11-letter words containing o, u, r, i
- atrociously — extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal: an atrocious crime.
- attribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
- auctioneers — Plural form of auctioneer.
- audiometers — Plural form of audiometer.
- audiometric — the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.
- auditoriums — Plural form of auditorium.
- auditorship — the position or function of auditor
- austronesia — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
- authorising — Present participle of authorise.
- authorities — the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.
- authorizing — Present participle of authorize.
- auto racing — the sport of racing automobiles in which drivers compete against each other on a course designed for racing or on closed public roads.
- auto-dialer — a telephone device that makes possible a service feature (au·to-dial) whereby a call is automatically made in response to a brief input signal from the user, as the pressing of a button.
- auto-erotic — producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.
- autocracies — Plural form of autocracy.
- autodialers — Plural form of autodialer.
- autodialler — Alternative spelling of autodialer.
- autoerotism — pleasurable sensations or tensions arising in the erogenous body zones without external stimulation
- autographic — of, for, or like an autograph or autographs
- automorphic — shaped and designed after oneself
- autotrophic — (of organisms such as green plants) capable of manufacturing complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources such as carbon dioxide, water, and nitrates, using energy from the sun
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
- auxochromic — any radical or group of atoms that intensifies the color of a substance.
- auxotrophic — designating or of a mutant organism requiring more nutritional substances than its prototrophic parent because it has lost the ability to make a certain enzyme
- avoirdupois — a system of weights used in many English-speaking countries. It is based on the pound, which contains 16 ounces or 7000 grains. 100 pounds (US) or 112 pounds (Brit) is equal to 1 hundredweight and 20 hundredweights equals 1 ton
- azido group — the univalent group N 3 −, derived from hydrazoic acid.
- bacciferous — bearing berries
- baccivorous — feeding on berries
- baculovirus — any of a family of viruses that attack insects and other arthropods, used as biological pesticides
- barfulation — /bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ Variation of barf used around the Stanford area. An exclamation, expressing disgust. On seeing some particularly bad code one might exclaim, "Barfulation! Who wrote this, Quux?"
- behavioural — Behavioural means relating to the behaviour of a person or animal, or to the study of their behaviour.
- belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
- beurre noir — a sauce of darkly browned butter, sometimes flavored with herbs, vinegar, etc.
- bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
- bimolecular — (of a chemical complex, collision, etc) having or involving two molecules
- binocularly — relating to the use of two eyes at once
- bioindustry — an industry that makes use of biotechnology and other advanced life science methodologies in the creation or alteration of life forms or processes
- bleu-de-roi — the bright enamel blue color characteristic of Sèvres ware.
- blue ribbon — A blue ribbon is the same as a blue riband.
- blue-ribbon — of superior quality or prominence; first-rate; specially selected: a blue-ribbon committee of fund-raisers.
- boatbuilder — A boatbuilder is a person or company that makes boats.
- bodybuilder — A bodybuilder is a person who does special exercises regularly in order to make his or her muscles grow bigger.
- boeremusiek — a variety of light music associated with the culture of the Afrikaners
- boiler suit — A boiler suit consists of a single piece of clothing that combines trousers and a jacket. You wear it over your clothes in order to protect them from dirt while you are working.
- bombing run — the part of a flight of a bomber aircraft that brings it to the point over a target at which its bombs are released
- boudin noir — a dark-colored boiled sausage made with pork and blood, and often highly spiced
- boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
- bouquetiere — an assortment of fresh vegetables
- bourbonnais — a town in NE Illinois.