11-letter words containing i, u, r
- 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.
- aspergillum — a brush or perforated container for sprinkling holy water
- aspergillus — any ascomycetous fungus of the genus Aspergillus, having chains of conidia attached like bristles to a club-shaped stalk: family Aspergillaceae
- aspersorium — a basin containing holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves
- astronautic — Of or pertaining to astronautics.
- atrabilious — irritable
- atrociously — extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal: an atrocious crime.
- attributing — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- attribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
- attributive — relating to an attribute
- auctioneers — Plural form of auctioneer.
- audiometers — Plural form of audiometer.
- audiometric — the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.
- audit trail — a record of all the transactions or data entries that a person or firm has carried out over a specific period
- auditoriums — Plural form of auditorium.
- auditorship — the position or function of auditor
- auricularia — the bilaterally symmetrical, ciliated larva of a holothurian.
- auricularly — In an auricular manner.
- auriculated — (biology, rare) Having ears or appendages like ears; eared.
- aurignacian — of, relating to, or produced during a flint culture of the Upper Palaeolithic type characterized by the use of bone and antler tools, pins, awls, etc, and also by cave art and evidence of the beginnings of religion
- austerities — Plural form of austerity.
- australasia — Australia, New Zealand, and neighbouring islands in the S Pacific Ocean
- australiana — objects or documents relating to Australia and its history or culture esp in the form of a collection
- austronesia — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
- authorising — Present participle of authorise.
- authorities — the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.
- authorizing — Present participle of authorize.
- auto racing — the sport of racing automobiles in which drivers compete against each other on a course designed for racing or on closed public roads.
- auto-dialer — a telephone device that makes possible a service feature (au·to-dial) whereby a call is automatically made in response to a brief input signal from the user, as the pressing of a button.
- auto-erotic — producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.
- autocracies — Plural form of autocracy.
- autodialers — Plural form of autodialer.
- autodialler — Alternative spelling of autodialer.
- autoerotism — pleasurable sensations or tensions arising in the erogenous body zones without external stimulation
- autographic — of, for, or like an autograph or autographs