10-letter words containing r, o
- agrologist — a person who specializes in agrology
- agronomial — of or relating to agronomy
- agronomics — the branch of economics dealing with the distribution, management, and productivity of land
- agronomist — An agronomist is someone who studies the growing and harvesting of crops.
- agrypnotic — inducing, relating to, or characterized by insomnia
- ahorseback — on horseback
- aid worker — a person who works for an aid agency
- air harbor — a harbor for hydroplanes, especially seaplanes.
- air pistol — An air pistol is a small gun which is fired by means of air pressure.
- air pocket — a localized region of low air density or a descending air current, causing an aircraft to suffer an abrupt decrease in height
- air police — members of an air force assigned to carry on police duties
- air potato — a vine, Dioscorea bulbifera, of southeastern Asia, having tubers weighing several pounds and growing in the leaf axils.
- air shower — a shower of secondary cosmic radiation, caused by the interaction of cosmic radiation or gamma radiation with the atmosphere.
- air-cooled — An air-cooled engine is prevented from getting too hot when it is running by cool air that passes over it, rather than being cooled by a liquid.
- air-logged — (of a pump or system of piping) hindered in its functioning by an air lock; air-bound.
- air-to-air — Air-to-air combat is a battle between military aeroplanes where rockets or bullets are fired at one aeroplane from another.
- air-to-sea — operating between an aircraft in flight and a target on the sea
- airdropped — Simple past tense and past participle of airdrop.
- akaryocyte — A cell that has no nucleus.
- alabastron — a jar characteristically having an elongated shape, narrow neck, flat-rimmed mouth, and rounded base requiring a stand or support, chiefly used for fragrant ointments.
- alacritous — cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
- alamogordo — city in S N.Mex.: pop. 36,000: site of testing range where first atomic bomb was exploded (July, 1945)
- alanbrooke — Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount. 1883–1963, British field marshal; chief of Imperial General Staff (1941–46)
- alarmclock — Misspelling of alarm clock.
- alcoranist — a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.
- alderwoman — (in England and Wales until 1974) one of the senior female members of a local council, elected by other councillors
- alderwomen — Plural form of alderwoman.
- aldotriose — (carbohydrate) Any aldose having three carbon atoms; in reality, just glyceraldehyde.
- ale conner — a local official appointed to examine the measure and quality of ale, beer, and bread
- alessandro — Victor Nicholas, 1915–76, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- alexandros — Alexander (def 2).
- algol 68-r — (language) A restriction of ALGOL 68 permitting one-pass compilation, developed at the Royal Signals Radar Establishment, Malvern, Worcester, UK in April 1970.
- algol 68rs — (language) An extension of ALGOL 68 supporting function closures by the Royal Signals Radar Establishment, Malvern UK. It has been ported to Multics and VAX/VMS.
- algorithim — (spelling) It's spelled "algorithm".
- algorithms — Plural form of algorithm.
- alienators — Plural form of alienator.
- alipterion — (in an ancient Roman bath) a room for anointment.
- all-around — You say all around to indicate that something affects all parts of a situation or all members of a group.
- all-comers — You use all-comers to refer to everyone who wants to take part in an activity, especially a competition.
- allargando — (to be performed) with increasing slowness
- allegories — Plural form of allegory.
- allegorist — a person who writes allegories
- allegorize — to transform (a story, narrative, fable, etc) into or compose in the form of allegory
- allegretto — (to be performed) fairly quickly or briskly
- alleviator — a person or thing that alleviates.
- alligators — either of two broad-snouted crocodilians of the genus Alligator, of the southeastern U.S. and eastern China.
- allografts — Plural form of allograft.
- allographs — Plural form of allograph.
- allomerism — similarity of crystalline structure in substances of different chemical composition
- allomerize — to undergo allomerism.