10-letter words containing o, a, u
- ammunition — Ammunition is bullets and rockets that are made to be fired from guns.
- amodiaquin — a compound, C20H22ClN3O, whose hydrochloride form is used in treating malaria
- amphibious — In an amphibious military operation, army and navy forces attack a place from the sea.
- amphigouri — amphigory.
- amphinomus — Penelope's favorite suitor.
- amputation — to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery.
- amyl group — any of several univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 5 H 11 –, whose derivatives are found in fusel oil, fruit extracts, etc.
- amylaceous — of or resembling starch
- anacolutha — Plural form of anacoluthon.
- anacoustic — unable to support the propagation of sound; soundless
- anadromous — (of fishes such as the salmon) migrating up rivers from the sea in order to breed
- anaerobium — anaerobe
- anarthrous — having no joints or articulated limbs
- anatropous — (of a plant ovule) inverted during development by a bending of the stalk (funicle) attaching it to the carpel wall
- ancipitous — Alternative form of ancipital.
- androecium — the stamens of a flowering plant collectively
- andromaque — a tragedy (1667) by Racine.
- andropause — the period, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55, during which a man's testosterone levels may fall, leading to a reduction in vigour and sexual drive
- aneuploidy — (genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number.
- angulation — an angular formation
- anjou pear — a thick, green, oval-shaped pear that ripens during the winter
- 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
- annotinous — one year old.
- announcers — Plural form of announcer.
- announcing — Present participle of announce.
- annulation — the formation of rings
- anoestrous — anestrous.
- anonaceous — relating to the plant family Anonaceae and its members
- anonymouse — (informal) a person who posts to an online forum, or otherwise distributes information anonymously.
- anovulants — Plural form of anovulant.
- anti-tumor — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- antiarmour — designed or equipped to combat armoured vehicles
- antifouled — Simple past tense and past participle of antifoul.
- antilochus — a son of Nestor and a trusted friend of Achilles.
- antilogous — having the opposite name or character
- antimonous — of or containing antimony in the trivalent state
- antitorque — Describing the rotor on the tail of a helicopter that prevents the helicopter from spinning in a direction opposite to that of the main rotor blades.
- antitumour — preventing or acting against tumours
- antiutopia — dystopia.
- antonymous — of, or having the nature of, an antonym; opposite in meaning
- apatosaurs — Plural form of apatosaur.
- apocarpous — (of the ovaries of flowering plants such as the buttercup) consisting of separate carpels
- apolaustic — concerned with or dedicated to enjoyment
- aposporous — characterized by apospory
- apothecium — a cup-shaped structure that contains the asci, esp in lichens; a type of ascocarp
- apotropous — (of a plant ovule) anatrophous with a ventral raphe
- aquafortis — concentrated nitric acid, used for etching
- aquaphobia — an abnormal fear of water, esp because of the possibility of drowning
- aquaphobic — abnormally afraid of water
- aquaponics — a farming system that circulates wastewater from animal aquaculture to hydroponically cultivated plants, whereby the plants draw nutrients from the waste and filter the water, allowing for its recycled use by the aquatic animals.