11-letter words containing a, u, i
- antiseizure — acting against or preventing seizures
- antistudent — opposed to or acting against students
- antisubsidy — opposed to or acting against subsidization
- antisuicide — acting to prevent suicide
- antitruster — a person opposed to trusts, monopolies, or similar organizations
- antitumoral — Antitumor.
- antitussive — alleviating or suppressing coughing
- antiutopian — Opposing utopian values.
- anvil cloud — another name for a cumulonimbus cloud, which tends to be anvil-shaped
- anxiousness — full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous: Her parents were anxious about her poor health.
- apodyterium — the changing room in an ancient Roman bathhouse
- aponeurosis — a white fibrous sheet of tissue by which certain muscles are attached to bones
- aponeurotic — a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
- appropinque — to approach
- aptitudinal — capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent: She has a special aptitude for mathematics.
- aqua fortis — nitric acid
- aquaerobics — A form of aerobics done while in water.
- aquafitness — a keep-fit regime in which exercises are performed standing up in a swimming pool
- aquafortist — a person who makes engravings or etchings through the use of aqua fortis
- aquaintance — Misspelling of acquaintance.
- aquamarines — Plural form of aquamarine.
- aquanautics — the study or practice of undersea travel
- aquaplaning — loss of contact with the road because of surface water
- aquarellist — (arts) An artist who paints aquarelles.
- aquariology — The study of the fauna and flora of aquaria.
- aquatically — in an aquatic manner
- aquatinting — Present participle of aquatint.
- aquatintist — a person who creates aquatints
- aquiculture — aquaculture
- araliaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Araliaceae, a chiefly tropical family of trees, shrubs, or woody climbers having small clusters of whitish or greenish flowers. The family includes the ivy and ginseng
- arbitrageur — a person who engages in arbitrage
- arboviruses — Plural form of arbovirus.
- archduchies — Plural form of archduchy.
- archegonium — a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base
- archilochus — 7th century bc, Greek poet of Paros, notable for using his own experience as subject matter
- arctic skua — a predatory gull-like bird, Stercorarius parasiticus, which harasses terns or gulls into dropping or disgorging fish they have caught; it breeds in northern Eurasia and North America
- arenicolous — growing or living in sand or sandy places
- argumentive — argumentative
- aristarchus — a crater in the NE quadrant of the moon, having a diameter of about 37 kilometres, which is the brightest formation on the moon
- arquebusier — harquebusier.
- ars antiqua — the style of composition characteristic of the 13th century, especially in France.
- articulable — having the ability to be articulated
- articularly — of or relating to the joints.
- articulated — An articulated vehicle, especially a lorry, is made in two or more sections which are joined together by metal bars, so that the vehicle can turn more easily.
- articulates — Express (an idea or feeling) fluently and coherently.
- articulator — a person or thing that articulates
- artifactual — any object made by human beings, especially with a view to subsequent use.
- aru islands — a group of islands in Indonesia, in the SW Moluccas. Area: about 8500 sq km (3300 sq miles)
- arum family — the plant family Araceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having numerous tiny flowers on a fleshy spike above or sheathed by a large spathe, and including the anthurium, calla lily, jack-in-the-pulpit, and philodendron.
- ascititious — having been added to from something inessential or separate