11-letter words containing a, p, t, o
- astrophyton — The giant basket star, an early Mesozoic invertebrate.
- astrosphere — the part of the aster excluding the centrosome
- at a gallop — If you do something at a gallop, you do it very quickly.
- at gunpoint — If you are held at gunpoint, someone is threatening to shoot and kill you if you do not obey them.
- atelophobia — The fear of imperfection or not being good enough.
- atheophobia — Fear or hatred of atheism or atheists.
- atmosphered — having an intellectual or psychological climate or feeling
- atmospheres — Plural form of atmosphere.
- atmospheric — Atmospheric is used to describe something which relates to the Earth's atmosphere.
- atomic pile — nuclear reactor
- 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.
- attophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the attometre range or of devices, such as lasers, capable of producing pulses with a duration measured in attoseconds
- audiotypist — a typist trained to type from a dictating machine
- auditorship — the position or function of auditor
- auto-prompt — (language) A numerical control language from IBM for 3D milling.
- auto-repeat — a feature of computer keys whereby a character is generated repeatedly as long as the user holds down the key in question
- autocephaly — the state of being autocephalous.
- autographed — Simple past tense and past participle of autograph.
- autographic — of, for, or like an autograph or autographs
- automorphic — shaped and designed after oneself
- autophagous — self-consuming or devouring of itself
- autophanous — illuminated by a self-contained power source
- autoplastic — Of or pertaining to autoplasty.
- autopoiesis — Self creation; self organization.
- autopotamic — (of an organism) living or growing only in flowing freshwater streams.
- autotrophic — (of organisms such as green plants) capable of manufacturing complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources such as carbon dioxide, water, and nitrates, using energy from the sun
- auxotrophic — designating or of a mutant organism requiring more nutritional substances than its prototrophic parent because it has lost the ability to make a certain enzyme
- axanthopsia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to yellow.
- axerophthol — any form of vitamin A
- backstopped — Simple past tense and past participle of backstop.
- backstopper — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- baroceptors — Plural form of baroceptor.
- basis point — In finance, a basis point is one hundredth of a per cent (.01%).
- bastard pop — a type of popular music in which two records, usually from different genres or eras, are blended together into a whole, often using the vocal performance from one and the instrumental from the other
- bath sponge — any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.
- bathophobia — the fear of depths of any kind, whether a fear of deep water or of falling from a great height
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- beauty shop — A beauty shop is the same as a beauty parlour.
- beauty spot — A beauty spot is a place in the country that is popular because of its beautiful scenery.
- beneplacito — an indication of approval
- bicorporate — having two bodies
- bipartition — divided into or consisting of two parts.
- bitmap font — a font format in which letters and symbols are stored as a pattern of dots
- blastospore — a spore formed by budding, as in certain fungi
- block party — A block party is an outdoor party for all the residents of a block or neighborhood.
- boat people — Boat people are people who escape from their country in small boats to travel to another country in the hope that they will be able to live there.
- boat-shaped — shaped like a boat
- boatmanship — boatsmanship.
- boilerplate — A boilerplate is a basic written contract that can be used to make many different kinds of contracts.
- bon appetit — enjoy your meal