10-letter words containing i, n, d, a, r
- road-train — a convoy of motor vehicles.
- roadmaking — road building
- roman ride — a method of horseback riding in which a person stands astride a pair of horses.
- rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- sand chair — a low folding beach chair with a frame, usually of tubular metal, that slants outward below the seat, forming a base designed to be rested in the sand.
- sand tiger — any of several sharks of the family Odontaspididae, especially Odontaspis taurus, inhabiting shallow waters on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, having sharp, jagged teeth and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- sand viper — hognose snake.
- sanderling — a common, small sandpiper, Calidris alba, inhabiting sandy beaches.
- sanforized — (of a fabric) preshrunk using a patented process
- sang-froid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- sarcodines — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- serenading — a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- shin guard — a protective covering, usually of leather or plastic and often padded, for the shins and sometimes the knees, worn chiefly by catchers in baseball and goalkeepers in ice hockey.
- sideration — sudden paralysis of a part of the body
- signal red — pimento (def 3).
- sit around — be idle, lounge about
- smaragdine — of or relating to emeralds.
- soda niter — a white or transparent mineral, sodium nitrate, NaNO 3 , used chiefly as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of sulfuric and nitric acids and potassium nitrate.
- solar wind — an emanation from the sun's corona consisting of a flow of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, that interacts with the magnetic field of the earth and other planetary bodies.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- stalingrad — former name of Volgograd.
- stand firm — be resolute
- standfirst — an introductory paragraph in an article, printed in larger or bolder type or in capitals, that summarizes the article
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- strainedly — in a strained manner
- straitened — to put into difficulties, especially financial ones: His obligations had straitened him.
- strandline — a mark left by the high tide or a line of seaweed and other debris washed onto the beach by the tide
- strickland — William, 1787–1854, U.S. architect and engineer.
- subordinal — of, relating to, or ranked as a suborder.
- synandrium — a peculiar fusion of stamens
- syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
- tall drink — a beverage consisting of liquor and a sparkling soda, fruit juice, or the like, to which may be added other ingredients, served in a tall glass, usually with ice.
- tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
- thailander — Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- thenardite — a mineral, sodium sulfate, Na 2 SO 4 , occurring in white crystals and masses, especially in salt lakes and arid regions.
- theravadin — Hinayanist.
- timberland — land covered with timber-producing forests.
- titian red — reddish-gold, like the hair colour used in many of the works of Titian
- trade wind — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
- traduction — a transmission or communication
- transfixed — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
- translucid — translucent.
- transpired — to occur; happen; take place.
- triandrian — with three stamens
- tridentate — having three teeth or toothlike parts or processes.
- triffidian — resembling a triffid