11-letter words containing a, i, r, t
- authorizing — Present participle of authorize.
- auto racing — the sport of racing automobiles in which drivers compete against each other on a course designed for racing or on closed public roads.
- auto-dialer — a telephone device that makes possible a service feature (au·to-dial) whereby a call is automatically made in response to a brief input signal from the user, as the pressing of a button.
- auto-erotic — producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.
- autocracies — Plural form of autocracy.
- autodialers — Plural form of autodialer.
- autodialler — Alternative spelling of autodialer.
- autoerotism — pleasurable sensations or tensions arising in the erogenous body zones without external stimulation
- autographic — of, for, or like an autograph or autographs
- automorphic — shaped and designed after oneself
- autotrophic — (of organisms such as green plants) capable of manufacturing complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources such as carbon dioxide, water, and nitrates, using energy from the sun
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
- auxotrophic — designating or of a mutant organism requiring more nutritional substances than its prototrophic parent because it has lost the ability to make a certain enzyme
- aversion-to — a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
- awestricken — filled with awe.
- axisymmetry — any symmetry formed around an axis
- axonometric — of or relating to a projection method of representing three-dimensional objects on a flat surface
- azimuth bar — a device used in measuring azimuths, consisting of a bar with a sighting vane at each end,pivoted at its center, and rotating in a horizontal plane around the center of a compass.
- baby sister — a younger sister
- baby-sitter — a person who takes care of a child or children while the parents are out
- babysitters — Plural form of babysitter.
- back stairs — stairs at the back of a house, as for use by servants.
- bacteraemia — the presence of bacteria in the blood
- bacteraemic — containing, caused by, or pertaining to bacteraemia
- bacterially — In reference to bacteria.
- bactericide — a substance able to destroy bacteria
- bacteriemia — Bacteremia.
- bacteriocin — any protein-based toxin given off by bacteria to prevent the growth of related bacteria nearby
- bacteriosis — any bacterial disease
- bacteriuria — the presence of bacteria in the urine
- bacteroides — any of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Bacteroides, occurring in the alimentary and genitourinary tracts of humans and other mammals, certain species of which are pathogenic.
- baking tray — A baking tray is the same as a baking sheet.
- balistraria — (in a medieval fortification) an opening, usually in the form of a cross, through which a crossbow could be fired.
- ballicatter — (in Newfoundland) ice that forms along a shore from waves and spray
- balmorality — an idealization of Scottish traditions and culture
- bandeirante — a 16th–18th-century Portugese explorer in South America motivated by profit, known for hunting down natives for slaves as well as for locating mines of precious stones and metals
- banistering — Present participle of banister.
- bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
- banteringly — in a bantering fashion
- baptistries — Plural form of baptistry.
- bar mitzvah — A bar mitzvah is a ceremony that takes place on the thirteenth birthday of a Jewish boy, after which he is regarded as an adult.
- barbarities — Plural form of barbarity.
- barbitalism — barbiturism.
- barbiturate — A barbiturate is a drug which people take to make them calm or to help them to sleep.
- barbiturism — chronic poisoning caused by the excessive use of phenobarbital, secobarbital, or other derivative of barbituric acid.
- baresthesia — the sense or perception of pressure.
- barfulation — /bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ Variation of barf used around the Stanford area. An exclamation, expressing disgust. On seeing some particularly bad code one might exclaim, "Barfulation! Who wrote this, Quux?"
- baroclinity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
- baronetical — pertaining to baronets