10-letter words containing i, r, a
- altruistic — If your behaviour or motives are altruistic, you show concern for the happiness and welfare of other people rather than for yourself.
- alvin york — a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
- amarantine — amaranthine
- amateurish — If you describe something as amateurish, you think that it is not skilfully made or done.
- amateurism — Amateurism is the belief that people should take part in sports and other activities as a hobby, for pleasure, rather than as a job, for money.
- amatorious — amatorial
- ambagitory — ambiguous
- ambidexter — someone who is ambidextrous
- ameliorant — a thing that ameliorates
- ameliorate — If someone or something ameliorates a situation, they make it better or easier in some way.
- amer. ind. — American Indian
- americanos — Plural form of americano.
- amerindian — Amerindian means the same as American Indian.
- aminosugar — a monosaccharide with an amino or substituted amino group in place of a nonglycosidic hydroxyl group.
- amiodarone — a substance, C 25 H 29 I 2 NO 3 , used in the treatment of heart arrhythmias.
- amoebiform — resembling, shaped, or changing in shape like an amoeba
- amortising — Present participle of amortise.
- amortizing — Present participle of amortize.
- amphiaraus — a hero who joined the Seven against Thebes, although he knew that his death was fated: deified after death.
- amphiaster — the structure that occurs in a cell undergoing mitosis, consisting of a spindle with an aster at each end
- amphibrach — a metrical foot consisting of a long syllable between two short syllables (◡ – ◡)
- amphigoric — a meaningless or nonsensical piece of writing, especially one intended as a parody.
- amphigouri — amphigory.
- amphimacer — a metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of one short syllable between two long ones, or, in English verse, of one unaccented syllable between two accented ones (Ex.: | hésĭtáte |)
- amphimarus — a son of Poseidon, sometimes believed to be the father, by Urania, of the poet Linus.
- amphithyra — Also, amphithyron, amphithura [am-fuh-thoo r-uh] /ˌæm fəˈθʊər ə/ (Show IPA), amphithuron. Greek Orthodox Church. a divided curtain in front of the door of the iconostasis.
- amphitrite — a sea goddess, wife of Poseidon and mother of Triton
- amphitryon — the grandson of Perseus and husband of Alcmene
- amphoteric — able to function as either a base or an acid
- amplifiers — Plural form of amplifier.
- amritattva — a state of immortality or deathlessness
- anacardium — a genus of plants in the Anacardiaceae family found chiefly in tropical areas
- anachorism — a geographical misplacement; something located in an incongruous position
- anachronic — out of chronological order or out of date
- anacrustic — Prosody. an unstressed syllable or syllable group that begins a line of verse but is not counted as part of the first foot.
- anaerobies — (biology) anaerobes.
- anaerobium — anaerobe
- anamorphic — of, relating to, or caused by anamorphosis or anamorphism
- anarchical — of, like, or tending to anarchy.
- anarchists — Plural form of anarchist.
- ancestries — Plural form of ancestry.
- anchor ice — ice that forms at the bottom of a lake or river
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- anchoritic — of or relating to an anchorite
- ancilliary — Misspelling of ancillary.
- 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.
- anelectric — not capable of acquiring a static electric charge when subjected to friction.
- aneurismal — Alternative spelling of aneurysmal.