11-letter words containing a, n, o
- arenicolous — growing or living in sand or sandy places
- areocentric — relating to a reference system which has Mars as its centre
- armageddons — Plural form of armageddon.
- aroint thee — away! begone!
- arolla pine — a five-needled pine tree, Pinus cembra, found esp in mountain regions of Central Europe and yielding edible seeds
- aromatizing — Present participle of aromatize.
- aron kodesh — Holy Ark.
- arrestation — the slowing or stopping of the development or progress of something
- arrhenotoky — a form of parthenogenesis which produces only male offspring
- arse around — If you say that someone is arsing around or arsing about, you mean that they are behaving in a silly, irritating way instead of getting something done.
- arsonphobia — Pyrophobia.
- art nouveau — Art Nouveau is a style of decoration and architecture that was common in the 1890s. It is characterized by flowing lines and patterns of flowers and leaves.
- arthropodan — relating to arthropods
- arthur monk — (James) Arthur ("Art") born 1957, U.S. football player.
- artophorion — pyx (def 1a).
- arytenoidal — relating to the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx and also to other parts relating to them
- as concerns — in regard to; with reference to; about
- ascensional — (astronomy) Relating to ascension.
- asciibonics — (chat) (From ASCII and Ebonics) A style of text communication in English which is most common on talk systems such as irc. Its notable characteristics are: Typing all in lowercase (and occasionally all in uppercase). Copious use of abbreviations of the sort "u" for "you" "1" for "one" (and therefore "some1" for "someone", "ne1" for "anyone"), "2" for "to", "r" for "are", etc. A general lack of punctuation, except for strings of question marks and exclamation marks. Common use of the idiom "m or f?", meant to elicit a statement of the listener's gender. Typical extended discourse in ASCIIbonics: "hey wasup ne1 want 2 cyber?" "m or f?" ASCIIbonics is similar to the way B1FF talked, although B1FF used more punctuation (lots more), and used all uppercase, rather than all lowercase. What's more, B1FF was only interested in warez, and so never asked "m or f?". It has been widely observed that some of the purest examples of ASCIIbonics come from non-native speakers of English. The phenomenon of ASCIIbonics predates by several years the use of the word "ASCIIbonics", as the word could only have been coined in or after late 1996, when "Ebonics" was first used in the US media to denote the US English dialects known in the linguistic literature as "Black Vernacular English".
- ascriptions — Plural form of ascription.
- ashwaubenon — a town in E Wisconsin.
- asperations — Plural form of asperation.
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- aspirations — a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations.
- asportation — the removal or taking away of something
- assentation — servile or hypocritical agreement
- assertation — An assertion, statement of opinion.
- assignation — An assignation is a secret meeting with someone, especially with a lover.
- assiniboine — a river in W Canada, rising in E Saskatchewan and flowing southeast and east to the Red River at Winnipeg. Length: over 860 km (500 miles)
- associating — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- association — An association is an official group of people who have the same job, aim, or interest.
- assoilments — Plural form of assoilment.
- assortments — Plural form of assortment.
- assumptions — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- asteroidean — an echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, comprising the starfishes.
- astonishing — Something that is astonishing is very surprising.
- astoundment — the state of being astounded
- astrobotany — the branch of botany that investigates the possibility that plants grow on other planets
- astrogation — (in science fiction) navigation in outer space.
- astrologian — (obsolete) An astrologer.
- astromancer — divination by means of the stars.
- astronautic — Of or pertaining to astronautics.
- astronomers — Plural form of astronomer.
- astronomize — to practise or study astronomy or engage in astronomical matters
- astrophyton — The giant basket star, an early Mesozoic invertebrate.
- asyncronous — (spelling) It's spelled "asynchronous".
- at any cost — If you say that something must be done at any cost, you are emphasizing that it must be done, even if this requires a lot of effort or money.
- at gunpoint — If you are held at gunpoint, someone is threatening to shoot and kill you if you do not obey them.
- at one blow — by or with only one action; all at one time
- at one time — If you say that something was the case at one time, you mean that it was the case during a particular period in the past.