11-letter words containing a, i, r, p
- amphidromia — a family festival in ancient Athens in honor of the birth of a child, during which the child received its name.
- amphigories — Plural form of amphigory.
- amphikaryon — a diploid nucleus.
- amphimacers — Plural form of amphimacer.
- amphistylar — (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends or at both sides
- amphithuron — amphithyra (def 1).
- amphithyron — amphithyra (def 1).
- amphitricha — bacteria that have flagella at both ends
- amphoriskos — a miniature amphora.
- ampitheater — Misspelling of amphitheater.
- ampitheatre — Misspelling of amphitheatre.
- amur privet — a northern Chinese shrub, Ligustrum amurense, of the olive family, having hairy leaves and white flowers.
- amyotrophic — (medicine) Characterized by atrophy of the muscles.
- anamorphism — intense metamorphism of a rock in which high-density complex minerals are formed from simpler minerals of lower density
- anaphoresis — the movement of suspended charged particles towards the anode in an electric field
- anaphorical — of or relating to an anaphora
- anaplerosis — the filling up of a scar, wound, etc which has decayed or been destroyed
- anaplerotic — of or relating to anaplerosis
- androphilic — Sexually attracted to men.
- androphobia — an abnormal fear of men; an aversion toward the male sex.
- androphobic — Exhibiting androphobia; fearful of men.
- androsphinx — a sphinx having the head of a man
- angiography — a method of obtaining an X-ray of blood vessels by injecting into them a substance, such as one containing iodine, that shows up as opaque on an X-ray picture
- animal park — a zoo in which wild animals are housed and displayed in large open spaces designed to resemble their native habitats.
- anisocarpic — (of a flower) having a lower number of carpels than of other floral parts.
- anisopteran — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Anisoptera, comprising the dragonflies.
- anisotropic — not isotropic; having different physical properties in different directions
- antatrophic — preventing or curing atrophy.
- anteportico — a lesser portico preceding a main portico.
- anthropical — relating to human nature
- anthropoids — Plural form of anthropoid.
- anticipator — to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure.
- anticryptic — serving to conceal an animal from its prey.
- antihyperon — the antiparticle of the hyperon
- antileprosy — acting against leprosy
- antipattern — (software engineering) A design pattern that may be commonly used but is ineffective and/or counterproductive in practice.
- 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
- antipopular — opposed to the people or to popular cause
- antipoverty — acting against poverty
- antiprotons — Plural form of antiproton.
- antipyresis — checking or preventing fever.
- antipyretic — preventing or alleviating fever
- antipyrotic — relieving the pain and stimulating the healing of burns.
- antispyware — Designed or intended to combat or eliminate spyware on a computer system.
- antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
- aphrodisiac — An aphrodisiac is a food, drink, or drug which is said to make people want to have sex.
- apodyterium — the changing room in an ancient Roman bathhouse
- apoferritin — a homogeneous protein, found especially in the intestinal mucosa and the liver, that interacts with a ferric hydroxide-ferric phosphate complex to form ferritin.
- apollinaire — Guillaume (ɡijom), real name Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki. 1880–1918, French poet, novelist, and dramatist, regarded as a precursor of surrealism; author of Alcoöls (1913) and Calligrammes (1918)