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10-letter words containing n, o, a, i, r

  • stationery — writing paper.
  • steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
  • stentorian — very loud or powerful in sound: a stentorian voice.
  • sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
  • stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
  • stramonium — jimson weed.
  • strapontin — a seat which is folded down to sit on
  • stupration — an act of ravishing or a violation
  • subordinal — of, relating to, or ranked as a suborder.
  • superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
  • surnominal — relating to surnames
  • suturation — the act of suturing
  • synaxarion — a summary of the life of a saint or of the particulars of a feast, read at the orthros.
  • syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
  • tambourine — a small drum consisting of a circular frame with a skin stretched over it and several pairs of metal jingles attached to the frame, played by striking with the knuckles, shaking, and the like.
  • tarkington — (Newton) Booth, 1869–1946, U.S. novelist and playwright.
  • terminator — a person or thing that terminates.
  • thorianite — a rare mineral, mainly thoria, ThO 2 , but also containing uranium, cerium, and other rare-earth metals, occurring in small, black, cubic crystals: notable for its radioactivity and used as a minor source of thorium.
  • tinctorial — pertaining to coloring or dyeing.
  • titanosaur — any amphibious plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Titanosaurus, from the Cretaceous Period, having a long, thin neck and a long, whiplike tail.
  • tobramycin — a highly toxic aminoglycoside antibiotic, C 18 H 37 N 5 O 9 , derived from Streptomyces tenebarius, used in the treatment of serious infections due to susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms.
  • toleration — an act or instance of tolerating, especially of what is not actually approved; forbearance: to show toleration toward the protesters.
  • torrential — pertaining to or having the nature of a torrent.
  • tourmaline — any of a group of silicate minerals of complex composition, containing boron, aluminum, etc., usually black but having various colored, transparent varieties used as gems.
  • trackpoint — (hardware)   (Or "pointing stick", "nipple") A small knob found in the middle of some keyboards that works like a very short isometric joystick. Pressing it toward or away from you or from side to side moves the pointer on the screen. Ted Selker brought the concept of an in-keyboard pointing device to IBM in September 1987. TrackPoint was introduced in 1992 on the IBM ThinkPad and later on some desktops. It takes up virtually no extra room on the box or the work area and also requires minimal movement of the hands from the keyboard. Many imitations of highly variable quality appeared. Pointing sticks have also been used in many other notebook brands, including TI, HP, Compac, Dell, Toshiba (e.g. Portege 4000's "AccuPoint II"), and AST (e.g. Ascentia 910N). "TrackPoint" and "Trackpoint" are IBM trademarks.
  • traduction — a transmission or communication
  • trajection — to transport, transmit, or transpose.
  • trampoline — a sheet, usually of canvas, attached by resilient cords or springs to a horizontal frame several feet above the floor, used by acrobats and gymnasts as a springboard in tumbling.
  • transistor — Electronics. a semiconductor device that amplifies, oscillates, or switches the flow of current between two terminals by varying the current or voltage between one of the terminals and a third: although much smaller in size than a vacuum tube, it performs similar functions without requiring current to heat a cathode.
  • transition — movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
  • transitory — not lasting, enduring, permanent, or eternal.
  • transonics — the study of speeds close to the speed of sound
  • transsonic — transonic.
  • triaconter — (in ancient Greece) a Greek galley with thirty oars
  • trigonally — from a trigonal point of view
  • trinocular — of or relating to a binocular microscope equipped with a third lens system for photographic recording.
  • tritanopia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to blue and yellow.
  • trollopian — Anthony, 1815–82, English novelist.
  • tropaeolin — any of a number of orange or yellow azo dyes of complex molecular structure.
  • truncation — the act or process of truncating.
  • tuitionary — relating to tuition
  • turbotrain — a train powered by a gas-turbine locomotive.
  • tyrosinase — an oxidizing enzyme, occurring in plant and animal tissues, that catalyzes the aerobic oxidation of tyrosine into melanin and other pigments.
  • ulceration — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
  • ultrasonic — of, relating to, or utilizing ultrasound.
  • unactorish — not resembling or characteristic of actors or acting
  • unarmorial — bearing a coat or coats of arms: a set of armorial china.
  • unfavoring — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
  • unfavorite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
  • ungracious — discourteous; ill-mannered: ungracious behavior.
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