11-letter words containing o, s, t, e
- austronesia — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
- authorities — the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.
- autocracies — Plural form of autocracy.
- autodialers — Plural form of autodialer.
- autoerotism — pleasurable sensations or tensions arising in the erogenous body zones without external stimulation
- autofocuses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autofocus.
- autogenesis — spontaneous generation
- autokinesis — a visual illusion occurring in low light, in which a stationary bright spot appears to be moving
- automatizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automatize.
- automobiles — Plural form of automobile.
- autopoiesis — Self creation; self organization.
- autoreverse — a system in a tape player that automatically reverses the tape and plays another track when one track has finished
- autosuggest — to influence one's own thoughts or behaviour through methods other than conscious thought
- autotheists — Plural form of autotheist.
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- autoworkers — Plural form of autoworker.
- aversion-to — a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
- backside-to — backend-to.
- backstopped — Simple past tense and past participle of backstop.
- backstopper — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- backstroker — a person who swims the backstroke, especially a member of a competitive swimming team who specializes in the backstroke.
- backstrokes — Plural form of backstroke.
- 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.
- ballesteros — Severiano (sevɛˈrjano). 1957–2011, Spanish professional golfer: won the British Open Championship (1979; 1984; 1988) and the US Masters (1980; 1983)
- ballet shoe — a flexible, lightweight shoe designed for ballet dancing; typically made of leather or silk, and often fastened with ribbons
- bannerstone — a North American prehistoric stone implement in the form of a double-edged ax with a notch or hole, possibly for attaching a handle.
- barnstormed — Simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm.
- barnstormer — to conduct a campaign or speaking tour in rural areas by making brief stops in many small towns.
- baroceptors — Plural form of baroceptor.
- barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
- basingstoke — a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)
- basset horn — an obsolete woodwind instrument of the clarinet family
- bastinadoed — Simple past tense and past participle of bastinado.
- bastinadoes — Plural form of bastinado.
- bath sponge — any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.
- bathometers — Plural form of bathometer.
- battledores — Plural form of battledore.
- be sweet on — to be in love with
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- beanshooter — peashooter
- bear's-foot — either of two Eurasian hellebore plants, Helleborus foetidus or H. viridis, having leaves shaped like the foot and claws of a bear
- beauteously — In a beauteous manner.
- beauty shop — A beauty shop is the same as a beauty parlour.
- beauty spot — A beauty spot is a place in the country that is popular because of its beautiful scenery.
- 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.
- behind post — one of the smaller outer posts inside which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
- bellicosity — inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
- belowstairs — (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work
- belt course — an ornamental projecting band or continuous moulding along a wall