10-letter words containing ra
- aphelandra — any shrub of the evergreen genus Aphelandra, originally from tropical America, widely grown as a house plant for its variegated shiny leaves and brightly coloured flowers: family Acanthaceae
- apitherapy — the medicinal use of honey or other bee products
- apparating — Present participle of apparate.
- apparation — (obsolete) A preparation.
- appearable — Able to appear; appearing; apparent.
- appearance — When someone makes an appearance at a public event or in a broadcast, they take part in it.
- appledrain — a wasp
- appraisals — Plural form of appraisal.
- appraisers — Plural form of appraiser.
- appraising — critical, considering
- appraisive — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- arabesqued — decorated with arabesques
- arabesques — Plural form of arabesque.
- arachnidan — (zoology) Any of the Arachnida.
- arachnoids — Plural form of arachnoid.
- araeometer — a hydrometer
- araeometry — the science of estimating the specific gravity of fluids through the use of an araeometer
- araeostyle — having an intercolumniation of four diameters.
- aragonitic — relating to aragonite
- araucanian — a South American Indian language; thought to be an isolated branch of the Penutian phylum, spoken in Chile and W Argentina
- araucarian — related to or belonging to the genus Araucaria
- arbitrable — that can be arbitrated; subject to arbitration
- arbitraged — Simple past tense and past participle of arbitrage.
- arbitrager — In finance, an arbitrager is someone who buys currencies, securities, or commodities on one country's market in order to make money by immediately selling them at a profit on another country's market.
- arbitrages — Plural form of arbitrage.
- arbitrated — to decide as arbitrator or arbiter; determine.
- arbitrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arbitrate.
- arbitrator — a person selected to judge a dispute; arbiter, esp. one, as in collective bargaining negotiations, named with the consent of both sides
- arch brace — a curved brace, especially one of a pair used to give the effect of an arch in a roof frame.
- architrave — the lowest part of an entablature that bears on the columns
- areography — the description of the physical features, such as the surface, atmosphere, etc, of the planet Mars
- aristocrat — An aristocrat is someone whose family has a high social rank, especially someone who has a title.
- arraigning — Present participle of arraign.
- arrangment — Misspelling of arrangement.
- arrearages — Plural form of arrearage.
- arrowgrass — either of two species, sea arrowgrass (Triglochin maritima) or marsh arrowgrass (T. palustris), of monocotyledonous perennials having long thin fleshy leaves and spikes of inconspicuous flowers
- arthralgia — pain in a joint
- arthralgic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from arthralgia.
- arthrogram — an x-ray photograph produced by arthrography.
- asarabacca — a perennial evergreen Eurasian plant, Asarum europaeum, having kidney-shaped leaves and a single brownish flower: family Aristolochiaceae
- asparagine — a nonessential amino acid, a component of proteins
- asperating — to make rough, harsh, or uneven: a voice asperated by violent emotion.
- asperation — The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
- aspidistra — any Asian plant of the liliaceous genus Aspidistra, esp A. lurida, a popular house plant with long tough evergreen leaves and purplish flowers borne on the ground
- aspirating — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- aspiration — Someone's aspirations are their desire to achieve things.
- aspirators — Plural form of aspirator.
- aspiratory — of or suited for breathing or suction
- asseverate — to assert or declare emphatically or solemnly
- assurances — Plural form of assurance.