10-letter words containing o, r
- anatropous — (of a plant ovule) inverted during development by a bending of the stalk (funicle) attaching it to the carpel wall
- anaxagoras — ?500–428 bc, Greek philosopher who maintained that all things were composed of minute particles arranged by an eternal intelligence
- anchor bed — a sloping, slightly projecting platform on the forecastle of a ship, for supporting an anchor when not in use.
- anchor ice — ice that forms at the bottom of a lake or river
- anchorages — Plural form of anchorage.
- anchorette — (in broadcasting) a young and inexperienced anchorwoman
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- anchoritic — of or relating to an anchorite
- anchorless — without an anchor
- andragogic — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
- androcracy — social and political rule by men.
- androecium — the stamens of a flowering plant collectively
- androgenic — any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics.
- androgynal — Androgynous.
- androgynes — Plural form of androgyne.
- andromache — the wife of Hector
- 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
- androphore — an extension of the receptacle carrying the androecium and the gynoecium, typical of the caper family (Capparidaceae)
- andropogon — (botany) Any member of the grass genus Andropogon.
- androspore — the zoospore of certain algae that develops into a small male plant producing antherozoids.
- anemochore — a plant in which the fruits or seeds are dispersed by wind
- anemochory — the dispersal of plant seeds or spores by the wind.
- anemograph — a self-recording anemometer
- anemometer — an instrument for recording the speed and often the direction of winds
- anemometry — the technique of measuring wind speed and direction
- angiograms — Plural form of angiogram.
- angiograph — The film or image of the blood vessels produced by angiography.
- angiosperm — any seed-bearing plant of the phylum Angiospermophyta (division Angiospermae in traditional systems), in which the ovules are enclosed in an ovary, which develops into the fruit after fertilization; any flowering plant
- angkor wat — the largest and best preserved Khmer temple in the Angkor complex of ruins.
- angle iron — an iron or a steel structural bar that has an L-shaped cross section
- angledozer — a bulldozer with an angled blade which allows earth to be pushed aside
- angora cat — a long-haired variety of cat, originating in Britain from crosses between Abyssinian and Siamese breeds in the 1960s
- anharmonic — of or concerned with an oscillation whose frequency is not an integral factor or multiple of the base frequency
- anhidrosis — the absence of sweating
- anhidrotic — curbing the secretion of sweat
- anhydrosis — the deficiency or absence of perspiration; adiaphoresis.
- anisocoria — inequality in the size of the pupils.
- anisomeric — (of a chemical compound) lacking isomers
- anisotropy — Physics. of unequal physical properties along different axes. Compare isotropic (def 1).
- 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
- anno regni — in the year of the reign
- announcers — Plural form of announcer.
- anoestrous — anestrous.
- anonymizer — (Internet) A software tool that attempts to make a user's Internet activity untraceable by acting as a proxy.
- anorectics — Plural form of anorectic.
- anorexiant — a substance, as a drug, for causing loss of appetite.
- anorgasmia — inability to experience sexual orgasm.
- anseriform — (ornithology) Of or pertaining to birds of the family Anseriformes including ducks, geese, swans, and screamers.