10-letter words containing n, r, s
- anisotropy — Physics. of unequal physical properties along different axes. Compare isotropic (def 1).
- ankylosaur — any of various quadrupedal herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs constituting the suborder Ankylosauria, which were most abundant in upper Cretaceous times and had a very heavily armoured tanklike body
- announcers — Plural form of announcer.
- anoestrous — anestrous.
- anorectics — Plural form of anorectic.
- anorgasmia — inability to experience sexual orgasm.
- anseriform — (ornithology) Of or pertaining to birds of the family Anseriformes including ducks, geese, swans, and screamers.
- answer for — If you have to answer for something bad or wrong you have done, you are punished for it.
- answerable — If you are answerable to someone, you have to report to them and explain your actions.
- answerback — a reply or answering message from a computer or other electronic device, as by means of teletypewriter or simulated voice.
- answerless — not having or offering an answer
- ant-thrush — any of several antbirds, especially of the genus Formicarius.
- antecessor — a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before
- anthersmut — a species of parasitic fungus, Ustilago violacea
- anthuriums — Plural form of anthurium.
- anti-story — a narrative of short-story length that makes no effort to follow a plot and ignores structural conventions, character motivations, and the like.
- anti-virus — Anti-virus software is software that protects a computer against viruses.
- anticaries — characterized by an ability to prevent caries
- antichrist — the antagonist of Christ, expected by early Christians to appear and reign over the world until overthrown at Christ's Second Coming
- antiheroes — Plural form of antihero.
- antiherpes — acting against the herpes simplex virus
- antiquarks — Plural form of antiquark.
- antirabies — acting against or preventing rabies
- antiracism — the policy of challenging racism and promoting racial tolerance
- antiracist — a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- antiserums — Plural form of antiserum.
- antismoker — a person opposed to tobacco smoking
- antistress — acting to prevent or reduce stress
- antistrike — intended to ban, prevent, or discourage strike action by trade unions
- antitrades — winds moving above and opposite to the tropical trade winds: as they reach the Temperate Zones, they descend to the surface, forming a deep layer of prevailing westerlies
- antitragus — a cartilaginous projection of the external ear opposite the tragus
- antlerless — Without antlers.
- antrostomy — (surgery) Incision and drainage of the antrum.
- apartments — a suite of rooms in a grand residence such as a palace distinguished from any public rooms and designated for the use of a particular person or group
- appertains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appertain.
- appointers — Plural form of appointer.
- appointors — Plural form of appointor.
- apportions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apportion.
- appraising — critical, considering
- apprehends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprehend.
- apprentise — Obsolete form of apprentice.
- aquaporins — Plural form of aquaporin.
- arachnoids — Plural form of arachnoid.
- arc cosine — Trigonometry. the angle, measured in radians, that has a cosine equal to a given number. Symbol: cos −1. Abbreviation: arc cos;
- arc secant — the angle, measured in radians, that has a secant equal to a given number. Symbol: sec −1. Abbreviation: arc sec;
- arc second — Astronomy. second2 (def 4).
- archangels — Plural form of archangel.
- archfiends — Plural form of archfiend.
- arciniegas — Germán [her-mahn] /hɛrˈmɑn/ (Show IPA), 1900–1999, Colombian author, editor, and diplomat.
- arenaceous — (of sedimentary rocks and deposits) composed of sand or sandstone