11-letter words containing o, e, i
- amylopectin — the major component of starch (about 80 per cent), consisting of branched chains of glucose units. It is insoluble and gives a red-brown colour with iodine
- anachronize — To refer to, or put into, a wrong time.
- anacoenosis — a figure of speech in which an appeal is made to one's listeners or opponents for their opinion or judgment as to the subject under discussion.
- anacreontic — in the manner of the Greek lyric poet Anacreon (?572–?488 bc), noted for his short songs celebrating love and wine
- anadiploses — Plural form of anadiplosis.
- anaerobiont — an organism that can live anaerobically
- anagnorises — Plural form of anagnorisis.
- anal erotic — a person who experiences sexual gratification of the anal area
- anaphoresis — the movement of suspended charged particles towards the anode in an electric field
- anaplerosis — the filling up of a scar, wound, etc which has decayed or been destroyed
- anaplerotic — of or relating to anaplerosis
- ancestorial — of, belonging to, or relating to ancestors
- androgenise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of androgenize.
- androgenize — Treat with or expose to male hormones, typically resulting in the production of male sexual characteristics.
- anecdotical — relating to anecdotes
- anemonefish — Any of the clownfish, principally in the Amphiprion genus.
- anemophobia — an abnormal fear of draughts or windy weather
- angioscopes — Plural form of angioscope.
- angiotensin — a peptide of physiological importance that is capable of causing constriction of blood vessels, which raises blood pressure
- animal pole — the formative part of an ovum, having the greatest amount of cytoplasm and containing the nucleus.
- animosities — Plural form of animosity.
- aniseikonia — a condition caused by a defect in the lens of the eye in which the images produced in the two eyes differ in size or shape
- anisocercal — (of fish) having unequal tail-fin lobes
- anisogamete — heterogamete
- 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.
- ankle joint — the joint made by the two leg bones (the tibia and the fibula) and the talus
- annexations — Plural form of annexation.
- anonymities — Plural form of anonymity.
- anonymizers — Plural form of anonymizer.
- anorthosite — a coarse-grained plutonic igneous rock consisting almost entirely of plagioclase feldspar
- antagonised — Simple past tense and past participle of antagonise.
- antagonises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antagonise.
- 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.
- 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
- anthologies — Plural form of anthology.
- anthologise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of anthologize.
- anthologize — to compile or put into an anthology
- anti-choice — opposed to the legal right to obtain an abortion; pro-life
- anti-reform — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- anti-soviet — opposed to anything characteristic of or relating to the former Soviet Union and its government