10-letter words containing i, r, a, n
- apparition — An apparition is someone you see or think you see but who is not really there as a physical being.
- appertains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appertain.
- appledrain — a wasp
- appointers — Plural form of appointer.
- appointors — Plural form of appointor.
- apportions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apportion.
- appraising — critical, considering
- apprentice — An apprentice is a young person who works for someone in order to learn their skill.
- apprentise — Obsolete form of apprentice.
- aprication — the act of sunbathing or basking in the sun
- aquamarine — Aquamarines are clear, greenish-blue stones, sometimes used to make jewellery.
- aquaporins — Plural form of aquaporin.
- aquatinter — a person who creates aquatints
- arachnidan — (zoology) Any of the Arachnida.
- arachnoids — Plural form of arachnoid.
- aragonitic — relating to aragonite
- araucanian — a South American Indian language; thought to be an isolated branch of the Penutian phylum, spoken in Chile and W Argentina
- araucarian — related to or belonging to the genus Araucaria
- arbutamine — Lb pharmaceutical drug A cardiac stimulant drug.
- arc cosine — Trigonometry. the angle, measured in radians, that has a cosine equal to a given number. Symbol: cos −1. Abbreviation: arc cos;
- archegonia — the female reproductive organ in ferns, mosses, etc.
- archfiends — Plural form of archfiend.
- archipenko — Aleksandr Porfiryevich (alɪkˈsandr parˈfirjɪvitʃ). 1887– 1964, Russian sculptor and painter, in the US after 1923, whose work is characterized by economy of form
- arciniegas — Germán [her-mahn] /hɛrˈmɑn/ (Show IPA), 1900–1999, Colombian author, editor, and diplomat.
- arefaction — the act of drying, or a dried condition
- arenavirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses of the family Arenaviridae, usually transmitted to humans by contact with excreta of infected rodents.
- argenteuil — a suburb of Paris, France, with a convent (656) that became famous when Héloïse was abbess (12th century). Pop: 103 250 (2008)
- arithmancy — divination by the use of numbers, especially by the number of letters in names.
- arm in arm — If two people are walking arm in arm, they are walking together with their arms linked.
- armipotent — strong in arms or war
- arpeggione — a stringed musical instrument of the early 19th century which was played with a bow
- arraigning — Present participle of arraign.
- arrogating — Present participle of arrogate.
- arrogation — to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right: to arrogate the right to make decisions.
- arsenicals — Plural form of arsenical.
- arsenolite — a mineral, arsenic trioxide, As 2 O 3 , occurring usually as a white incrustation on arsenical ores.
- art lining — a system for aligning type in which the baseline is established some distance above the bottom of the body to accommodate letters with unusually long descenders.
- arvicoline — inhabiting meadows or rural areas
- arylamines — any of a group of amines in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms of ammonia are replaced by aromatic groups.
- arytenoids — Plural form of arytenoid.
- ascertains — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- ascription — the act of ascribing
- asgeirsson — Asgeir [ahs-gair] /ˈɑs gɛər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1972, Icelandic statesman: president 1952–68.
- asia minor — large peninsula in W Asia, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, including Asiatic Turkey west of an undefined line from the Gulf of Iskenderun to the Black Sea
- asian pear — a tropical pear tree, esp any of several varieties of Japanese pear Pyrus serotina
- asparagine — a nonessential amino acid, a component of proteins
- asperating — to make rough, harsh, or uneven: a voice asperated by violent emotion.
- asperation — The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
- aspersions — disparaging or malicious remarks; slanderous accusations
- 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.