10-letter words containing i, n, d, r
- andragogic — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
- androecium — the stamens of a flowering plant collectively
- androgenic — any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics.
- anhidrosis — the absence of sweating
- anhidrotic — curbing the secretion of sweat
- anhydremia — an abnormal decrease in the volume of the blood, due to loss of water.
- anhydrides — Plural form of anhydride.
- anhydrosis — the deficiency or absence of perspiration; adiaphoresis.
- 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
- appledrain — a wasp
- arachnidan — (zoology) Any of the Arachnida.
- arachnoids — Plural form of arachnoid.
- archfiends — Plural form of archfiend.
- arytenoids — Plural form of arytenoid.
- asteridian — a member of the starfish family Asteridae
- atevirdine — A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that has been studied for the treatment of HIV.
- auditioner — a person who attends an audition
- autowinder — a battery-operated device for advancing the film in a camera automatically after each exposure
- bacon rind — the outer edge of a slice of bacon, corresponding to the skin of the pig
- bainbridge — Beryl.1934–2010, British novelist and playwright. Novels include The Dressmaker (1973), Injury Time (1977), Master Georgie (1998), and According to Queeney (2001)
- ballardian — of James Graham Ballard (1930–2009), the British novelist, or his works
- banderilla — a decorated barbed dart, thrust into the bull's neck or shoulder
- bandoliers — Plural form of bandolier.
- banistered — Simple past tense and past participle of banister.
- barramundi — any of several large edible Australian fishes esp the percoid species Lates calcarifer (family Centropomidae) of NE coastal waters or the freshwater species Scleropages leichardti (family Osteoglossidae) of Queensland
- bartending — to serve or work as a bartender.
- be friends — to be friendly (with)
- bedsprings — Plural form of bedspring.
- befriended — to make friends or become friendly with; act as a friend to; help; aid: to befriend the poor and the weak.
- befriender — a person who befriends
- begrudging — to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone): She begrudged her friend the award.
- benzedrine — amphetamine
- beribboned — adorned with ribbons
- bernardine — a monk of one of the reformed and stricter branches of the Cistercian order
- biliverdin — a dark green pigment in the bile formed by the oxidation of bilirubin. Formula: C33H34O6N4
- bingo card — a prepaid postcard inserted in a magazine by its publisher to enable a reader to order free information about advertised products.
- bird-brain — a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.
- birkenhead — a port in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside: former shipbuilding centre. Pop: 83 729 (2001)
- bitter end — the end of a line, chain, or cable, esp the end secured in the chain locker of a vessel
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blind door — a door having louvers permitting circulation of air.
- blind-worm — a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards.
- blindstory — a windowless story