10-letter words containing n, o, a, d
- inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- inordinate — not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
- instead of — as a substitute or replacement; in the place or stead of someone or something: We ordered tea but were served coffee instead.
- intaglioed — Simple past tense and past participle of intaglio.
- intermodal — pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving more than one form of carrier, as truck and rail, or truck, ship, and rail.
- internodal — Of or pertaining to an internode.
- intramodal — Within a mode.
- inundation — to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
- inviolated — Not violated or injured; inviolate.
- iodination — (chemistry) halogenation with iodine or an iodine compound.
- iodization — The act or process of iodizing.
- iproniazid — a compound, C 9 H 13 N 3 O, used in the treatment of mental depression and tuberculosis.
- iron guard — a Romanian fascist party that was extremely nationalistic and anti-Semitic, eliminated after World War II.
- iron-jawed — having a jaw of or like iron: an iron-jawed press; an iron-jawed fighter.
- ironhanded — having or governing with an iron hand.
- island-hop — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- isocyanide — a compound containing an isocyano group.
- isodynamic — pertaining to or characterized by equality of force, intensity, or the like.
- jaborandis — Plural form of jaborandi.
- jaguarondi — Alternative spelling of jaguarundi.
- janus word — a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings, as cleave, meaning ‘to adhere closely’ and ‘to part or split’.
- jargonized — Simple past tense and past participle of jargonize.
- jenga code — (humour, programming) A style of programming which results in the whole thing collapsing when you touch a single block of code. Named after the game where players try to remove wooden blocks from a tower without it falling down. Also known as Crispy Noodle Code.
- jeoparding — Present participle of jeopard.
- join hands — clasp each another's hands
- jordan arc — simple arc.
- jormungand — Midgard serpent.
- judication — the act of judging
- kid around — behave jokingly or playfully
- knackebrod — flat, thin, brittle unleavened rye bread.
- kronshtadt — city & naval fortress on an island in NW Russia, on the Gulf of Finland: pop. 45,000
- lacedaemon — Sparta.
- laminboard — A compound wood board consisting of thin strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood, considered to be of higher quality than blockboard.
- land force — an armed force serving on land
- land of oz — an unreal, otherworldly, or magical place.
- land power — a nation having an important and powerful army.
- land rover — a four-wheel drive vehicle
- landholder — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- landlocked — shut in completely, or almost completely, by land: a landlocked bay.
- landlouper — A vagabond; a vagrant.
- landowners — Plural form of landowner.
- landowning — an owner or proprietor of land.
- lanthanoid — (inorganic chemistry) lanthanide.
- lapidation — to pelt with stones.
- latifundio — a great estate of Latin America or Spain.
- laudations — Plural form of laudation.
- laugh down — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- laundromat — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.; launderette.
- lead on to — If one event or action leads on to another, it causes it or makes it possible.
- lemon soda — a sweet fizzy drink that tastes of lemon