10-letter words containing t, r, o
- attenuator — any device designed to reduce the power of a wave or electrical signal without distorting it
- attic room — a room in the attic of a house
- attoparsec — (unit, humour) About 31 mm (one inch). "atto-" is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^-18. A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-years; an attoparsec is thus 3.26 * 10^-18 light years. Thus, one attoparsec per microfortnight is about one inch per second. This unit is reported to be in use (though probably not very seriously) among hackers in the UK.
- attornment — (feudal legal) The consent of a tenant to the transfer of his relationship to his landlord to another person.
- attraction — An attraction is a feature which makes something interesting or desirable.
- attractors — Plural form of attractor.
- attributor — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- au courant — up-to-date, esp in knowledge of current affairs
- auctionary — of or relating to auctions or auctioneers
- auctioneer — An auctioneer is a person in charge of an auction.
- audiometer — an instrument for testing the intensity and frequency range of sound that is capable of detection by the human ear
- audiometry — the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.
- auditioner — a person who attends an audition
- auditorily — in an auditory manner, by hearing
- auditorium — An auditorium is the part of a theatre or concert hall where the audience sits.
- auguration — The practice of augury.
- australoid — denoting, relating to, or belonging to a supposed racial group that includes the native Australians and certain other peoples of southern Asia and the Pacific islands.
- australorp — a heavy black breed of domestic fowl
- authorised — Alternative spelling of authorized.
- authorises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authorise.
- authoritie — Obsolete spelling of authority.
- authorized — officially permitted or empowered
- authorizer — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- authorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authorize.
- authorless — having no author; anonymous
- authorship — The authorship of a piece of writing is the identity of the person who wrote it.
- authourity — Obsolete form of authority.
- authourize — Rare spelling of authorize.
- auto court — motel.
- autochrome — a material once used for color photography, consisting of a photographic emulsion applied over a multicolored screen of minute starch grains dyed red, green, and blue-violet.
- autocratic — An autocratic person or organization has complete power and makes decisions without asking anyone else's advice.
- autodialer — An electronic device that dials telephone numbers randomly or from a list and may also leave messages and request information.
- autoerotic — producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.
- autoformat — Lb transitive To cause the layout of (a document) to be created or edited without further effort by the execution of a program.
- autografts — Plural form of autograft.
- autographs — Plural form of autograph.
- autography — the writing of something in one's own handwriting; something handwritten
- autoloader — stack loader
- automakers — Plural form of automaker.
- autorepeat — Any feature that repeats an action automatically.
- autorotate — (of a rotor) to rotate around a central axis powered by aerodynamic forces
- autoroutes — Plural form of autoroute.
- autostrada — an Italian motorway
- autotrophs — Plural form of autotroph.
- autotrophy — (in certain plants and bacteria) the process of making food from inorganic substances, using photosynthesis
- autotropic — Growing in a straight line.
- autowinder — a battery-operated device for advancing the film in a camera automatically after each exposure
- autoworker — An autoworker is a person who works in the automobile manufacturing industry.
- auxotrophs — Plural form of auxotroph.
- auxotrophy — the inability to synthesize particular growth factors, due to mutational changes