10-letter words containing r, u, n, a, o
- furanoside — any glycoside compound in the furanose form
- gangrenous — necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
- get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- glamouring — Present participle of glamour.
- glanderous — Characteristic of, pertaining to, or afflicted by glanders.
- gonkulator — /gon'kyoo-lay-tr/ (From "Hogan's Heroes", the TV series) A pretentious piece of equipment that actually serves no useful purpose. Usually used to describe one's least favourite piece of computer hardware. See gonk.
- graduation — an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
- gramineous — grasslike.
- grand coup — the trumping of a trick that could have been taken by the winner's partner.
- grand tour — an extended tour of Europe, formerly regarded as a necessary part of the education of young British gentlemen.
- granulator — A machine that forms material into granules.
- granulomas — Plural form of granuloma.
- granulosis — a disease that predominantly affects larval Lepidoptera and which causes loss of appetite and sluggishness
- ground pea — peanut.
- ground war — the part of a political campaign that is conducted door-to-door by party workers in individual constituencies
- groundbait — chum2 (def 1).
- groundball — Alternative form of ground ball.
- groundmass — the crystalline, granular, or glassy base or matrix of a porphyritic or other igneous rock, in which the more prominent crystals are embedded.
- groundsman — A male groundskeeper.
- groundward — Towards the ground.
- guarantors — Plural form of guarantor.
- gubernator — a governor
- gynandrous — having stamens and pistils united in a column, as in orchids.
- half-round — semicircular in cross section, as a molding or piece of type.
- harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hard-bound — hardcover
- harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmoniums — Plural form of harmonium.
- haubergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- homuncular — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- honorarium — a payment in recognition of acts or professional services for which custom or propriety forbids a price to be set: The mayor was given a modest honorarium for delivering a speech to our club.
- honourable — (British spelling) Alternative form of honorable.
- honourably — (British) In a honourable manner.
- hour angle — the angle, measured westward through 360°, between the celestial meridian of an observer and the hour circle of a celestial body.
- housetrain — To teach a house pet to urinate and defecate outside or in a designated location in the home.
- humaniform — Like a human or that of a human in form, seeming, or appearance.
- hunt board — English Furniture. a semicircular drinking table, often having a groove serving as a guide for coasters and a well for unopened bottles.
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- immuration — to enclose within walls.
- incouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of incourage.
- incubators — Plural form of incubator.
- incubatory — the act or process of incubating.
- inculcator — to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon or in): to inculcate virtue in the young.
- induration — the act of indurating.
- infrasound — sound with frequencies below the audible range.
- infusorial — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of infusorians: infusorial earth.
- infusorian — any of the Infusoria.
- inoculator — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- insinuator — to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.