11-letter words containing a, n
- antiseptics — pertaining to or affecting antisepsis.
- antiskating — of or relating to a control or adjustment on a record player that counteracts the tendency of the tone arm to be pulled inward by centripetal force.
- antislavery — opposed to slavery, esp slavery of Black people
- antismoking — intended to prevent people from smoking tobacco
- antispastic — preventing or reducing spasms
- antispyware — Designed or intended to combat or eliminate spyware on a computer system.
- antistatism — the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the cost of individual liberty.
- antisthenes — ?445–365 bc, Greek philosopher, founder of the Cynic school, who taught that the only good was virtue, won by self-control and independence from worldly needs
- antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
- antistudent — opposed to or acting against students
- antisubsidy — opposed to or acting against subsidization
- antisuicide — acting to prevent suicide
- antitarnish — resistant to or protecting against tarnishing
- antithalian — disapproving of fun or festivity
- antitheater — Works of theater that go against theatrical conventions.
- antitheatre — Alternative form of antitheater.
- antitheists — Plural form of antitheist.
- antithesize — To create antitheses.
- antithyroid — acting against excessive thyroid activity
- antitobacco — opposed to or acting against tobacco smoking
- antitruster — a person opposed to trusts, monopolies, or similar organizations
- antitumoral — Antitumor.
- antitussive — alleviating or suppressing coughing
- antityphoid — preventing or acting against typhoid
- antitypical — something that is foreshadowed by a type or symbol, as a New Testament event prefigured in the Old Testament.
- antiutopian — Opposing utopian values.
- antivaccine — Opposed to vaccination.
- antiviolent — Acting against or opposing violence.
- antivitamin — a substance that inhibits the effects of a vitamin
- antiwelfare — opposed to the provision of welfare payments
- antiwhaling — opposed to whale fishing
- antiwrinkle — (of cosmetics) intended to reduce or remove wrinkles from the skin
- 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
- antlion fly — any of various neuropterous insects of the family Myrmeleontidae, which typically resemble dragonflies and are most common in tropical regions
- antofagasta — a port in N Chile. Pop: 323 000 (2005 est)
- antonomasia — the substitution of a title or epithet for a proper name, such as his highness
- antseranana — a port in N Madagascar: former French naval base. Pop: 73 491 (2001)
- antsiranana — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- anucleolate — lacking a nucleolus or nucleoli.
- anvil cloud — another name for a cumulonimbus cloud, which tends to be anvil-shaped
- anwar sadat — Anwar el- [ahn-wahr el] /ˈɑn wɑr ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1918–81, Egyptian political leader: president 1970–81; Nobel Peace Prize 1978.
- anxiolytics — Plural form of anxiolytic.
- anxiousness — full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous: Her parents were anxious about her poor health.
- anzengruber — Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1839–89, Austrian playwright and novelist.
- apartmental — relating to an apartment
- aphelandras — Plural form of aphelandra.
- aphidicolin — A tetracyclic diterpene antibiotic with antiviral and antimitotical properties.
- apicodental — articulated with the apex of the tongue near the upper front teeth, as ( (θ) ; t h) ) and (; ð) ; th) )
- aplanospore — a nonmotile asexual spore produced by certain algae and fungi
- apocopation — to shorten by apocope.