11-letter words containing a, t, r, o
- sublittoral — of or relating to the biogeographic region of the ocean bottom between the littoral and bathyal zones, from the low water line to the edge of the continental shelf, or to a depth of approximately 660 feet (200 meters).
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subornation — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subrational — less than or almost rational.
- subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- substractor — a person who subtracts or takes away
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- sugar tongs — small tongs used for serving cubed sugar.
- sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- sulphurator — an apparatus used in treating anything with sulphur or sulphur fumes, such as in fumigating
- supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- support act — a band or entertainer not topping the bill
- supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- suppuration — the process of suppurating.
- supracostal — above the rib
- suraddition — an additional title
- surrogation — a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
- suspiration — a long, deep sigh.
- sustentator — a sustaining part or structure
- susurration — a soft murmur; whisper.
- swallowwort — celandine (def 1).
- sweatercoat — a coat knitted like a bulky sweater.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- t formation — an offensive formation in which the quarterback lines up directly behind the center with the fullback about three yards behind the quarterback and the halfbacks on opposite sides of and about one yard from the fullback.
- table board — daily meals provided for pay.
- taboparesis — the occurrence of two conditions (general paresis and tabes dorsalis) at the same time
- tacheometer — a type of theodolite designed for the rapid measurement of distances, elevations, and directions
- tacheometry — the measurement of distance, etc, using a tacheometer
- tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
- tail covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's tail feathers.
- tailor-made — tailored.
- tailor-make — to make or adjust to meet the needs of the particular situation, individual, object, etc.: to tailor-make a tour.
- takoma park — a city in central Maryland.
- talk around — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- tallow tree — a small tree, Sapium sebiferum, of the spurge family, cultivated in China and the tropics, having popcorn-shaped seeds with a waxy coating that is used for soap, candles, and oil.
- tamperproof — that cannot be tampered with; impervious to tampering: a tamper-proof lock.
- tanbark oak — any oak that yields tanbark, especially an evergreen oak, Lithocarpus densiflora, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
- tape-record — to record (speech, music, etc.) on magnetic tape.
- tate modern — one of the two art galleries in London that make up the Tate Galleries; created in the former Bankside power station in 2000
- taurobolium — the sacrifice of a bull, followed by the baptism of neophytes in the blood, as practiced in the ancient rites of Mithras or Cybele.
- taurocholic — of or derived from taurocholic acid.
- tautochrone — a curve upon which a moving object will reach a certain point at the same time through gravity from whichever point it starts
- tautomerism — the ability of certain organic compounds to react in isomeric structures that differ from each other in the position of a hydrogen atom and a double bond.
- tautomerize — to undergo tautomerism.
- tautometric — having the same metre or arrangement of syllables
- taylorville — a town in central Illinois.