10-letter words containing s, e, n, o, r, a
- kairomones — Plural form of kairomone.
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- lakefronts — Plural form of lakefront.
- landowners — Plural form of landowner.
- laniferous — wool-bearing: sheep and other laniferous animals.
- lanosterol — a sterol, C 30 H 50 O, formed from squalene epoxide, that is a precursor in the biosynthesis of cholesterol and is a component of lanolin.
- lawnmowers — Plural form of lawnmower.
- lay person — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- lemongrass — A fragrant tropical grass that yields an oil that smells lemon. It is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumery and medicine.
- lobsterman — a person who traps lobsters.
- longbeards — Plural form of longbeard.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macro lens — a lens used to bring into focus objects very close to the camera.
- magnetrons — Plural form of magnetron.
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- main store — main memory
- mano-neras — Black Hand (def 1).
- manoeuvres — A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.
- manometers — Plural form of manometer.
- markswomen — Plural form of markswoman.
- mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
- membranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- mesocranic — having a skull with a cranial index between that of dolichocranic and brachycranic skulls.
- micronesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the small Pacific islands N of the equator and E of the Philippines, whose main groups are the Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, and the Marshall Islands.
- miseration — (obsolete) commiseration.
- monarchies — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- monetarism — a doctrine holding that changes in the money supply determine the direction of a nation's economy.
- monetarist — a doctrine holding that changes in the money supply determine the direction of a nation's economy.
- monolayers — Plural form of monolayer.
- monstrance — a receptacle in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration.
- montserrat — an island in the Leeward Islands, in the SE West Indies: a British crown colony. 39½ sq. mi. (102 sq. km). Capital: Plymouth.
- moonrakers — Plural form of moonraker.
- mossbanker — A fish, the menhaden.
- mousterian — of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
- nanometers — Plural form of nanometer.
- nanometres — Plural form of nanometre.
- nanosphere — A nanoscale sphere.
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- narcotised — Simple past tense and past participle of narcotise.
- narcotizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of narcotize.
- narrowness — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- navelworts — Plural form of navelwort.
- nectareous — nectarous.
- neorealism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of various movements in literature, art, etc., that are considered as a return to a more realistic style.
- neorealist — Of or pertaining to the post World War II international relations movement of neorealism.
- neurinomas — Plural form of neurinoma.
- neuroblast — an immature nerve cell.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- neurospora — a genus of fast-growing orange-red fungus characterized by markings on the spores resembling axons, used widely in genetic and biochemical research
- nicobarese — a member of a people or group of peoples inhabiting the Nicobar Islands.