11-letter words containing n, o, i
- anisocarpic — (of a flower) having a lower number of carpels than of other floral parts.
- anisocercal — (of fish) having unequal tail-fin lobes
- anisodactyl — (of the feet of passerine birds) having the first toe directed backwards and the other three toes directed forwards
- anisogamete — heterogamete
- anisogamous — reproducing by the fusion of dissimilar gametes or individuals, usually differing in size.
- anisomerous — (of flowers) having floral whorls that differ in the number of their parts
- anisometric — not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts or unequal measurements
- anisopteran — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Anisoptera, comprising the dragonflies.
- anisotropic — not isotropic; having different physical properties in different directions
- ankle joint — the joint made by the two leg bones (the tibia and the fibula) and the talus
- annexations — Plural form of annexation.
- annihilator — a person or thing that annihilates.
- anno domini — advancing old age
- annotations — Plural form of annotation.
- annulations — Plural form of annulation.
- annunciator — a device that gives a visual indication as to which of a number of electric circuits has operated, such as an indicator in a hotel showing in which room a bell has been rung
- anodization — the action of electroplating a metal with an ornamental or protecting layer of oxide
- anomalistic — tending to be anomalous
- anonymising — Present participle of anonymise.
- anonymities — Plural form of anonymity.
- anonymizers — Plural form of anonymizer.
- anonymosity — (rare) The state of being anonymous.
- anorthosite — a coarse-grained plutonic igneous rock consisting almost entirely of plagioclase feldspar
- anovulation — failure to produce eggs or to discharge them from an ovary
- antagonised — Simple past tense and past participle of antagonise.
- antagonises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antagonise.
- antagonisms — Plural form of antagonism.
- antagonists — Plural form of antagonist.
- antagonized — Simple past tense and past participle of antagonize.
- antagonizer — a person who antagonizes people, or provokes hostility: The leader was an antagonizer of the peasantry. Compare antagonist.
- antagonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antagonize.
- antatrophic — preventing or curing atrophy.
- anteflexion — a bending forward of an organ, especially of the body of the uterus.
- antenniform — shaped like an antenna
- anteorbital — in front of the orbit of the eye
- anteportico — a lesser portico preceding a main portico.
- anteriority — situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- anteversion — abnormal forward tilting of a bodily organ, esp the uterus
- antherozoid — one of many small male gametes produced in an antheridium
- anthocyanin — any of a class of water-soluble glycosidic pigments, esp those responsible for the red and blue colours in flowers. They are closely related to vitamins E and P
- anthologies — Plural form of anthology.
- anthologise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of anthologize.
- anthologist — a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject: an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.
- anthologize — to compile or put into an anthology
- anthomaniac — someone with an extreme fondness for flowers
- anthophobia — an abnormal fear of flowers.
- anthracosis — a lung disease due to inhalation of coal dust
- anthracotic — the deposition of coal dust in the lungs; asymptomatic pneumoconiosis.
- anthropical — relating to human nature
- anthropoids — Plural form of anthropoid.