11-letter words containing a, i, s
- antirealism — the denial of an objective reality
- antirealist — relating to antirealism
- antiscience — opposed to science or scientific method
- antisecrecy — opposed to secrecy, particularly in government
- antiseizure — acting against or preventing seizures
- antisemitic — Alternative spelling of anti-Semitic.
- antiseptics — pertaining to or affecting antisepsis.
- antiskating — of or relating to a control or adjustment on a record player that counteracts the tendency of the tone arm to be pulled inward by centripetal force.
- antislavery — opposed to slavery, esp slavery of Black people
- antismoking — intended to prevent people from smoking tobacco
- antispastic — preventing or reducing spasms
- antispyware — Designed or intended to combat or eliminate spyware on a computer system.
- antistatism — the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the cost of individual liberty.
- antisthenes — ?445–365 bc, Greek philosopher, founder of the Cynic school, who taught that the only good was virtue, won by self-control and independence from worldly needs
- antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
- antistudent — opposed to or acting against students
- antisubsidy — opposed to or acting against subsidization
- antisuicide — acting to prevent suicide
- antitarnish — resistant to or protecting against tarnishing
- antitheists — Plural form of antitheist.
- antithesize — To create antitheses.
- antitruster — a person opposed to trusts, monopolies, or similar organizations
- antitussive — alleviating or suppressing coughing
- antonomasia — the substitution of a title or epithet for a proper name, such as his highness
- antsiranana — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- anxiolytics — Plural form of anxiolytic.
- anxiousness — full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous: Her parents were anxious about her poor health.
- aortoclasia — rupture of the aorta.
- aphasiology — The study of linguistic problems resulting from brain damage.
- aphlogistic — (archaic) flameless.
- aphrodisiac — An aphrodisiac is a food, drink, or drug which is said to make people want to have sex.
- apoliticism — the quality of being apolitical
- apollinaris — an effervescent mineral water
- apologetics — the branch of theology concerned with the defence and rational justification of Christianity
- apologising — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- aponeurosis — a white fibrous sheet of tissue by which certain muscles are attached to bones
- apophysitis — (pathology) Inflammation of an apophysis, a bony tubercle.
- apoproteins — Plural form of apoprotein.
- aposiopeses — Plural form of aposiopesis.
- aposiopesis — the device of suddenly breaking off in the middle of a sentence as if unwilling to continue
- aposiopetic — Of or pertaining to aposiopesis.
- apostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of apostatize.
- apostlebird — an omnivorous bird, Struthidea cinerea, of eastern Australia, that has chiefly dark gray-brown plumage with white tail markings and is noted for its habit of traveling in groups of about 12 related individuals.
- apostleship — the position or duty of an apostle
- apostolical — Apostolic.
- 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?”.
- apotheosise — Alternative spelling of apotheosize.
- apotheosize — to deify
- apotropaism — the use of ritual or magic to ward off evil or bad luck
- apparations — Plural form of apparation.