11-letter words containing a, r, o, n, s
- anamorphous — lacking a clear or definite form
- anaphoresis — the movement of suspended charged particles towards the anode in an electric field
- anaplerosis — the filling up of a scar, wound, etc which has decayed or been destroyed
- anastrophes — Plural form of anastrophe.
- anastrozole — an anti-oestrogen drug used in the treatment of breast cancer in post-menopausal women
- ancestorial — of, belonging to, or relating to ancestors
- anchor shot — grapple shot.
- anchor span — (on a suspension or cantilever bridge) a span from an anchorage to the nearest pier or tower.
- androgenise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of androgenize.
- androgenous — producing only male offspring
- androgynous — In biology, an androgynous person, animal, or plant has both male and female sexual characteristics.
- androsphinx — a sphinx having the head of a man
- anemochores — Plural form of anemochore.
- anemographs — Plural form of anemograph.
- anemometers — Plural form of anemometer.
- anfractuous — characterized by twists and turns; convoluted
- anglo-irish — the English language as spoken in Ireland
- anglosphere — a group of English-speaking countries that share common roots in British culture and history, usually the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada
- anisocarpic — (of a flower) having a lower number of carpels than of other floral parts.
- anisocercal — (of fish) having unequal tail-fin lobes
- anisomerous — (of flowers) having floral whorls that differ in the number of their parts
- anisometric — not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts or unequal measurements
- anisopteran — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Anisoptera, comprising the dragonflies.
- anisotropic — not isotropic; having different physical properties in different directions
- anonymizers — Plural form of anonymizer.
- anorthosite — a coarse-grained plutonic igneous rock consisting almost entirely of plagioclase feldspar
- answerphone — An answerphone is a device which you connect to your telephone and which records telephone calls while you are out.
- anteversion — abnormal forward tilting of a bodily organ, esp the uterus
- 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
- anthracosis — a lung disease due to inhalation of coal dust
- anthropoids — Plural form of anthropoid.
- antibaryons — Plural form of antibaryon.
- anticarious — preventing or retarding caries.
- antiheroism — (literature) The quality of being an antihero.
- antileprosy — acting against leprosy
- antiprotons — Plural form of antiproton.
- antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
- aplanospore — a nonmotile asexual spore produced by certain algae and fungi
- apollinaris — an effervescent mineral water
- aponeuroses — Plural form of aponeurosis.
- aponeurosis — a white fibrous sheet of tissue by which certain muscles are attached to bones
- apoproteins — Plural form of apoprotein.
- apparations — Plural form of apparation.
- apparitions — Plural form of apparition.
- apron stage — a stage that projects into the auditorium so that the audience sit on three sides of it
- arabinoside — a glycoside yielding arabinose when hydrolysed
- arborescent — having the shape or characteristics of a tree
- archaeornis — an extinct primitive Jurassic bird, formerly placed in the genus Archaeornis but now thought to be a species of archaeopteryx
- archdeacons — Plural form of archdeacon.
- arduousness — requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.