11-letter words containing a, h, r
- anthracosis — a lung disease due to inhalation of coal dust
- anthracotic — the deposition of coal dust in the lungs; asymptomatic pneumoconiosis.
- anthrophony — Any sound produced by human beings or their creations.
- anthropical — relating to human nature
- anthropoids — Plural form of anthropoid.
- anthroponym — a personal name.
- anti-church — a building for public Christian worship.
- antichamber — Obsolete form of antechamber.
- antichoicer — someone who opposes the granting of pregnant women the choice to have an abortion
- antichrists — Plural form of antichrist.
- antiheroine — a central female character in a novel, play, film, etc, who lacks the traditional heroic virtues
- antiheroism — (literature) The quality of being an antihero.
- antihyperon — the antiparticle of the hyperon
- antikythera — an island in the E Mediterranean, NW of Crete: archaeological site. 8½ sq. mi. (22 sq. km).
- antiphonary — a bound collection of antiphons, esp for use in the divine office
- antiphrasis — the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal one, esp for ironic effect
- antirrhinum — any scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Antirrhinum, esp the snapdragon, which have two-lipped flowers of various colours
- antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
- antitarnish — resistant to or protecting against tarnishing
- antitheater — Works of theater that go against theatrical conventions.
- antitheatre — Alternative form of antitheater.
- antithyroid — acting against excessive thyroid activity
- antler moth — a European noctuid moth, Cerapteryx (or Charaeas) graminis, that has white antler-like markings on the forewings and produces larvae that periodically cause great damage to pastures and grasslands
- aortic arch — one member of a series of paired curved blood vessels that arise in the embryo from the ventral aorta, pass around the pharynx through the branchial arches, and join with the dorsal aorta to form the great vessels of the head and neck.
- aortography — an X-ray examination of the aorta
- aphelandras — Plural form of aphelandra.
- aphrodisiac — An aphrodisiac is a food, drink, or drug which is said to make people want to have sex.
- apomorphine — a white crystalline alkaloid, derived from morphine, that is used medicinally as an emetic, as an expectorant, and in Parkinson's disease. Formula: C17H17NO2
- apostrophes — Plural form of apostrophe.
- apostrophic — a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea, as “O Death, where is thy sting?”.
- apostrophus — a symbol resembling a reversed letter C used in Roman numerals to denote large numbers
- apparatchik — An apparatchik is someone who works for a government or a political party and who obeys orders.
- apprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of apprehend.
- apprehender — Agent noun of apprehend; one who apprehends.
- approacheth — Archaic third-person singular form of approach.
- approaching — coming closer in time
- apra harbor — a port on the W coast of Guam.
- aqualeather — a very strong type of leather made from the skin of the Nile perch (Lates niloticus)
- arachidonic — related to arachidonic acid or the derivatives of arachidonic acid
- arachis oil — peanut oil.
- arachnoidal — relating to the arachnoid
- arachnology — the study of arachnids
- araneomorph — (zoology) Any of the Araneomorphae, a suborder of spiders whose fangs cross with a pinching action.
- archaeocyte — (in sponges) a type of amoebocyte capable of developing into other types of cells, especially reproductive cells.
- archaeology — Archaeology is the study of the societies and peoples of the past by examining the remains of their buildings, tools, and other objects.
- archaeornis — an extinct primitive Jurassic bird, formerly placed in the genus Archaeornis but now thought to be a species of archaeopteryx
- archaeozoic — Archeozoic
- archaically — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
- archaicisms — Plural form of archaicism.
- archangelic — Theology. a chief or principal angel; in medieval angelology one of the nine orders of celestial attendants on God. Compare angel (def 1).