11-letter words containing a, c, n, t
- anticlastic — (of a surface) having a curvature, at a given point and in a particular direction, that is of the opposite sign to the curvature at that point in a perpendicular direction
- anticruelty — the prevention of or opposition to cruelty
- anticryptic — serving to conceal an animal from its prey.
- anticulture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- anticyclone — An anticyclone is an area of high atmospheric pressure which causes settled weather conditions and, in summer, clear skies and high temperatures.
- antiemetics — Plural form of antiemetic.
- antifascism — opposition to fascism
- antifascist — opposed to fascism
- antignostic — pertaining to knowledge.
- antijacobin — opposed the political activities of the Jacobins
- antilogical — opposed to the logical
- antimitotic — acting against mitosis
- antimusical — opposed to musical conventions
- antimycotic — That inhibits the growth of fungi; antifungal.
- antinomical — characterized by or prone to antinomy
- antinuclear — opposed to nuclear weapons
- antinucleon — an antiproton or an antineutron
- antiplastic — allaying or preventing the growth of new tissue.
- antipyretic — preventing or alleviating fever
- antipyrotic — relieving the pain and stimulating the healing of burns.
- antiradical — opposed to radicalism
- antiscience — opposed to science or scientific method
- antisecrecy — opposed to secrecy, particularly in government
- antisemitic — Alternative spelling of anti-Semitic.
- antiseptics — pertaining to or affecting antisepsis.
- antispastic — preventing or reducing spasms
- antisuicide — acting to prevent suicide
- antitobacco — opposed to or acting against tobacco smoking
- antitypical — something that is foreshadowed by a type or symbol, as a New Testament event prefigured in the Old Testament.
- antivaccine — Opposed to vaccination.
- anucleolate — lacking a nucleolus or nucleoli.
- anxiolytics — Plural form of anxiolytic.
- apicodental — articulated with the apex of the tongue near the upper front teeth, as ( (θ) ; t h) ) and (; ð) ; th) )
- apocopation — to shorten by apocope.
- apocynthion — the point at which a spacecraft in lunar orbit is farthest from the moon
- aponeurotic — a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
- appeachment — an accusation or criminal charge
- application — An application for something such as a job or membership of an organization is a formal written request for it.
- apprecation — (obsolete) Earnest prayer; devout wish.
- apprenticed — a person who works for another in order to learn a trade: an apprentice to a plumber.
- apprentices — Plural form of apprentice.
- aquaintance — Misspelling of acquaintance.
- aquanautics — the study or practice of undersea travel
- arborescent — having the shape or characteristics of a tree
- arc tangent — the angle, measured in radians, that has a tangent equal to a given number. Symbol: tan −1. Abbreviation: arc tan;
- arc-boutant — flying buttress.
- archenteric — Of or pertaining to an archenteron.
- archenteron — the cavity within an embryo at the gastrula stage of development that eventually becomes the digestive cavity
- arctic tern — a black-capped tern, Sterna paradisea, that breeds in the Arctic and then migrates as far south as the Antarctic
- arctic zone — the section of the earth's surface lying between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.