11-letter words containing o, t, e
- 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
- autorotated — Simple past tense and past participle of autorotate.
- autosuggest — to influence one's own thoughts or behaviour through methods other than conscious thought
- autotheists — Plural form of autotheist.
- autotoxemia — autointoxication
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- autoworkers — Plural form of autoworker.
- autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
- auxanometer — an instrument that measures the linear growth of plant shoots
- average out — If a set of numbers average out to a particular figure or if you average them out to that figure, their average is calculated to be that figure.
- aversion-to — a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
- axenization — (uncountable) The process of isolating a particular organism from all others.
- axerophthol — any form of vitamin A
- axonometric — of or relating to a projection method of representing three-dimensional objects on a flat surface
- azotobacter — any bacterium of the family Azotobacteriaceae, important in nitrogen fixation in the soil
- baby-mother — a young mother who has been abandoned by the baby's father just before or after the birth
- 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.
- bacteriocin — any protein-based toxin given off by bacteria to prevent the growth of related bacteria nearby
- 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.
- balance out — If two or more opposite things balance out or if you balance them out, they become equal in amount, value, or effect.
- 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
- balletomane — a person enthusiastic about the ballet
- band theory — a theory of the electrical properties of metals, semiconductors, and insulators based on energy bands
- 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.
- baronetical — pertaining to baronets
- barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
- barrel bolt — a rod-shaped bolt for fastening a door or the like, attached to one side of the door at the edge and sliding into a socket on the frame of the opening.
- barrel knot — a knot for fastening together two strands of gut or nylon, as fishing lines or leaders.
- bartholomew — one of the twelve apostles (Matthew 10:3). Feast day: Aug 24 or June 11
- bartolommeo — Fra. original name Baccio della Porta. 1472–1517, Italian painter of the Florentine school, noted for his austere religious works
- 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 oliver — a kind of unsweetened biscuit
- 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.
- baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
- batter down — If you batter a door down, you hit it so hard that it falls to pieces.
- battle zone — an area where a battle or battles are being fought