11-letter words containing a, n, c, o
- anchor bell — a bell rung in foggy weather by a vessel at anchor.
- anchor bolt — any of several kinds of bolts inserted and fixed in masonry as a hold for timbers, shelves, etc.
- anchor buoy — a buoy used to indicate the location of an underwater anchor.
- anchor deck — a small forecastle housing the machinery for operating the anchors of a ship.
- anchor ring — a ring made from an iron bar of circular cross-section
- anchor shot — grapple shot.
- anchor span — (on a suspension or cantilever bridge) a span from an anchorage to the nearest pier or tower.
- anchorwoman — The anchorwoman on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the woman who presents it.
- anchorwomen — Plural form of anchorwoman.
- and company — You can say and company after mentioning a person's name, to refer also to the people who are associated with that person.
- androconium — a scale on the forewing of certain male butterflies from which an odor attractive to females is emitted.
- androphilic — Sexually attracted to men.
- androphobic — Exhibiting androphobia; fearful of men.
- anecdotally — in an anecdotal manner
- anecdotical — relating to anecdotes
- anemochores — Plural form of anemochore.
- anfractuous — characterized by twists and turns; convoluted
- angioscopes — Plural form of angioscope.
- anglophilic — Alternative capitalization of Anglophilic.
- anglophonic — of or relating to English speakers
- animatronic — of, concerned with, or operated by animatronics
- anisocarpic — (of a flower) having a lower number of carpels than of other floral parts.
- anisocercal — (of fish) having unequal tail-fin lobes
- anisodactyl — (of the feet of passerine birds) having the first toe directed backwards and the other three toes directed forwards
- anisometric — not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts or unequal measurements
- anisotropic — not isotropic; having different physical properties in different directions
- annonaceous — belonging to the plant family Annonaceae.
- annunciator — a device that gives a visual indication as to which of a number of electric circuits has operated, such as an indicator in a hotel showing in which room a bell has been rung
- anomalistic — tending to be anomalous
- antatrophic — preventing or curing atrophy.
- anteportico — a lesser portico preceding a main portico.
- anthochlore — a yellow pigment found in flowers
- anthocyanin — any of a class of water-soluble glycosidic pigments, esp those responsible for the red and blue colours in flowers. They are closely related to vitamins E and P
- anthomaniac — someone with an extreme fondness for flowers
- anthracnose — any of several fungus diseases of plants and trees, such as vines and beans, characterized by oval dark depressed spots on the fruit and elsewhere
- anthracosis — a lung disease due to inhalation of coal dust
- anthracotic — the deposition of coal dust in the lungs; asymptomatic pneumoconiosis.
- anthropical — relating to human nature
- anti-biotic — any of a large group of chemical substances, as penicillin or streptomycin, produced by various microorganisms and fungi, having the capacity in dilute solutions to inhibit the growth of or to destroy bacteria and other microorganisms, used chiefly in the treatment of infectious diseases.
- anti-choice — opposed to the legal right to obtain an abortion; pro-life
- anti-social — Someone who is anti-social is unwilling to meet and be friendly with other people.
- antialcohol — relating to an opposition to alcoholic drink
- antibiotics — Plural form of antibiotic.
- antiboycott — opposed to boycotts
- anticarious — preventing or retarding caries.
- anticathode — the target electrode for the stream of electrons in a vacuum tube, esp an X-ray tube
- antichoicer — someone who opposes the granting of pregnant women the choice to have an abortion
- anticipator — to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure.
- anticyclone — An anticyclone is an area of high atmospheric pressure which causes settled weather conditions and, in summer, clear skies and high temperatures.
- antignostic — pertaining to knowledge.