11-letter words containing a, y, o
- art history — study of art through the ages
- arteriotomy — the surgical cutting of an artery or a cut made in an artery
- arthrectomy — surgical excision of a joint
- arthropathy — a disease of a joint
- arthroscopy — the use of an arthroscope to diagnose an injury to or disease of a joint or to perform minor surgery on a joint.
- artiodactyl — any placental mammal of the order Artiodactyla, having hooves with an even number of toes; an even-toed ungulate. The order includes pigs, hippopotamuses, camels, deer, cattle, and antelopes
- arytenoidal — relating to the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx and also to other parts relating to them
- as you were — a military command to withdraw an order, return to the previous position, etc
- ascomycetes — any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota (or class Ascomycetes), including the molds and truffles, characterized by bearing the sexual spores in a sac (as distinguished from basidiomycete).
- asphyxiator — to produce asphyxia in.
- assiduously — constant; unremitting: assiduous reading.
- assyriology — the study of the culture, history, and archaeological remains of ancient Assyria
- astral body — Astronomy. a star, planet, comet, or other heavenly body.
- astrobotany — the branch of botany that investigates the possibility that plants grow on other planets
- astrocytoma — a tumour of the nervous system which originates in and consists mainly of astrocytes
- astrography — The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
- astrophyton — The giant basket star, an early Mesozoic invertebrate.
- asyncronous — (spelling) It's spelled "asynchronous".
- at any cost — If you say that something must be done at any cost, you are emphasizing that it must be done, even if this requires a lot of effort or money.
- atherectomy — the removal of plaque from an artery by means of a tiny rotating cutting blade inserted through a catheter.
- atrociously — extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal: an atrocious crime.
- attophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the attometre range or of devices, such as lasers, capable of producing pulses with a duration measured in attoseconds
- attorneydom — the state or power of being an attorney
- attorneyism — the slyness and cleverness associated with attorneys
- audaciously — extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer.
- audiotypist — a typist trained to type from a dictating machine
- austromancy — Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
- autoantonym — (rare) A word that has two opposing meanings.
- autocephaly — the state of being autocephalous.
- autochthony — pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous).
- autodynamic — Supplying its own power.
- autosomally — in the manner of an autosome
- baby boomer — A baby boomer is someone who was born during a baby boom, especially during the years after the end of the Second World War.
- baby broker — an adoption service, esp on the internet
- baby lotion — a skin lotion for babies
- baby shower — gift-giving party for unborn baby
- baby-boomer — a person born during a baby boom, especially one born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1965.
- baby-mother — a young mother who has been abandoned by the baby's father just before or after the birth
- babyboomers — Plural form of babyboomer.
- babylonians — of or relating to Babylon or Babylonia.
- backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
- ball hockey — a game similar to ice hockey, but played on foot on a hard surface without ice, using a hard plastic ball instead of a puck
- ballyhooing — Present participle of ballyhoo.
- balmorality — an idealization of Scottish traditions and culture
- band theory — a theory of the electrical properties of metals, semiconductors, and insulators based on energy bands
- bandy about — If someone's name or something such as an idea is bandied about or is bandied around, that person or that thing is discussed by many people in a casual way.
- bandywallop — an imaginary town, far from civilization
- barbarously — uncivilized; wild; savage; crude.
- barley coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 3/32 to 3/16 inch (2.4 to 4.8 mm).
- baroclinity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.