10-letter words containing n, o, i, t, r
- irrigation — the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops.
- irritation — the act of irritating or the state of being irritated.
- irrorating — Present participle of irrorate.
- irrumation — Vigorous oral sex; the active penetration of a mouth with a penis.
- irruptions — Plural form of irruption.
- isentropes — a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- isentropic — having a constant entropy.
- iso rating — a classification of film speed in which a doubling of the ISO number represents a doubling in sensitivity; for example, ISO 400 film requires half the exposure of ISO 200 under the same conditions. The system uses identical numbers to the obsolete ASA rating
- iterations — the act of repeating; a repetition.
- janitorial — a person employed in an apartment house, office building, school, etc., to clean the public areas, remove garbage, and do minor repairs; caretaker.
- john firth — John Rupert, 1890–1960, English linguist.
- joint heir — a person who shares with another, or others, the right to inherit a person's money, property, or title when that person dies
- jointuress — A woman to whom an estate is bequeathed via jointure.
- jointworms — Plural form of jointworm.
- journalist — a person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism.
- jouy print — toile de Jouy.
- kenilworth — a town in central Warwickshire, in central England, SE of Birmingham.
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- kidneywort — the navelwort, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having drooping yellowish-green flowers.
- konditorei — (often initial capital letter) a German pastry and coffee shop.
- koniggratz — German name of Hradec Králové.
- kryptonite — The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable, an Achilles' heel.
- kuropatkin — Aleksei Nikolaevich [uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, Russian general.
- laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- latrotoxin — (biochemistry) Any of a group of neurotoxins found in the venom of spiders of the genus Latrodectus.
- laureation — The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- leominster — a city in N Massachusetts.
- let in for — to involve (oneself or another) in (something more than is expected)
- leviration — Levirate marriage.
- liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- line storm — equinoctial storm.
- liner note — Usually, liner notes. explanatory or interpretative notes about an audio album, as a record, CD, etc., printed on the cover or case or otherwise provided.
- lion-tamer — a person who trains lions, esp for entertainment in a circus
- lipotropin — a large polypeptide of the pituitary gland from which endorphins and other endogenous opiates are thought to derive.
- literation — The act or process of representing by letters.
- lithoprint — Now Rare. to lithograph.
- lobstering — the act, process, or business of capturing lobsters.
- loratadine — An antihistamine drug used to treat allergies.
- lorenzetti — Ambrogio [ahm-braw-jaw] /ɑmˈbrɔ dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), c1319–48, and his brother, Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA) c1305–48, Italian painters.
- lorication — the act of covering with a protective coating
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- maceration — the act or process of macerating.
- machinator — One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.
- main store — main memory
- maintainor — a person guilty of maintenance.
- manometric — Of or pertaining to manometry, or measured using a manometer.
- māoritanga — the Māori culture; Māori way of life
- marcionite — a member of a Gnostic ascetic sect that flourished from the 2nd to 7th century a.d. and that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Christ.