11-letter words containing r, e, s
- androgenous — producing only male offspring
- anemochores — Plural form of anemochore.
- anemographs — Plural form of anemograph.
- anemometers — Plural form of anemometer.
- angel shark — any of several sharks constituting the family Squatinidae, such as Squatina squatina, that have very large flattened pectoral fins and occur in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
- anglosphere — a group of English-speaking countries that share common roots in British culture and history, usually the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada
- anisocercal — (of fish) having unequal tail-fin lobes
- anisomerous — (of flowers) having floral whorls that differ in the number of their parts
- anisometric — not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts or unequal measurements
- anisopteran — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Anisoptera, comprising the dragonflies.
- ankle strap — a strap attached at the back of a shoe that goes round the ankle
- anniversary — An anniversary is a date which is remembered or celebrated because a special event happened on that date in a previous year.
- anonymizers — Plural form of anonymizer.
- anorthosite — a coarse-grained plutonic igneous rock consisting almost entirely of plagioclase feldspar
- answer back — If someone, especially a child, answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them.
- answerbacks — Plural form of answerback.
- answerphone — An answerphone is a device which you connect to your telephone and which records telephone calls while you are out.
- anteversion — abnormal forward tilting of a bodily organ, esp the uterus
- anthesteria — one of the ancient Athenian festivals composing the Dionysia; a spring festival celebrating flowers and new wine.
- anthracnose — any of several fungus diseases of plants and trees, such as vines and beans, characterized by oval dark depressed spots on the fruit and elsewhere
- anti-rabies — an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- anti-stress — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- antiheroism — (literature) The quality of being an antihero.
- antileprosy — acting against leprosy
- antipyresis — checking or preventing fever.
- antiquaries — Plural form of antiquary.
- antirealism — the denial of an objective reality
- antirealist — relating to antirealism
- antisecrecy — opposed to secrecy, particularly in government
- antiseizure — acting against or preventing seizures
- antislavery — opposed to slavery, esp slavery of Black people
- antispyware — Designed or intended to combat or eliminate spyware on a computer system.
- antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
- antitruster — a person opposed to trusts, monopolies, or similar organizations
- antseranana — a port in N Madagascar: former French naval base. Pop: 73 491 (2001)
- apgar score — system for determining the condition of an infant at birth
- aphelandras — Plural form of aphelandra.
- aplanospore — a nonmotile asexual spore produced by certain algae and fungi
- 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.
- 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.
- apostrophes — Plural form of apostrophe.
- apparatuses — Plural form of apparatus.
- appearances — the act or fact of appearing, as to the eye or mind or before the public: the unannounced appearance of dinner guests; the last appearance of Caruso in Aïda; her first appearance at a stockholders' meeting.
- applescript — (language) An object-oriented shell language for the Macintosh, approximately a superset of HyperTalk.
- appraisable — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- appreciates — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- apprentices — Plural form of apprentice.
- appressoria — a flattened and thickened tip of a hyphal branch, formed by some parasitic fungi, that facilitates penetration of the host plant.