11-letter words containing o, r, d
- airboarding — a snow sport in which participants slide down slopes headfirst lying flat on an inflatable board
- airdropping — Present participle of airdrop.
- albedometer — an instrument that measures the albedo of a surface.
- aldermaston — a village in S England, in West Berkshire unitary authority, Berkshire, SW of Reading: site of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and starting point of the Aldermaston marches (1958–63), organized by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Pop: 927 (2001)
- alderperson — a member of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council.
- aldosterone — the principal mineralocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex. A synthesized form is used in the treatment of Addison's disease. Formula: C21H27O5
- aldotetrose — (carbohydrate) Any aldose having four carbon atoms.
- alendronate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of alendronic acid.
- alford plea — Law. a pleading of guilty in a plea bargain in which the defendant maintains his or her innocence.
- all aboard! — a warning to passengers to board a vehicle, ship, etc
- all-rounder — Someone who is an all-rounder is good at a lot of different skills, academic subjects, or sports.
- allegorized — Simple past tense and past participle of allegorize.
- alligatored — Damaged by alligatoring.
- almond bark — a type of candy consisting of sheets or fairly thick pieces of semisweet or milk chocolate to which almonds or almond pieces have been added.
- almond tree — a small widely cultivated rosaceous tree, Prunus amygdalus, that is native to W Asia and has pink flowers and a green fruit containing an edible nutlike seed
- almoravides — a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa from 1056 to 1147.
- altar board — an elaborately carved wooden panel, placed in a recess on top of an altar during the Mass, on which the chalice and paten rest.
- altoruffled — altogether ruffled
- ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
- ameliorated — Simple past tense and past participle of ameliorate.
- amphidromia — a family festival in ancient Athens in honor of the birth of a child, during which the child received its name.
- anchor deck — a small forecastle housing the machinery for operating the anchors of a ship.
- androconium — a scale on the forewing of certain male butterflies from which an odor attractive to females is emitted.
- 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.
- androgenous — producing only male offspring
- androgynous — In biology, an androgynous person, animal, or plant has both male and female sexual characteristics.
- androphilic — Sexually attracted to men.
- androphobia — an abnormal fear of men; an aversion toward the male sex.
- androphobic — Exhibiting androphobia; fearful of men.
- androsphinx — a sphinx having the head of a man
- angle board — a board serving as a gauge for an angle planed across the end of other boards.
- anterograde — moving forwards, in the normal direction of flow
- antherozoid — one of many small male gametes produced in an antheridium
- anthropoids — Plural form of anthropoid.
- antithyroid — acting against excessive thyroid activity
- aphrodisiac — An aphrodisiac is a food, drink, or drug which is said to make people want to have sex.
- apodyterium — the changing room in an ancient Roman bathhouse
- apostlebird — an omnivorous bird, Struthidea cinerea, of eastern Australia, that has chiefly dark gray-brown plumage with white tail markings and is noted for its habit of traveling in groups of about 12 related individuals.
- apportioned — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- arabidopsis — Any cress (or related plant) of the genus Arabidopsis.
- arabinoside — a glycoside yielding arabinose when hydrolysed
- arachidonic — related to arachidonic acid or the derivatives of arachidonic acid
- arachnoidal — relating to the arachnoid
- archdeacons — Plural form of archdeacon.
- archdiocese — An archdiocese is the area over which an archbishop has control.
- archdukedom — the territory ruled by an archduke or archduchess
- arduousness — requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.
- armageddons — Plural form of armageddon.
- armored car — any of various vehicles covered with armor plate, as a truck for carrying money to or from a bank