10-letter words containing ra
- agraphobia — Fear of sexual abuse.
- air piracy — the hijacking of an aircraft; skyjacking
- air travel — transportation in aircraft
- airbrasive — a method of removing deposits from the teeth, or rarely, of preparing teeth for filling, by wearing down the surface with an abrasive substance blown by a jet of air
- alcoranist — a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.
- alessandra — a female given name, Italian form of Alexandra.
- algebraist — an expert in algebra.
- aliterates — Plural form of aliterate.
- alliterate — to contain or cause to contain alliteration
- allografts — Plural form of allograft.
- allographs — Plural form of allograph.
- almoravide — a member of a fanatical people of Berber origin and Islamic faith, who founded an empire in N Africa that spread over much of Spain in the 11th century ad
- alprazolam — a potent benzodiazepine, C 17 H 13 CIN 4 , used in the treatment of certain anxiety states.
- altar rail — a rail around or in front of the altar table in church, often cushioned on top, at which worshippers kneel to take communion or vows
- alteration — An alteration is a change in or to something.
- alterative — likely or able to produce alteration
- altostrati — Plural form of altostratus.
- amaranthus — Any of the genus Amaranthus; an amaranth.
- amarantine — amaranthine
- ambulacral — one of the radial areas in an echinoderm, as the sea urchin, bearing the tube feet by which the creature moves.
- ameliorant — a thing that ameliorates
- ameliorate — If someone or something ameliorates a situation, they make it better or easier in some way.
- amphiaraus — a hero who joined the Seven against Thebes, although he knew that his death was fated: deified after death.
- amphibrach — a metrical foot consisting of a long syllable between two short syllables (◡ – ◡)
- amphithyra — Also, amphithyron, amphithura [am-fuh-thoo r-uh] /ˌæm fəˈθʊər ə/ (Show IPA), amphithuron. Greek Orthodox Church. a divided curtain in front of the door of the iconostasis.
- anagrammed — a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: “Angel” is an anagram of “glean.”.
- anagrammer — a person who enjoys solving anagrams
- anaxagoras — ?500–428 bc, Greek philosopher who maintained that all things were composed of minute particles arranged by an eternal intelligence
- anchorages — Plural form of anchorage.
- andragogic — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
- androcracy — social and political rule by men.
- anemograph — a self-recording anemometer
- angiograms — Plural form of angiogram.
- angiograph — The film or image of the blood vessels produced by angiography.
- angora cat — a long-haired variety of cat, originating in Britain from crosses between Abyssinian and Siamese breeds in the 1960s
- anne frank — Anne, 1929–45, German Jewish girl who died in Belsen concentration camp in Germany: her diaries about her family hiding from Nazis in Amsterdam (1942–44) published in 1947.
- answerable — If you are answerable to someone, you have to report to them and explain your actions.
- anthracene — a colourless tricyclic crystalline solid having a slight blue fluorescence, used in the manufacture of chemicals, esp diphenylamine and alizarin, and as crystals in scintillation counters. Formula: C6H4(CH)2C6H4
- anthracite — Anthracite is a type of very hard coal which burns slowly, producing a lot of heat and very little smoke.
- anthracoid — resembling anthrax
- anti-draft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- antipiracy — acting against the piracy of copyrighted material
- antirabies — acting against or preventing rabies
- antiracial — of or relating to the social construct of race: racial diversity; racial stereotypes.
- antiracing — Opposing racing.
- antiracism — the policy of challenging racism and promoting racial tolerance
- antiracist — a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- antitrades — winds moving above and opposite to the tropical trade winds: as they reach the Temperate Zones, they descend to the surface, forming a deep layer of prevailing westerlies
- antitragus — a cartilaginous projection of the external ear opposite the tragus
- aparavidya — intellectual knowledge.