10-letter words containing n, e, o, r
- aforenamed — Named earlier in a document.
- afternoone — Obsolete spelling of afternoon.
- afternoons — during the afternoon, esp regularly
- aggeration — A heaping up; accumulation.
- aggression — Aggression is a quality of anger and determination that makes you ready to attack other people.
- agrégation — (in France) a civil service examination for some posts in secondary and higher education
- alanbrooke — Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount. 1883–1963, British field marshal; chief of Imperial General Staff (1941–46)
- alderwoman — (in England and Wales until 1974) one of the senior female members of a local council, elected by other councillors
- alderwomen — Plural form of alderwoman.
- ale conner — a local official appointed to examine the measure and quality of ale, beer, and bread
- alessandro — Victor Nicholas, 1915–76, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- alexandros — Alexander (def 2).
- alienators — Plural form of alienator.
- alipterion — (in an ancient Roman bath) a room for anointment.
- alongshore — close to, by, or along a shore
- alpenhorns — Plural form of alpenhorn.
- alteration — An alteration is a change in or to something.
- alternator — An alternator is a device, used especially in a car, that creates an electrical current that changes direction as it flows.
- ameliorant — a thing that ameliorates
- amendatory — serving to amend; corrective
- amenorrhea — abnormal absence or suppression of menstruation
- americanos — Plural form of americano.
- amiodarone — a substance, C 25 H 29 I 2 NO 3 , used in the treatment of heart arrhythmias.
- anaerobies — (biology) anaerobes.
- anaerobium — anaerobe
- anastrophe — reversal of the usual order of the parts of a sentence; inversion (Ex.: “Came the dawn”)
- anchor bed — a sloping, slightly projecting platform on the forecastle of a ship, for supporting an anchor when not in use.
- anchor ice — ice that forms at the bottom of a lake or river
- anchorages — Plural form of anchorage.
- anchorette — (in broadcasting) a young and inexperienced anchorwoman
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- anchorless — without an anchor
- androecium — the stamens of a flowering plant collectively
- androgenic — any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics.
- androgynes — Plural form of androgyne.
- andromache — the wife of Hector
- andromaque — a tragedy (1667) by Racine.
- andropause — the period, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55, during which a man's testosterone levels may fall, leading to a reduction in vigour and sexual drive
- androphore — an extension of the receptacle carrying the androecium and the gynoecium, typical of the caper family (Capparidaceae)
- androspore — the zoospore of certain algae that develops into a small male plant producing antherozoids.
- anemochore — a plant in which the fruits or seeds are dispersed by wind
- anemochory — the dispersal of plant seeds or spores by the wind.
- anemograph — a self-recording anemometer
- anemometer — an instrument for recording the speed and often the direction of winds
- anemometry — the technique of measuring wind speed and direction
- angiosperm — any seed-bearing plant of the phylum Angiospermophyta (division Angiospermae in traditional systems), in which the ovules are enclosed in an ovary, which develops into the fruit after fertilization; any flowering plant
- angle iron — an iron or a steel structural bar that has an L-shaped cross section
- angledozer — a bulldozer with an angled blade which allows earth to be pushed aside
- anisomeric — (of a chemical compound) lacking isomers
- anjou pear — a thick, green, oval-shaped pear that ripens during the winter