10-letter words containing r, a, y
- astrocytes — Plural form of astrocyte.
- astrocytic — relating to astrocytes or star-shaped neuroglial cells
- astrolatry — a reverence for, devotion to, or deification of celestial objects
- astromancy — divination by means of the stars.
- astrometry — the branch of astronomy concerned with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodies
- asymmetric — Asymmetric means the same as asymmetrical.
- asynartete — a poem or stanza that contains two different types of metre
- asynchrony — a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
- at liberty — free, unoccupied, or unrestricted
- athermancy — an inability to transmit radiant heat or infrared radiation
- atrocity's — the quality or state of being atrocious.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- auctionary — of or relating to auctions or auctioneers
- audiometry — the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.
- auditorily — in an auditory manner, by hearing
- aureomycin — chlortetracycline
- authourity — Obsolete form of authority.
- autography — the writing of something in one's own handwriting; something handwritten
- autotrophy — (in certain plants and bacteria) the process of making food from inorganic substances, using photosynthesis
- auxotrophy — the inability to synthesize particular growth factors, due to mutational changes
- axonometry — the branch of crystallography concerned with measurement of the axes of crystals
- ayers rock — a conspicuous red monadnock in central Australia, in the SW Northern Territory: tourist attraction. 1143 feet (348 meters) high.
- ayurvedics — a therapeutic system based on the Ayurveda
- azygospore — a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi
- baby grand — a small grand piano, approximately 5 feet long
- babyboomer — Alternative spelling of baby boomer.
- babymakers — Plural form of babymaker.
- babysitter — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- back forty — remote, usually uncultivated acreage on a large piece of land, as on a farm or ranch.
- back story — background information provided, often in narrative form, to give help in understanding something, as the behavior of a character in a film
- backronyms — Plural form of backronym.
- backwardly — In a backward direction.
- ballplayer — A ballplayer is a baseball player.
- bankruptcy — Bankruptcy is the state of being bankrupt.
- baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
- bardolatry — idolatry or excessive admiration of William Shakespeare
- barleycorn — a grain of barley, or barley itself
- barrow boy — A barrow boy is a man or boy who sells fruit or other goods from a barrow in the street.
- barrow-boy — a man or boy who sells wares from a barrow; costermonger.
- barycenter — (physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal.
- barycentre — a centre of mass, esp of the earth-moon system or the solar system
- barysphere — centrosphere (def 2).
- bathymeter — An instrument used to measure the depth of water in oceans, seas, or lakes.
- bathymetry — measurement of the depth of an ocean or other large body of water
- batter-fry — to coat with batter and fry in deep fat.
- battle cry — A battle cry is a phrase that is used to encourage people to support a particular cause or campaign.
- bay antler — the second branch from the base of a deer's horn
- bay laurel — a small evergreen Mediterranean laurel, Laurus nobilis, with glossy aromatic leaves, used for flavouring in cooking, and small blackish berries
- bay poplar — the tupelo, Nyssa aquatica.
- bay street — the financial centre of Toronto, in which Canada's largest stock exchange is situated