11-letter words containing o, n, s, a
- antigonus i — known as Cyclops. 382–301 bc, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; king of Macedon (306–301)
- antiheroism — (literature) The quality of being an antihero.
- antileprosy — acting against leprosy
- antileptons — Plural form of antilepton.
- antimension — a consecrated linen or silk cloth, kept on an altar, to which is sewn a linen or silk bag containing relics of saints.
- antimonious — relating to or containing antimony
- antimonsoon — the air current above a monsoon, moving in the opposite direction
- antinomians — Plural form of antinomian.
- antiobesity — reducing or controlling obesity
- antiphonies — Plural form of antiphony.
- antiprotons — Plural form of antiproton.
- antismoking — intended to prevent people from smoking tobacco
- antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
- antofagasta — a port in N Chile. Pop: 323 000 (2005 est)
- antonomasia — the substitution of a title or epithet for a proper name, such as his highness
- anxiolytics — Plural form of anxiolytic.
- anxiousness — full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous: Her parents were anxious about her poor health.
- aplanospore — a nonmotile asexual spore produced by certain algae and fungi
- apollinaris — an effervescent mineral water
- apologising — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- aponeuroses — Plural form of aponeurosis.
- aponeurosis — a white fibrous sheet of tissue by which certain muscles are attached to bones
- apoproteins — Plural form of apoprotein.
- apparations — Plural form of apparation.
- apparitions — Plural form of apparition.
- appositions — Plural form of apposition.
- apron stage — a stage that projects into the auditorium so that the audience sit on three sides of it
- arabinoside — a glycoside yielding arabinose when hydrolysed
- arborescent — having the shape or characteristics of a tree
- archaeornis — an extinct primitive Jurassic bird, formerly placed in the genus Archaeornis but now thought to be a species of archaeopteryx
- archdeacons — Plural form of archdeacon.
- arduousness — requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.
- arenicolous — growing or living in sand or sandy places
- armageddons — Plural form of armageddon.
- aron kodesh — Holy Ark.
- arrestation — the slowing or stopping of the development or progress of something
- arse around — If you say that someone is arsing around or arsing about, you mean that they are behaving in a silly, irritating way instead of getting something done.
- arsonphobia — Pyrophobia.
- as concerns — in regard to; with reference to; about
- ascensional — (astronomy) Relating to ascension.
- asciibonics — (chat) (From ASCII and Ebonics) A style of text communication in English which is most common on talk systems such as irc. Its notable characteristics are: Typing all in lowercase (and occasionally all in uppercase). Copious use of abbreviations of the sort "u" for "you" "1" for "one" (and therefore "some1" for "someone", "ne1" for "anyone"), "2" for "to", "r" for "are", etc. A general lack of punctuation, except for strings of question marks and exclamation marks. Common use of the idiom "m or f?", meant to elicit a statement of the listener's gender. Typical extended discourse in ASCIIbonics: "hey wasup ne1 want 2 cyber?" "m or f?" ASCIIbonics is similar to the way B1FF talked, although B1FF used more punctuation (lots more), and used all uppercase, rather than all lowercase. What's more, B1FF was only interested in warez, and so never asked "m or f?". It has been widely observed that some of the purest examples of ASCIIbonics come from non-native speakers of English. The phenomenon of ASCIIbonics predates by several years the use of the word "ASCIIbonics", as the word could only have been coined in or after late 1996, when "Ebonics" was first used in the US media to denote the US English dialects known in the linguistic literature as "Black Vernacular English".
- ascriptions — Plural form of ascription.
- ashwaubenon — a town in E Wisconsin.
- asperations — Plural form of asperation.
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- aspirations — a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations.
- asportation — the removal or taking away of something
- assentation — servile or hypocritical agreement
- assertation — An assertion, statement of opinion.
- assignation — An assignation is a secret meeting with someone, especially with a lover.