10-letter words containing o, r, a, i, u
- natatorium — a swimming pool, especially one that is indoors.
- neurinomas — Plural form of neurinoma.
- neurodynia — (pathology) nerve pain; neuralgia.
- neuroglial — Of or pertaining to the glial cells or neuroglia.
- neuroimage — (transitive) To produce an image of the structure or function of part of the brain.
- neuropodia — Plural form of neuropodium.
- neutralino — (physics) Any of several hypothetical particles, predicted by supersymmetry, related to neutrinos.
- nitrofuran — A class of drug, derived from furan, used to inhibit bacterial growth.
- noncrucial — Not crucial.
- numeration — an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- obduration — the process of becoming or the state of being obdurate, intractable and indifferent
- obituaries — Plural form of obituary.
- obituarist — a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.
- objuration — (rare) A firm binding by oath.
- obturation — to stop up; close.
- oceanarium — a large saltwater aquarium for the display and observation of fish and other marine life.
- omniparous — producing or generating all things
- opium wars — a war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.
- orbiculate — orbicular; rounded.
- orichalcum — a brass rich in zinc, prepared by the ancients.
- outbargain — to surpass in bargaining
- outbraving — Present participle of outbrave.
- outmigrant — A person who has migrated from one place to another, especially within a country.
- outraising — Present participle of outraise.
- outranging — Present participle of outrange.
- outranking — Present participle of outrank.
- outrivaled — Simple past tense and past participle of outrival.
- outstaring — Present participle of outstare.
- ouvirandra — former name for the lattice-leaf plant Aponogeton madagascariensis, an aquatic plant from Madagascar, with leaves like a lattice spreading under the surface of the water
- oxyuriasis — human infection with pinworms.
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- parapodium — one of the unjointed rudimentary limbs or processes of locomotion of many worms, as annelids.
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- parvovirus — Veterinary Pathology. a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease of dogs, characterized by vomiting, severe diarrhea, and depression and accompanied by high fever and loss of appetite.
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- plauditory — approving or laudatory
- plesiosaur — any marine reptile of the extinct genus Plesiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, a long neck, four paddlelike limbs, and a short tail.
- popularise — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
- popularity — the quality or fact of being popular.
- popularize — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- praetorium — (in Roman history) the headquarters or residence of a Roman official, governor or military commander
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- procacious — insolent
- procambium — the meristem from which vascular bundles are developed.
- pupiparous — (of an insect) bearing fully developed larvae that are ready to pupate.
- purgatoire — a river in SE Colorado, flowing NE to the Arkansas River. 186 miles (299 km) long.