11-letter words containing e, o, t
- archenteron — the cavity within an embryo at the gastrula stage of development that eventually becomes the digestive cavity
- archeometry — the branch of archaeology that deals with the dating of archaeological specimens through specific techniques, as radiocarbon dating and amino-acid dating.
- archicortex — (anatomy) Part of the allocortex, specifically three layered hippocampal cortexes necessary for hippocampus formation.
- architector — (obsolete) An architect.
- arctic zone — the section of the earth's surface lying between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.
- areocentric — relating to a reference system which has Mars as its centre
- aristoteles — a walled plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
- arkeologist — Someone who studies the story of Noah's Ark, particularly by searching for physical evidence which would corroborate it.
- armor plate — a protective covering of specially hardened steel plates, as on a tank
- aroint thee — away! begone!
- arrestation — the slowing or stopping of the development or progress of something
- arrhenotoky — a form of parthenogenesis which produces only male offspring
- ars poetica — the art of poetry
- art college — a college at which students study and make art of various kinds, such as drawing, painting and sculpture
- art nouveau — Art Nouveau is a style of decoration and architecture that was common in the 1890s. It is characterized by flowing lines and patterns of flowers and leaves.
- art of love — Latin Ars Amatoria. a series of poems in three books (1? b.c.) by Ovid.
- arte povera — a style of minimal art originating in Italy in the late 1960s, making use of cheap and commonly available materials such as stones, newspapers etc
- arteriogram — an X-ray of a vein or artery which has been injected with dye in order to diagnose obstruction or damage
- arteriotomy — the surgical cutting of an artery or a cut made in an artery
- arthrectomy — surgical excision of a joint
- arthrodesis — the fusion of bones in a joint through surgery which causes immobility of the joint
- arthroscope — a tubular instrument that is inserted into the capsule of a joint to examine the joint, extract tissue, etc
- arthrospore — a sporelike cell of ascomycetous fungi and some algae produced by a breaking of the hyphae
- arytenoidal — relating to the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx and also to other parts relating to them
- asbestiform — having the look or structure of asbestos
- 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).
- asperations — Plural form of asperation.
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- assentation — servile or hypocritical agreement
- assertation — An assertion, statement of opinion.
- associative — Associative thoughts are things that you think of because you see, hear, or think of something that reminds you of those things or which you associate with those things.
- assoilments — Plural form of assoilment.
- assortative — Denoting or involving the preferential mating of animals or marrying of people with similar characteristics.
- assortments — Plural form of assortment.
- asteraceous — belonging to the Asterasceae, an alternative name for the plant family Compositae.
- asteroidean — an echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, comprising the starfishes.
- asteropaeus — a Trojan ally slain by Achilles.
- astoundment — the state of being astounded
- astroblemes — Plural form of astrobleme.
- astrologers — Plural form of astrologer.
- astromancer — divination by means of the stars.
- astrometric — (astronomy) of or relating to astrometry.
- astronomers — Plural form of astronomer.
- astronomize — to practise or study astronomy or engage in astronomical matters
- astrosphere — the part of the aster excluding the centrosome
- at a stroke — If something happens at a stroke or in one stroke, it happens suddenly and completely because of one single action.
- at one blow — by or with only one action; all at one time
- at one time — If you say that something was the case at one time, you mean that it was the case during a particular period in the past.
- at the most — You use at a minimum, or at the minimum, when you want to indicate that something is the very least which could or should happen.
- atactostele — (botany) A type of eustele, found in monocots, in which the vascular tissue in the stem exists as scattered bundles.