11-letter words containing a, n, c, o
- agency shop — a contract arrangement between an employer and the union representing the majority of employees, which requires those who do not wish to be members to pay the union a fee equivalent to union dues
- agnosticism — Agnosticism is the belief that it is not possible to say definitely whether or not there is a God. Compare atheism.
- agonic line — an imaginary line on the surface of the earth connecting points of zero magnetic declination
- agonistical — relating to conflict or struggle
- agony uncle — a man who writes the replies to readers' letters in an agony column
- agronomical — the science of soil management and the production of field crops.
- air command — the Canadian air force
- air cushion — an inflatable cushion, usually made of rubber or plastic
- alcyonarian — any of various colonial anthozoans of the subclass Alcyonaria with eight tentacles and other body parts in branches or segments of eight
- aleuromancy — (in ancient times) the use of flour as a means of divination.
- all at once — If something happens all at once, it happens suddenly, often when you are not expecting it to happen.
- allocations — Plural form of allocation.
- allocentric — Concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded.
- allochronic — (biology, of taxa) occurring in different geologic time.
- allocutions — Plural form of allocution.
- allowancing — Present participle of allowance.
- almond cake — the residue of almonds from which oil has been expressed.
- alpenstocks — Plural form of alpenstock.
- alt.country — a genre of country music originating in the 1990s and influenced by both early country music and contemporary rock music
- altercation — An altercation is a noisy argument or disagreement.
- amen corner — in some rural Protestant churches, the seats to the minister's right, once occupied by those leading the responsive amens
- amenorrheic — of or relating to amenorrhea
- amentaceous — of or like an ament or aments
- amethocaine — The drug tetracaine.
- amino acids — any of a class of organic compounds that contains at least one amino group, –NH 2 , and one carboxyl group, –COOH: the alpha-amino acids, RCH(NH 2)COOH, are the building blocks from which proteins are constructed.
- ammonotelic — excreting ammonia as the main nitrogenous waste: characteristic of freshwater fishes and many aquatic invertebrates
- amoxicillin — a penicillin antibiotic used to treat a wide range of bacterial infections
- amoxycillin — Obsolete spelling of amoxicillin.
- amphictyony — (in ancient Greece) a religious association of states for the maintenance of temples and the cults connected with them
- amylopectin — the major component of starch (about 80 per cent), consisting of branched chains of glucose units. It is insoluble and gives a red-brown colour with iodine
- anacanthous — having no spines or thorns.
- anachronism — You say that something is an anachronism when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
- anachronist — A person who has anachronistic views or habits.
- anachronize — To refer to, or put into, a wrong time.
- anachronous — relating to anachronism; misplaced chronologically
- anacoenosis — a figure of speech in which an appeal is made to one's listeners or opponents for their opinion or judgment as to the subject under discussion.
- anacoloutha — Plural form of anacolouthon.
- anacoluthia — lack of grammatical sequence, esp within a single sentence
- anacoluthic — Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an anacoluthon.
- anacoluthon — a construction that involves the change from one grammatical sequence to another within a single sentence; an example of anacoluthia
- anacreontic — in the manner of the Greek lyric poet Anacreon (?572–?488 bc), noted for his short songs celebrating love and wine
- anal erotic — a person who experiences sexual gratification of the anal area
- analogistic — a person who employs or argues from analogy.
- anaphorical — of or relating to an anaphora
- anaplerotic — of or relating to anaplerosis
- anastomotic — Anatomy. communication between blood vessels by means of collateral channels, especially when usual routes are obstructed.
- ancestorial — of, belonging to, or relating to ancestors
- ancho chili — a dried poblano pepper, reddish-brown in color, used esp. in Mexican cooking
- anchor baby — a term used to refer to a baby born to an undocumented mother in a country where the baby becomes a citizen at birth, especially when the birth is planned to facilitate eventual legal residency for the family.
- anchor ball — a day shape consisting of a black ball not less than 2 feet (0.6 meters) in diameter, displayed in the fore rigging of a vessel at anchor.