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11-letter words containing a, n, o

  • aminopyrine — a colorless, crystalline powder, C13H17N3O, sometimes used to reduce fever or pain: may cause agranulocytosis
  • ammoniation — (chemistry) Treatment, or reaction with ammonia.
  • ammonifying — Present participle of ammonify.
  • ammonolysis — solvolysis in liquid ammonia
  • ammonotelic — excreting ammonia as the main nitrogenous waste: characteristic of freshwater fishes and many aquatic invertebrates
  • ammunitions — the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and especially shot, shrapnel, bullets, or shells fired by guns.
  • amniography — an x-ray examination of the amniotic sac after the injection of an opaque solution, performed to permit visualization of the umbilical cord and the placenta.
  • amniotomies — Plural form of amniotomy.
  • amontillado — a medium dry Spanish sherry, not as pale in colour as a fino
  • amorousness — inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love: an amorous disposition.
  • 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
  • amphigenous — (of certain parasitic fungi) growing on both sides of leaves.
  • amphikaryon — a diploid nucleus.
  • amphithuron — amphithyra (def 1).
  • amphithyron — amphithyra (def 1).
  • amputations — Plural form of amputation.
  • 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  • anachronism — You say that something is an anachronism when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.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
  • anadiploses — Plural form of anadiplosis.
  • anadiplosis — repetition of the words or phrase at the end of one sentence, line, or clause at the beginning of the next
  • anaerobiont — an organism that can live anaerobically
  • anagnorises — Plural form of anagnorisis.
  • anagnorisis — (in Greek tragedy) the recognition or discovery by the protagonist of the identity of some character or the nature of his own predicament, which leads to the resolution of the plot; denouement
  • anal erotic — a person who experiences sexual gratification of the anal area
  • analogistic — a person who employs or argues from analogy.
  • analogizing — Present participle of analogize.
  • analogously — having analogy; corresponding in some particular: A brain and a computer are analogous.
  • analysation — Alternative form of analyzation.
  • analyzation — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
  • anamorphism — intense metamorphism of a rock in which high-density complex minerals are formed from simpler minerals of lower density
  • anamorphous — lacking a clear or definite form
  • anaphoresis — the movement of suspended charged particles towards the anode in an electric field
  • anaphorical — of or relating to an anaphora
  • anaplerosis — the filling up of a scar, wound, etc which has decayed or been destroyed
  • anaplerotic — of or relating to anaplerosis
  • anapophysis — a small process of a vertebra, especially of a lumbar or thoracic vertebra.
  • anastomosed — Simple past tense and past participle of anastomose.
  • anastomoses — Anatomy. communication between blood vessels by means of collateral channels, especially when usual routes are obstructed.
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