11-letter words containing a, e, s
- appearances — the act or fact of appearing, as to the eye or mind or before the public: the unannounced appearance of dinner guests; the last appearance of Caruso in Aïda; her first appearance at a stockholders' meeting.
- appeasement — Appeasement means giving people what they want to prevent them from harming you or being angry with you.
- appeasingly — in an appeasing manner
- appendences — attached or suspended; annexed.
- apple sauce — Apple sauce is a type of sauce made from puréed cooked apples.
- applescript — (language) An object-oriented shell language for the Macintosh, approximately a superset of HyperTalk.
- appositives — Plural form of appositive.
- appraisable — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- appreciates — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- apprentices — Plural form of apprentice.
- appressoria — a flattened and thickened tip of a hyphal branch, formed by some parasitic fungi, that facilitates penetration of the host plant.
- apron stage — a stage that projects into the auditorium so that the audience sit on three sides of it
- aquaerobics — A form of aerobics done while in water.
- aquafitness — a keep-fit regime in which exercises are performed standing up in a swimming pool
- aquamarines — Plural form of aquamarine.
- aquarellist — (arts) An artist who paints aquarelles.
- arab street — public opinion in the Arab world
- arabian sea — the NW part of the Indian Ocean, between Arabia and India
- arabinoside — a glycoside yielding arabinose when hydrolysed
- arafura sea — a part of the W Pacific Ocean, between N Australia and SW New Guinea
- araliaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Araliaceae, a chiefly tropical family of trees, shrubs, or woody climbers having small clusters of whitish or greenish flowers. The family includes the ivy and ginseng
- arbitraries — subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.
- arboraceous — resembling a tree
- arborescent — having the shape or characteristics of a tree
- arborvitaes — Plural form of arborvitae.
- arboviruses — Plural form of arbovirus.
- archaeornis — an extinct primitive Jurassic bird, formerly placed in the genus Archaeornis but now thought to be a species of archaeopteryx
- archdeacons — Plural form of archdeacon.
- archdiocese — An archdiocese is the area over which an archbishop has control.
- archduchess — the wife or widow of an archduke
- archduchies — Plural form of archduchy.
- archenemies — Plural form of archenemy.
- architraves — Plural form of architrave.
- archnemesis — A chief nemesis.
- archpriests — Plural form of archpriest.
- arctic seal — rabbit fur that has been sheared and dyed to simulate sealskin.
- arduousness — requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.
- arena stage — the central acting area found in a theatre-in-the-round
- arenicolous — growing or living in sand or sandy places
- argyllshire — (until 1975) a county of W Scotland, part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now part of Argyll and Bute
- ari service — (company) The trading name of the remnants of AST Research, Inc.. ARI Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., of Seoul, Korea. They no longer manufacture or distribute computer hardware, but they continue to provide worldwide technical and service support to owners of systems that they manufactured. Headquarters: 16225 Alton Parkway, POB 57005, Irvine, California 92619-7005, USA.
- aristoteles — a walled plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
- arithmetics — Plural form of arithmetic.
- arkansawyer — an Arkansan.
- arkeologist — Someone who studies the story of Noah's Ark, particularly by searching for physical evidence which would corroborate it.
- arkhangelsk — seaport in NW Russia, at the mouth of the Northern Dvina River: pop. 407,000
- arm-wrestle — (of two people) to sit facing each other with the elbows resting on a table and clasping hands with each other, each trying to force the other's arm flat onto the table while keeping his or her own elbow touching the table
- armageddons — Plural form of armageddon.
- armentieres — a town in N France: site of battles in both World Wars. Pop: 25 273 (1999)
- arms dealer — a person or business that sells weapons and other military equipment