member of an aircrew.
- alcheringa — (often initial capital letter) dreamtime.
- aldermanic — a member of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council.
- aleixandre — Vicente (viˈθɛnte). 1898–1984, Spanish poet, whose collections include La destrucción o el amor (1935; Destruction or Love): Nobel prize for literature 1977
- alessandri — Jorge [hawr-he] /ˈhɔr hɛ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1986, Chilean engineer and statesman: president 1958–64.
- alexandria — the chief port of Egypt, on the Nile Delta: cultural centre of ancient times, founded by Alexander the Great (332 bc). Pop: 3 760 000 (2005 est)
- algerienne — a brightly striped woolen fabric used for tents, awnings, curtains, etc.
- alienators — Plural form of alienator.
- alimentary — of or relating to nutrition
- alipterion — (in an ancient Roman bath) a room for anointment.
- alisanders — Alternative form of alexanders (plant).
- allergenic — causing allergic sensitization.
- alpestrine — (of plants) growing at high altitudes; subalpine
- alpine fir — a fir, Abies lasiocarpa, of the Rocky Mountains, yielding a soft, brittle wood used for making boxes, crates, etc.
- altar wine — wine for use in a Eucharistic service.
- alteration — An alteration is a change in or to something.
- alternatim — (in sacred music) alternating between two modes
- amarantine — amaranthine
- ameliorant — a thing that ameliorates
- amer. ind. — American Indian
- americanos — Plural form of americano.
- amerindian — Amerindian means the same as American Indian.
- amiodarone — a substance, C 25 H 29 I 2 NO 3 , used in the treatment of heart arrhythmias.
- anaerobies — (biology) anaerobes.
- anaerobium — anaerobe
- ancestries — Plural form of ancestry.
- anchor ice — ice that forms at the bottom of a lake or river
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- androecium — the stamens of a flowering plant collectively
- androgenic — any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics.
- anelectric — not capable of acquiring a static electric charge when subjected to friction.
- aneurismal — Alternative spelling of aneurysmal.
- angel hair — a kind of pasta in the shape of very fine long strands
- angiosperm — any seed-bearing plant of the phylum Angiospermophyta (division Angiospermae in traditional systems), in which the ovules are enclosed in an ovary, which develops into the fruit after fertilization; any flowering plant
- angle iron — an iron or a steel structural bar that has an L-shaped cross section
- anglerfish — a bony fish with a growth on its head which can be wiggled to attract prey
- anhydremia — an abnormal decrease in the volume of the blood, due to loss of water.