11-letter words containing n, a, r
- attorneydom — the state or power of being an attorney
- attorneyism — the slyness and cleverness associated with attorneys
- attractancy — the capacity of a pheromone to attract
- attractions — Plural form of attraction.
- 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.
- attritional — a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength: Our club has had a high rate of attrition because so many members have moved away.
- auctioneers — Plural form of auctioneer.
- 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
- austereness — The state of being austere; harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
- australiana — objects or documents relating to Australia and its history or culture esp in the form of a collection
- austromancy — Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
- austronesia — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
- authorising — Present participle of authorise.
- 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.
- autochanger — a device in a record player or CD player that enables a small stack of records or CDs to be dropped automatically onto the turntable or player tray one at a time and played separately
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
- auxanometer — an instrument that measures the linear growth of plant shoots
- avant-garde — Avant-garde art, music, theatre, and literature is very modern and experimental.
- averageness — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- averruncate — to avert, to turn away
- aversion-to — a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
- avuncularly — in the manner of an uncle
- awarenesses — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
- awestricken — filled with awe.
- awkwardness — lacking skill or dexterity. Synonyms: clumsy, inept; unskillful, unhandy, inexpert. Antonyms: deft, adroit, skillful, dexterous; handy.
- axonometric — of or relating to a projection method of representing three-dimensional objects on a flat surface
- azerbaijani — a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan
- baby-minder — a person who is paid to look after other people's babies or very young children
- back anchor — a small anchor for backing a larger one.
- back burner — If you put an issue on the back burner, you leave it in order to deal with it later because you now consider it to have become less urgent or important.
- back garden — a garden at the rear of a house
- back number — A back number of a magazine or newspaper is the same as a back issue.
- back-burner — a condition of low priority or temporary deferment (usually used in the phrase on the back burner): Put other issues on the back burner until after the election.
- backbencher — A backbencher is a Member of Parliament who is not a minister and who does not hold an official position in their political party.
- backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
- backgrounds — Plural form of background.
- backhanders — Plural form of backhander.
- baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
- bacteriocin — any protein-based toxin given off by bacteria to prevent the growth of related bacteria nearby
- baggy green — the Australian Test cricket cap
- baking tray — A baking tray is the same as a baking sheet.
- balbriggans — underwear made from balbriggan fabric, for example long men's underpants
- ballbearing — Alternative form of ball bearing.
- ballhandler — a player particularly skilled at passing and dribbling
- bancassurer — a bank that sells insurance products
- band leader — the leader of a group of musicians, esp those playing popular music
- band theory — a theory of the electrical properties of metals, semiconductors, and insulators based on energy bands