11-letter words containing a, r, o, n, s
- arenicolous — growing or living in sand or sandy places
- armageddons — Plural form of armageddon.
- aron kodesh — Holy Ark.
- arrestation — the slowing or stopping of the development or progress of something
- arse around — If you say that someone is arsing around or arsing about, you mean that they are behaving in a silly, irritating way instead of getting something done.
- arsonphobia — Pyrophobia.
- as concerns — in regard to; with reference to; about
- ascriptions — Plural form of ascription.
- asperations — Plural form of asperation.
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- aspirations — a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations.
- asportation — the removal or taking away of something
- assertation — An assertion, statement of opinion.
- assortments — Plural form of assortment.
- asteroidean — an echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, comprising the starfishes.
- astrobotany — the branch of botany that investigates the possibility that plants grow on other planets
- astrogation — (in science fiction) navigation in outer space.
- astrologian — (obsolete) An astrologer.
- astromancer — divination by means of the stars.
- astronautic — Of or pertaining to astronautics.
- astronomers — Plural form of astronomer.
- astronomize — to practise or study astronomy or engage in astronomical matters
- astrophyton — The giant basket star, an early Mesozoic invertebrate.
- asyncronous — (spelling) It's spelled "asynchronous".
- athermanous — capable of stopping radiant heat or infrared radiation
- atomtronics — (physics) The design, manufacture and study of analogs of electronics using atoms (especially Bose-Einstein condensates) at low temperature.
- atramentous — similar to or as black as ink
- attenuators — Plural form of attenuator.
- attorneyism — the slyness and cleverness associated with attorneys
- attractions — Plural form of attraction.
- auctioneers — Plural form of auctioneer.
- austromancy — Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
- austronesia — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
- authorising — Present participle of authorise.
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- aversion-to — a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
- backgrounds — Plural form of background.
- bannerstone — a North American prehistoric stone implement in the form of a double-edged ax with a notch or hole, possibly for attaching a handle.
- barnstormed — Simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm.
- barnstormer — to conduct a campaign or speaking tour in rural areas by making brief stops in many small towns.
- barons' war — either of two civil wars in 13th-century England. The First Barons' War (1215–17) was precipitated by King John's failure to observe the terms of Magna Carta: many of the Barons' grievances were removed by his death (1216) and peace was concluded in 1217. The Second Barons' War (1264–67) was caused by Henry III's refusal to accept limitations on his authority: the rebel Barons (led (1264–65) by Simon de Montfort), initially successful, were defeated at the battle of Evesham (1265); sporadic resistance continued until 1267
- baroqueness — The state or condition of being baroque.
- barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
- baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
- basepersons — Plural form of baseperson.
- basset horn — an obsolete woodwind instrument of the clarinet family
- bastard son — an illegitimate son
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- beanshooter — peashooter
- belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture