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11-letter words containing a, n, t, e, r, o

  • antenniform — shaped like an antenna
  • anteorbital — in front of the orbit of the eye
  • anteportico — a lesser portico preceding a main portico.
  • anteriority — situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
  • anterograde — moving forwards, in the normal direction of flow
  • anteversion — abnormal forward tilting of a bodily organ, esp the uterus
  • antherozoid — one of many small male gametes produced in an antheridium
  • anthochlore — a yellow pigment found in 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
  • anti-reform — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
  • antichoicer — someone who opposes the granting of pregnant women the choice to have an abortion
  • antiforeign — opposed to or discriminating against foreigners or foreign countries
  • antiheroine — a central female character in a novel, play, film, etc, who lacks the traditional heroic virtues
  • antiheroism — (literature) The quality of being an antihero.
  • antihyperon — the antiparticle of the hyperon
  • antileprosy — acting against leprosy
  • antineutron — the antiparticle of a neutron; a particle having the same mass as the neutron but a magnetic moment of opposite sign
  • antipoverty — acting against poverty
  • antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
  • antler moth — a European noctuid moth, Cerapteryx (or Charaeas) graminis, that has white antler-like markings on the forewings and produces larvae that periodically cause great damage to pastures and grasslands
  • apoferritin — a homogeneous protein, found especially in the intestinal mucosa and the liver, that interacts with a ferric hydroxide-ferric phosphate complex to form ferritin.
  • aponeurotic — a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
  • apoproteins — Plural form of apoprotein.
  • apportioned — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
  • apportioner — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
  • apprecation — (obsolete) Earnest prayer; devout wish.
  • approvement — (obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
  • apron stage — a stage that projects into the auditorium so that the audience sit on three sides of it
  • arborescent — having the shape or characteristics of a tree
  • archenteron — the cavity within an embryo at the gastrula stage of development that eventually becomes the digestive cavity
  • arctic zone — the section of the earth's surface lying between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.
  • areocentric — relating to a reference system which has Mars as its centre
  • aroint thee — away! begone!
  • arrestation — the slowing or stopping of the development or progress of something
  • arrhenotoky — a form of parthenogenesis which produces only male offspring
  • 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.
  • arytenoidal — relating to the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx and also to other parts relating to them
  • asperations — Plural form of asperation.
  • aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
  • assertation — An assertion, statement of opinion.
  • assortments — Plural form of assortment.
  • asteroidean — an echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, comprising the starfishes.
  • astromancer — divination by means of the stars.
  • astronomers — Plural form of astronomer.
  • astronomize — to practise or study astronomy or engage in astronomical matters
  • athermanous — capable of stopping radiant heat or infrared radiation
  • atherogenic — causing atheroma
  • atramentous — similar to or as black as ink
  • atriopeptin — any of several peptide hormones that are released by the atria of the heart in response to an abnormal increase in blood volume and that modulate blood pressure and the excretion of sodium, potassium, and water. Abbreviation: ANF.
  • attenuators — Plural form of attenuator.
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