10-letter words containing t, r, o
- anchoritic — of or relating to an anchorite
- anemometer — an instrument for recording the speed and often the direction of winds
- anemometry — the technique of measuring wind speed and direction
- angkor wat — the largest and best preserved Khmer temple in the Angkor complex of ruins.
- angora cat — a long-haired variety of cat, originating in Britain from crosses between Abyssinian and Siamese breeds in the 1960s
- anhidrotic — curbing the secretion of sweat
- anisotropy — Physics. of unequal physical properties along different axes. Compare isotropic (def 1).
- anoestrous — anestrous.
- anorectics — Plural form of anorectic.
- anorexiant — a substance, as a drug, for causing loss of appetite.
- antecessor — a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before
- antemortem — made or done just before one's death
- anteriorly — in an anterior position
- anthophore — an elongation of the receptacle of a flower between the calyx and corolla
- anthracoid — resembling anthrax
- anthropoid — resembling man
- anti-labor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- anti-roman — of or relating to the ancient or modern city of Rome, or to its inhabitants and their customs and culture: Roman restaurants.
- anti-story — a narrative of short-story length that makes no effort to follow a plot and ignores structural conventions, character motivations, and the like.
- anti-tumor — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- antiarmour — designed or equipped to combat armoured vehicles
- antibaryon — the antiparticle of any of the baryons
- anticorona — a luminous edging around the shadow of an observer or the point where his or her shadow would fall, as thrown by the sun upon a cloud or fog bank.
- antidromic — (of nerve fibres) conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal
- antierotic — discouraging sexual desire
- antifogger — an antifoggant.
- antigorite — a variety of serpentine occurring in a brownish-green lamellar form.
- antigrowth — acting to restrict or prevent growth
- antiheroes — Plural form of antihero.
- antiheroic — relating to or in the manner of an antihero
- antimodern — opposed to modern attitudes
- antiphonar — Alternative form of antiphonary.
- antiphoner — An antiphonal.
- antiporter — a membrane protein that transports substances across cell membranes
- antiproton — the antiparticle of the proton; a particle having the same mass as the proton but an equal and opposite charge
- antireform — opposed to reform
- antismoker — a person opposed to tobacco smoking
- antiterror — Denoting political activities or measures designed to prevent or thwart terrorism.
- antitorque — Describing the rotor on the tail of a helicopter that prevents the helicopter from spinning in a direction opposite to that of the main rotor blades.
- antitumour — preventing or acting against tumours
- antrostomy — (surgery) Incision and drainage of the antrum.
- apart from — You use apart from when you are making an exception to a general statement.
- aparthotel — a hotel in which self-catering service apartments are available for rent
- apatosaurs — Plural form of apatosaur.
- aphoristic — of, relating to, or resembling an aphorism
- apochromat — a lens, consisting of three or more elements of different types of glass, that is designed to bring light of three colours to the same focal point, thus reducing its chromatic aberration
- apoprotein — any conjugated protein from which the prosthetic group has been removed, such as apohaemoglobin (the protein of haemoglobin without its haem group)
- apostrophe — An apostrophe is the mark ' when it is written to indicate that one or more letters have been left out of a word, as in 'isn't' and 'we'll'. It is also added to nouns to form possessives, as in 'Mike's car'.
- apostrophy — Alternative form of apostrophe.
- apothecary — An apothecary was a person who prepared medicines for people.