11-letter words containing o, a, s, i
- autotheists — Plural form of autotheist.
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- aversion-to — a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
- avoirdupois — a system of weights used in many English-speaking countries. It is based on the pound, which contains 16 ounces or 7000 grains. 100 pounds (US) or 112 pounds (Brit) is equal to 1 hundredweight and 20 hundredweights equals 1 ton
- axanthopsia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to yellow.
- azonal soil — soil that has a profile determined predominantly by factors other than local climate and vegetation. Azonal soils include some mountain, alluvial, marine, glacial, windblown, and volcanic soils
- azoospermia — absence of spermatozoa in the semen
- azores high — a subtropical high centered near the Azores.
- babassu oil — a yellow oil expressed or extracted from babassu nuts, used chiefly in the manufacture of soaps and cosmetics and as a cooking oil.
- babelicious — (of a woman) sexually very attractive.
- babylonians — of or relating to Babylon or Babylonia.
- bacciferous — bearing berries
- baccivorous — feeding on berries
- bachelorism — bachelorhood
- backside-to — backend-to.
- backsolving — Present participle of backsolve.
- bacteriosis — any bacterial disease
- bacteroides — any of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Bacteroides, occurring in the alimentary and genitourinary tracts of humans and other mammals, certain species of which are pathogenic.
- baculovirus — any of a family of viruses that attack insects and other arthropods, used as biological pesticides
- baking soda — Baking soda is the same as bicarbonate of soda.
- balloonfish — a porcupinefish, Diodon holacanthus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical waters.
- balloonists — Plural form of balloonist.
- baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
- base period — a neutral period used as a standard for comparison in constructing an index to express a variable factor: 100 is usually taken as the index number for the variable in the base period
- bashibazouk — (in the 19th century) one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality
- basic cobol — (language) A subset of COBOL from COBOL-60 standards.
- basidiocarp — the fruiting body of basidiomycetous fungi; the mushroom of agarics
- basingstoke — a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)
- basis point — In finance, a basis point is one hundredth of a per cent (.01%).
- bastinadoed — Simple past tense and past participle of bastinado.
- bastinadoes — Plural form of bastinado.
- battologist — wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing.
- bay of pigs — a bay on the SW coast of Cuba: scene of an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by US-backed troops (April 17, 1961)
- behaviorism — Behaviorism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- behaviorist — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
- belowstairs — (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work
- biblioclasm — a person who mutilates or destroys books.
- biblioclast — One who destroys books, especially the Bible.
- bicephalous — having two heads
- biocatalyst — a chemical, esp an enzyme, that initiates or increases the rate of a biochemical reaction
- biodynamics — the branch of biology that deals with the energy production and activities of organisms
- biophysical — the branch of biology that applies the methods of physics to the study of biological structures and processes.
- bioresearch — the investigation of the nature of living organisms; biological research.
- biosocially — from a biosocial point of view
- bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
- bisociation — the association of one idea with two different contexts
- bisociative — relating to bisociation
- blow a kiss — to kiss one's hand, then blow across it as if to carry the kiss through the air to another person
- boatmanship — boatsmanship.