10-letter words containing n, o, a, i, r
- rio grande — a city in NE Puerto Rico.
- riproaring — boisterously wild and exciting; riotous: Have a rip-roaring good time.
- ritardando — becoming gradually slower
- road train — a convoy of motor vehicles.
- road-train — a convoy of motor vehicles.
- roadmaking — road building
- roborating — strengthening or invigorating
- rockingham — Second Marquis of, Charles Watson-Wentworth.
- roman mile — a unit of length used by the ancient Romans, equivalent to about 1620 yards (1480 meters).
- roman ride — a method of horseback riding in which a person stands astride a pair of horses.
- romancical — relating to or dealing with romance
- ropemaking — the act, skill, or process of fabricating rope.
- rosaniline — a red dye, C 2 0 H 2 0 N 3 Cl, derived from aniline and orthotoluidine, a constituent of fuchsin.
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- rotational — the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- royal mint — a British organization having the sole right to manufacture coins since the 16th century. In 1968 it moved from London to Llantrisant in Wales
- rumination — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- salicornia — any chenopodiaceous plant of the genus Salicornia, of seashores and salt marshes: includes glasswort
- san marino — a small republic in E Italy: the oldest independent country in Europe. 38 sq. mi. (98 sq. km). Capital: San Marino.
- sanatorium — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- sanforized — (of a fabric) preshrunk using a patented process
- sang-froid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- sanitorium — a facility for housing patients with long-term illnesses
- saponifier — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- sarcodines — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sarcopenia — reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing
- saturation — the act or process of saturating.
- scansorial — capable of or adapted for climbing, as the feet of certain birds, lizards, etc.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- scrap iron — old iron to be remelted or reworked.
- seignorial — of or relating to a seignior.
- senatorial — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate: senatorial oratory.
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- sideration — sudden paralysis of a part of the body
- sinoatrial — relating to specific tissue in the wall of the right atrium of the heart that acts as a pacemaker
- sit around — be idle, lounge about
- snail bore — drill1 (def 5).
- snow train — a train that takes passengers to and from a winter resort area.
- soda niter — a white or transparent mineral, sodium nitrate, NaNO 3 , used chiefly as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of sulfuric and nitric acids and potassium nitrate.
- solar wind — an emanation from the sun's corona consisting of a flow of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, that interacts with the magnetic field of the earth and other planetary bodies.
- solitarian — a hermit
- souari nut — the large, edible, oily nut of a tall tree, Caryocar nuciferum, of tropical South America.
- souterrain — a subterranean passage or structure; grotto.
- spearpoint — the point at the end of a spearhead.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- stainproof — resistant to stains
- star point — a common junction connected to the ends of windings of a polyphase electrical device or system of devices
- starvation — the act or state of starving; condition of being starved.
- stationary — standing still; not moving.