10-letter words containing n, a, g, o, r
- aphorizing — Present participle of aphorize.
- aragonitic — relating to aragonite
- archegonia — the female reproductive organ in ferns, mosses, etc.
- arctogaean — of or relating to Arctogaea
- argenteous — silvery.
- armageddon — Armageddon is a terrible battle or war that some people think will lead to the total destruction of the world or the human race.
- arpeggione — a stringed musical instrument of the early 19th century which was played with a bow
- arrogantly — making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud: an arrogant public official.
- arrogating — Present participle of arrogate.
- arrogation — to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right: to arrogate the right to make decisions.
- asgeirsson — Asgeir [ahs-gair] /ˈɑs gɛər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1972, Icelandic statesman: president 1952–68.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- auguration — The practice of augury.
- ausforming — a treatment to strengthen hard steels, prior to quenching, in which the specimen is plastically deformed while it is in the austenite temperature range
- background — Your background is the kind of family you come from and the kind of education you have had. It can also refer to such things as your social and racial origins, your financial status, or the type of work experience that you have.
- baragnosis — loss of the ability to estimate or perceive the weight of an object.
- bargain on — to rely or depend on (something)
- bargainous — (informal) cheap (characteristic of a bargain).
- bargestone — any of several stones forming the sloping edge of a gable.
- barognosis — the ability to judge weight
- baronetage — the order of baronets; baronets collectively
- barrington — Jonah. born 1940, British squash player; winner of the Open Championship 1966–67, 1969–72
- beg-pardon — an expression of apology (used especially in the phrase with no beg-pardons).
- bingo card — a prepaid postcard inserted in a magazine by its publisher to enable a reader to order free information about advertised products.
- bioorganic — pertaining to the composition and biological activity of carbon-based compounds, especially those of laboratory rather than biogenic origin (contrasted with bioinorganic).
- bioreagent — a reagent of biological origin, such as an enzyme
- bombarding — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bordraging — an attack or raid on a border region
- boring bar — Metalworking. a bar holding a tool for boring a cylinder or the like.
- born-again — A born-again Christian is a person who has become an evangelical Christian as a result of a religious experience.
- bronze age — The Bronze Age was a period of time which began when people started making things from bronze about 4,000–6,000 years ago.
- brown alga — an alga of the class Phaeophyceae, usually brown owing to the presence of brown pigments in addition to the chlorophyll.
- camerlengo — a cardinal who acts as the pope's financial secretary and the papal treasurer
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- canonsburg — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- caprioling — Present participle of capriole.
- carcinogen — A carcinogen is a substance which can cause cancer.
- carhopping — the practice of serving customers at a drive-in restaurant
- cariogenic — (of a substance) producing caries, esp in the teeth
- carmagnole — a dance and song popular during the French Revolution
- carpooling — Present participle of carpool.
- carrington — Dora, known as Carrington. 1893–1932, British painter, engraver, and letter writer; a member of the Bloomsbury Group
- cartonnage — The papyrus used to wrap mummies in ancient Egypt.
- cartooning — a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- cavortings — sexual frolics
- changeover — A changeover is a change from one activity or system to another.
- changeroom — a room for use in changing one's clothes.
- chromagens — Plural form of chromagen.
- chronogram — a phrase or inscription in which letters such as M, C, X, L, and V can be read as Roman numerals giving a date
- cinemagoer — a person who attends the cinema