11-letter words containing a, n
- approvement — (obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
- approvingly — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- approximant — an articulation in which one articulator is close to another, but not sufficiently so to form a stop or a fricative.
- appurtenant — relating, belonging, or accessory
- apron piece — (in a staircase) a header receiving the ends of rough strings, carriage pieces, and the joists of landings.
- apron stage — a stage that projects into the auditorium so that the audience sit on three sides of it
- aptitudinal — capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent: She has a special aptitude for mathematics.
- aquaemanale — aquamanile.
- aquafitness — a keep-fit regime in which exercises are performed standing up in a swimming pool
- aquaintance — Misspelling of acquaintance.
- aquamarines — Plural form of aquamarine.
- aquanautics — the study or practice of undersea travel
- aquaplaning — loss of contact with the road because of surface water
- aquatinting — Present participle of aquatint.
- aquatintist — a person who creates aquatints
- arab legion — a police force (1920–56) under British supervision, responsible for keeping order among desert tribesmen in Trans-Jordan.
- arab spring — The Arab Spring is a period of time in and around 2011 to 2012 during which people in the Middle East and Africa tried to achieve democratic reforms.
- arabian sea — the NW part of the Indian Ocean, between Arabia and India
- arabinoside — a glycoside yielding arabinose when hydrolysed
- arabization — transfer to Arab control
- arachidonic — related to arachidonic acid or the derivatives of arachidonic acid
- arachnoidal — relating to the arachnoid
- arachnology — the study of arachnids
- arakan yoma — a mountain range in Myanmar, between the Irrawaddy River and the W coast: forms a barrier between Myanmar and India; teak forests
- araneomorph — (zoology) Any of the Araneomorphae, a suborder of spiders whose fangs cross with a pinching action.
- arbitrament — the decision or award made by an arbitrator upon a disputed matter
- arbitrating — to decide as arbitrator or arbiter; determine.
- arbitration — Arbitration is the judging of a dispute between people or groups by someone who is not involved.
- arbitrement — the act of arbitrating; arbitration.
- arborescent — having the shape or characteristics of a tree
- arc furnace — a furnace in which the charge is heated by an electric arc
- arc tangent — the angle, measured in radians, that has a tangent equal to a given number. Symbol: tan −1. Abbreviation: arc tan;
- arc welding — a technique in which metal is welded by heat generated by an electric arc struck between two electrodes or between one electrode and the metal workpiece
- arc-boutant — flying buttress.
- archaeornis — an extinct primitive Jurassic bird, formerly placed in the genus Archaeornis but now thought to be a species of archaeopteryx
- archangelic — Theology. a chief or principal angel; in medieval angelology one of the nine orders of celestial attendants on God. Compare angel (def 1).
- archdeacons — Plural form of archdeacon.
- archegonial — relating to an archegonium
- archegonium — a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base
- archenemies — Plural form of archenemy.
- archenteric — Of or pertaining to an archenteron.
- archenteron — the cavity within an embryo at the gastrula stage of development that eventually becomes the digestive cavity
- archimedean — of, relating to, or discovered by Archimedes.
- archnemesis — A chief nemesis.
- archvillain — A supreme villain; the most evil or powerful villain.
- arctic tern — a black-capped tern, Sterna paradisea, that breeds in the Arctic and then migrates as far south as the Antarctic
- arctic zone — the section of the earth's surface lying between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.
- arduousness — requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.
- arena stage — the central acting area found in a theatre-in-the-round
- arenicolous — growing or living in sand or sandy places