11-letter words containing n, a, t, u, r
- antirrhinum — any scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Antirrhinum, esp the snapdragon, which have two-lipped flowers of various colours
- antiseizure — acting against or preventing seizures
- antitruster — a person opposed to trusts, monopolies, or similar organizations
- antitumoral — Antitumor.
- aponeurotic — a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
- apple grunt — Chiefly Eastern Massachusetts. apple pandowdy. Compare grunt (def 6).
- appurtenant — relating, belonging, or accessory
- arc-boutant — flying buttress.
- argumentive — argumentative
- ars antiqua — the style of composition characteristic of the 13th century, especially in France.
- 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 student — a person studying art
- arthur monk — (James) Arthur ("Art") born 1957, U.S. football player.
- astronautic — Of or pertaining to astronautics.
- athermanous — capable of stopping radiant heat or infrared radiation
- atramentous — similar to or as black as ink
- attenuators — Plural form of attenuator.
- 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.
- auctioneers — Plural form of auctioneer.
- 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
- averruncate — to avert, to turn away
- backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
- bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
- barfulation — /bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ Variation of barf used around the Stanford area. An exclamation, expressing disgust. On seeing some particularly bad code one might exclaim, "Barfulation! Who wrote this, Quux?"
- barquentine — a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others
- baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
- baum marten — a dark brown European marten (esp. Martes martes) or its fur
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- beancounter — Alternative spelling of bean counter.
- beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
- bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
- bonaventura — Saint, called the Seraphic Doctor. 1221–74, Italian Franciscan monk, mystic, theologian, and philosopher; author of a Life of St Francis and Journey of the Soul to God. Feast day: July 14
- bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
- brain trust — A brain trust is a group of experts who advise important people in a government or organization.
- brain-trust — to serve as a brain trust or a brain truster for: They have brain-trusted many major corporations.
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- broaden out — If something such as a discussion broadens out or if someone broadens it out, the number of things or people that it includes or affects becomes greater.
- brunch coat — a knee-length housecoat.
- buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing