11-letter words containing a, t, r
- antikythera — an island in the E Mediterranean, NW of Crete: archaeological site. 8½ sq. mi. (22 sq. km).
- antileprosy — acting against leprosy
- antiliberal — acting against liberalism
- antimalaria — acting against or preventing malaria
- antimalware — Designed or intended to combat or eliminate malware on a computer system.
- antinatural — opposed to or against nature
- antineutral — Opposing a policy of neutrality.
- antineutron — the antiparticle of a neutron; a particle having the same mass as the neutron but a magnetic moment of opposite sign
- antinuclear — opposed to nuclear weapons
- antipattern — (software engineering) A design pattern that may be commonly used but is ineffective and/or counterproductive in practice.
- antiphonary — a bound collection of antiphons, esp for use in the divine office
- antiphrasis — the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal one, esp for ironic effect
- antipopular — opposed to the people or to popular cause
- antipoverty — acting against poverty
- antiprotons — Plural form of antiproton.
- antipyresis — checking or preventing fever.
- antipyretic — preventing or alleviating fever
- antipyrotic — relieving the pain and stimulating the healing of burns.
- antiquarian — Antiquarian means concerned with old and rare objects.
- antiquaries — Plural form of antiquary.
- antiradical — opposed to radicalism
- antirealism — the denial of an objective reality
- antirealist — relating to antirealism
- antirrhinum — any scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Antirrhinum, esp the snapdragon, which have two-lipped flowers of various colours
- antisecrecy — opposed to secrecy, particularly in government
- antiseizure — acting against or preventing seizures
- antislavery — opposed to slavery, esp slavery of Black people
- antispyware — Designed or intended to combat or eliminate spyware on a computer system.
- antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
- antitarnish — resistant to or protecting against tarnishing
- antitheater — Works of theater that go against theatrical conventions.
- antitheatre — Alternative form of antitheater.
- antithyroid — acting against excessive thyroid activity
- antitruster — a person opposed to trusts, monopolies, or similar organizations
- antitumoral — Antitumor.
- antiwelfare — opposed to the provision of welfare payments
- antiwrinkle — (of cosmetics) intended to reduce or remove wrinkles from the skin
- antler moth — a European noctuid moth, Cerapteryx (or Charaeas) graminis, that has white antler-like markings on the forewings and produces larvae that periodically cause great damage to pastures and grasslands
- antseranana — a port in N Madagascar: former French naval base. Pop: 73 491 (2001)
- antsiranana — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- anwar sadat — Anwar el- [ahn-wahr el] /ˈɑn wɑr ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1918–81, Egyptian political leader: president 1970–81; Nobel Peace Prize 1978.
- aortic arch — one member of a series of paired curved blood vessels that arise in the embryo from the ventral aorta, pass around the pharynx through the branchial arches, and join with the dorsal aorta to form the great vessels of the head and neck.
- aortoclasia — rupture of the aorta.
- aortography — an X-ray examination of the aorta
- apartmental — relating to an apartment
- apatosaurus — brontosaurus
- apertometer — an instrument for measuring the angular and numerical aperture of the objective lens of a microscope.
- apodyterium — the changing room in an ancient Roman bathhouse
- apoferritin — a homogeneous protein, found especially in the intestinal mucosa and the liver, that interacts with a ferric hydroxide-ferric phosphate complex to form ferritin.
- aponeurotic — a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.