11-letter words containing a, b, s, i
- amphibolous — ambiguous or equivocal, especially when due to the uncertain grammatical construction of a word or phrase.
- amphibrachs — Plural form of amphibrach.
- amphisbaena — any worm lizard of the genus Amphisbaena
- anti-busing — opposing legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- anti-rabies — an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- antibaryons — Plural form of antibaryon.
- antibilious — of a nature that can be used to counter biliousness
- antibiotics — Plural form of antibiotic.
- antiblastic — antagonistic to growth.
- antiobesity — reducing or controlling obesity
- antisubsidy — opposed to or acting against subsidization
- apostlebird — an omnivorous bird, Struthidea cinerea, of eastern Australia, that has chiefly dark gray-brown plumage with white tail markings and is noted for its habit of traveling in groups of about 12 related individuals.
- appraisable — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- aquaerobics — A form of aerobics done while in water.
- arab spring — The Arab Spring is a period of time in and around 2011 to 2012 during which people in the Middle East and Africa tried to achieve democratic reforms.
- arabian sea — the NW part of the Indian Ocean, between Arabia and India
- arabidopsis — Any cress (or related plant) of the genus Arabidopsis.
- arabinoside — a glycoside yielding arabinose when hydrolysed
- arbitraries — subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.
- arbitrators — Plural form of arbitrator.
- arborvitaes — Plural form of arborvitae.
- arboviruses — Plural form of arbovirus.
- archbishops — Plural form of archbishop.
- arms akimbo — with hands on hips and elbows projecting outwards
- arquebusier — harquebusier.
- arsonphobia — Pyrophobia.
- asbestiform — having the look or structure of asbestos
- asciibonics — (chat) (From ASCII and Ebonics) A style of text communication in English which is most common on talk systems such as irc. Its notable characteristics are: Typing all in lowercase (and occasionally all in uppercase). Copious use of abbreviations of the sort "u" for "you" "1" for "one" (and therefore "some1" for "someone", "ne1" for "anyone"), "2" for "to", "r" for "are", etc. A general lack of punctuation, except for strings of question marks and exclamation marks. Common use of the idiom "m or f?", meant to elicit a statement of the listener's gender. Typical extended discourse in ASCIIbonics: "hey wasup ne1 want 2 cyber?" "m or f?" ASCIIbonics is similar to the way B1FF talked, although B1FF used more punctuation (lots more), and used all uppercase, rather than all lowercase. What's more, B1FF was only interested in warez, and so never asked "m or f?". It has been widely observed that some of the purest examples of ASCIIbonics come from non-native speakers of English. The phenomenon of ASCIIbonics predates by several years the use of the word "ASCIIbonics", as the word could only have been coined in or after late 1996, when "Ebonics" was first used in the US media to denote the US English dialects known in the linguistic literature as "Black Vernacular English".
- assimilable — capable of being assimilated.
- assiniboine — a river in W Canada, rising in E Saskatchewan and flowing southeast and east to the Red River at Winnipeg. Length: over 860 km (500 miles)
- astraphobia — a fear of thunder and lightning
- astrophobia — A fear of stars and celestial space.
- atrabilious — irritable
- audibleness — The state or quality of being audible.
- automobiles — Plural form of automobile.
- babassu oil — a yellow oil expressed or extracted from babassu nuts, used chiefly in the manufacture of soaps and cosmetics and as a cooking oil.
- babelicious — (of a woman) sexually very attractive.
- baby sister — a younger sister
- baby-sitter — a person who takes care of a child or children while the parents are out
- babyishness — The state or quality of being babyish.
- babylonians — of or relating to Babylon or Babylonia.
- babysitters — Plural form of babysitter.
- babysitting — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- bacchylides — flourished 5th century b.c, Greek poet.
- bacciferous — bearing berries
- baccivorous — feeding on berries
- bachelorism — bachelorhood
- back stairs — stairs at the back of a house, as for use by servants.
- back-stitch — stitching or a stitch in which the thread is doubled back on the preceding stitch.
- backcasting — Present participle of backcast.