10-letter words containing i, n, s, t, r
- asperation — The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
- aspirating — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- aspiration — Someone's aspirations are their desire to achieve things.
- aspirinate — (organic compound) Any salt or ester of aspirin.
- assertions — Plural form of assertion.
- asteridian — a member of the starfish family Asteridae
- astragalin — A chemical compound, a 3-O-glucoside of kaempferol, found in Phytolacca americana, the American pokeweed.
- astricting — Present participle of astrict.
- astriction — to bind fast; constrain.
- astringent — An astringent is a liquid that you put on your skin to make it less oily or to make cuts stop bleeding.
- astringing — Present participle of astringe.
- astrionics — the science dealing with the application of electronics to astronautics.
- astronomic — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- australian — Australian means belonging or relating to Australia, or to its people or culture.
- austringer — a person who keeps goshawks
- aversation — (obsolete) A turning from with dislike; aversion.
- banistered — Simple past tense and past participle of banister.
- bannisters — a baluster.
- batterings — Plural form of battering.
- benefiters — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- bipartisan — Bipartisan means concerning or involving two different political parties or groups.
- birth sign — the sign of the zodiac through which the sun is passing when a person is born
- birthstone — a precious or semiprecious stone associated with a month or sign of the zodiac and thought to bring luck if worn by a person born in that month or under that sign
- bit string — (programming, data) An ordered sequence of bits. This is very similar to a bit pattern except that the term "string" suggests an arbitrary length sequence as opposed to a pre-determined length "pattern".
- bitterness — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
- blindstory — a windowless story
- blistering — Blistering heat is very great heat.
- bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- brain stem — the portion of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord and comprises the medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain, and parts of the hypothalamus, functioning in the control of reflexes and such essential internal mechanisms as respiration and heartbeat.
- brainstorm — If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly.
- brattiness — the quality of being bratty
- brattlings — a series of rattling or clattering sounds
- brightness — the condition of being bright
- bring suit — to institute legal action; sue
- bronchitis — Bronchitis is an illness like a very bad cough, in which your bronchial tubes become sore and infected.
- brownshirt — Nazi stormtrooper
- burns unit — a section of a hospital in which those with serious burns are treated
- burst into — If you burst into tears, laughter, or song, you suddenly begin to cry, laugh, or sing.
- c terminus — the carboxyl end of a protein molecule.
- calcsinter — travertine.
- cannisters — Plural form of cannister.
- cant strip — an inclined or beveled strip of wood, for changing the pitch of a roof slope or for rounding out the angle between a flat roof and an adjoining parapet.
- caravanist — a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc.
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- carnations — Plural form of carnation.
- carthusian — a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
- cartoonish — like a cartoon, esp in being one-dimensional, brightly coloured, or exaggerated
- cartoonist — A cartoonist is a person whose job is to draw cartoons for newspapers and magazines.
- castrating — Present participle of castrate.
- castration — to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.