10-letter words containing n, o, r, m, a
- ropemaking — the act, skill, or process of fabricating rope.
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- round clam — quahog.
- 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.
- sacramento — a state in the W United States, on the Pacific coast. 158,693 sq. mi. (411,015 sq. km). Capital: Sacramento. Abbreviation: CA (for use with zip code), Cal., Calif.
- san marcos — a city in S central Texas.
- 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.
- sanitorium — a facility for housing patients with long-term illnesses
- sarmentose — having runners.
- scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- starmonger — an astrologer or fortune-teller
- steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
- stramonium — jimson weed.
- strong-arm — using, involving, or threatening the use of physical force or violence to gain an objective: strong-arm methods.
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- surnominal — relating to surnames
- 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.
- terminator — a person or thing that terminates.
- thereamong — amid or amongst
- 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.
- torpedoman — a petty officer or warrant officer responsible for the maintenance, use, and repair of underwater weapons and equipment.
- 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.
- tournament — a trial of skill in some game, in which competitors play a series of contests: a chess tournament.
- tramontana — a cold wind from the north or northeast that blows in the western Mediterranean.
- tramontane — being or situated beyond the mountains.
- 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.
- tremolando — (of a piece of music) to be played with tremulous effect
- treponemal — any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
- unarmorial — bearing a coat or coats of arms: a set of armorial china.
- unarmoured — (of a ship) without armour
- uncompared — to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences: to compare two pieces of cloth; to compare the governments of two nations.
- unharmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- unimmortal — not immortal
- unimodular — (of a matrix) having its determinant equal to 1.
- unmortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- unransomed — (of a person, prisoner, etc) not ransomed or released from captivity by a payment for freedom
- unromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- uranometry — a chart of the positions of the heavenly bodies on the celestial sphere.
- ursa minor — constellation
- van rompuy — Herman. born 1947, Belgian politician; prime minister of Belgium (2008–09); president of the European Council (2009–14)
- von karman — Theodore, 1881–1963, U.S. scientist and aeronautical engineer, born in Hungary.
- warm front — a transition zone between a mass of warm air and the colder air it is replacing.
- warmongers — Plural form of warmonger.
- watermelon — the large, roundish or elongated fruit of a trailing vine, Citrullus lanata, of the gourd family, having a hard, green rind and a sweet, juicy, usually pink or red pulp.