10-letter words containing n, a, l, t, r
- bimaternal — having the genetic material of two mothers but no father
- biparental — from two parents
- birth plan — a statement by a mother telling doctors and midwives how she would like her labour to proceed
- black tern — a small tern with a black head and body, Chlidonias niger, found on all continents except Australasia
- blackthorn — a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
- bladdernut — any temperate shrub or small tree of the genus Staphylea, esp S. pinnata of S Europe, that has bladder-like seed pods: family Staphyleaceae
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- brattlings — a series of rattling or clattering sounds
- brazil nut — a tropical South American tree, Bertholletia excelsa, producing large globular capsules, each containing several closely packed triangular nuts: family Lecythidaceae
- brilliante — with spirit; lively
- calcitrant — Stubborn; refractory.
- calcsinter — travertine.
- cantalever — any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, especially one in which the projection is great in relation to the depth, so that the upper part is in tension and the lower part in compression.
- cantilever — A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
- carnallite — a white or sometimes coloured mineral consisting of a hydrated chloride of potassium and magnesium in orthorhombic crystalline form: a source of potassium and also used as a fertilizer. Formula: KCl.MgCl2.6H2O
- carrollton — city in NE Tex.: suburb of Dallas: pop. 110,000
- cattle run — a barnyard or fenced area adjacent to a barn used as a limited grazing area or exercise lot for cattle.
- celebrants — Plural form of celebrant.
- centralise — to draw to or gather about a center.
- centralism — Centralism is a way of governing a country, or organizing something such as industry, education, or politics, which involves having one central group of people who give instructions to everyone else.
- centralist — Centralist organizations govern a country or organize things using one central group of people who control and instruct everyone else.
- centrality — the state or condition of being central
- centralize — To centralize a country, state, or organization means to create a system in which one central group of people gives instructions to regional groups.
- centroidal — of or relating to a centroid
- certaynely — Archaic spelling of certainly.
- charlatans — Plural form of charlatan.
- charleston — The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- citronalis — lemon verbena.
- citronella — a tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon (or Andropogon) nardus, with bluish-green lemon-scented leaves
- clattering — to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind.
- coloration — The coloration of an animal or a plant is the colours and patterns on it.
- condylarth — any of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Condylarthra, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a slender body, low-crowned teeth, and five-toed feet, each toe ending in a small hoof.
- confrontal — a confrontation
- connatural — having a similar nature or origin
- consortial — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- contraflow — A contraflow is a situation in which vehicles travelling on a main road in one direction have to use lanes that are normally used by traffic travelling in the opposite direction, because the road is being repaired.
- contraltos — Plural form of contralto.
- contraplex — relating to the transmission of two messages in opposite directions simultaneously
- contrarily — in a perverse or obstinate manner
- corelation — a correlation
- corn plant — any of several treelike tropical plants of the genus Draecena, especially D. fragrans massangeana, widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- cornstalks — Plural form of cornstalk.
- coterminal — having the same border or covering the same area.
- creational — Of, or pertaining to creation.
- credential — something that entitles a person to confidence, authority, etc
- crenelated — In a castle, a crenelated wall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers.
- crenellate — to supply with battlements
- crenulated — minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.
- curtailing — Present participle of curtail.