10-letter words containing s, a, n, r
- air casing — a casing for the funnel of a powered vessel, large enough to provide an air space all around the funnel.
- air spring — an enclosed pocket of air used to absorb shock or sudden fluctuations of load
- airmanship — the skill or art of flying an aircraft
- 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.
- alcoranist — a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.
- alessandra — a female given name, Italian form of Alexandra.
- alessandri — Jorge [hawr-he] /ˈhɔr hɛ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1986, Chilean engineer and statesman: president 1958–64.
- alessandro — Victor Nicholas, 1915–76, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- alexanders — a biennial umbelliferous plant, Smyrnium olusatrum, native to S Europe, with dense umbels of yellow-green flowers and black fruits
- alexandros — Alexander (def 2).
- alienators — Plural form of alienator.
- alisanders — Alternative form of alexanders (plant).
- alongshore — close to, by, or along a shore
- alpenhorns — Plural form of alpenhorn.
- alpestrine — (of plants) growing at high altitudes; subalpine
- alternates — Plural form of alternate.
- amaranthus — Any of the genus Amaranthus; an amaranth.
- amarynceus — a king of Messene who ruled Elis with Augeas and who was slain by Nestor in a war against the Pylians.
- americanos — Plural form of americano.
- aminosugar — a monosaccharide with an amino or substituted amino group in place of a nonglycosidic hydroxyl group.
- amortising — Present participle of amortise.
- ampersands — Plural form of ampersand.
- anachorism — a geographical misplacement; something located in an incongruous position
- anacrustic — Prosody. an unstressed syllable or syllable group that begins a line of verse but is not counted as part of the first foot.
- anadromous — (of fishes such as the salmon) migrating up rivers from the sea in order to breed
- anaerobies — (biology) anaerobes.
- anarchists — Plural form of anarchist.
- anarthrous — having no joints or articulated limbs
- anastrophe — reversal of the usual order of the parts of a sentence; inversion (Ex.: “Came the dawn”)
- 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
- ancestress — a female ancestor (sense 1) ancestor (sense 4)
- ancestries — Plural form of ancestry.
- anchorages — Plural form of anchorage.
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- anchorless — without an anchor
- androgynes — Plural form of androgyne.
- 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
- androspore — the zoospore of certain algae that develops into a small male plant producing antherozoids.
- aneurismal — Alternative spelling of aneurysmal.
- aneurysmal — a permanent cardiac or arterial dilatation usually caused by weakening of the vessel wall.
- angiograms — Plural form of angiogram.
- 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
- anglerfish — a bony fish with a growth on its head which can be wiggled to attract prey
- anhidrosis — the absence of sweating
- anhydrides — Plural form of anhydride.
- 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).