11-letter words containing s, a, o
- arthroscopy — the use of an arthroscope to diagnose an injury to or disease of a joint or to perform minor surgery on a joint.
- arthrospore — a sporelike cell of ascomycetous fungi and some algae produced by a breaking of the hyphae
- as concerns — in regard to; with reference to; about
- as you were — a military command to withdraw an order, return to the previous position, etc
- asbestiform — having the look or structure of asbestos
- ascensional — (astronomy) Relating to ascension.
- asciibonics — (chat) (From ASCII and Ebonics) A style of text communication in English which is most common on talk systems such as irc. Its notable characteristics are: Typing all in lowercase (and occasionally all in uppercase). Copious use of abbreviations of the sort "u" for "you" "1" for "one" (and therefore "some1" for "someone", "ne1" for "anyone"), "2" for "to", "r" for "are", etc. A general lack of punctuation, except for strings of question marks and exclamation marks. Common use of the idiom "m or f?", meant to elicit a statement of the listener's gender. Typical extended discourse in ASCIIbonics: "hey wasup ne1 want 2 cyber?" "m or f?" ASCIIbonics is similar to the way B1FF talked, although B1FF used more punctuation (lots more), and used all uppercase, rather than all lowercase. What's more, B1FF was only interested in warez, and so never asked "m or f?". It has been widely observed that some of the purest examples of ASCIIbonics come from non-native speakers of English. The phenomenon of ASCIIbonics predates by several years the use of the word "ASCIIbonics", as the word could only have been coined in or after late 1996, when "Ebonics" was first used in the US media to denote the US English dialects known in the linguistic literature as "Black Vernacular English".
- ascititious — having been added to from something inessential or separate
- ascomycetes — any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota (or class Ascomycetes), including the molds and truffles, characterized by bearing the sexual spores in a sac (as distinguished from basidiomycete).
- ascriptions — Plural form of ascription.
- ashwaubenon — a town in E Wisconsin.
- asperations — Plural form of asperation.
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- aspersorium — a basin containing holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves
- asphyxiator — to produce asphyxia in.
- aspirations — a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations.
- asportation — the removal or taking away of something
- assentation — servile or hypocritical agreement
- assertation — An assertion, statement of opinion.
- assessorial — a person who makes assessments, especially for purposes of taxation.
- assiduously — constant; unremitting: assiduous reading.
- assignation — An assignation is a secret meeting with someone, especially with a lover.
- assimilator — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- assiniboine — a river in W Canada, rising in E Saskatchewan and flowing southeast and east to the Red River at Winnipeg. Length: over 860 km (500 miles)
- associating — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- association — An association is an official group of people who have the same job, aim, or interest.
- associative — Associative thoughts are things that you think of because you see, hear, or think of something that reminds you of those things or which you associate with those things.
- associators — Plural form of associator.
- assoilments — Plural form of assoilment.
- assortative — Denoting or involving the preferential mating of animals or marrying of people with similar characteristics.
- assortments — Plural form of assortment.
- assumptions — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- assyriology — the study of the culture, history, and archaeological remains of ancient Assyria
- asteraceous — belonging to the Asterasceae, an alternative name for the plant family Compositae.
- asteroidean — an echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, comprising the starfishes.
- asteropaeus — a Trojan ally slain by Achilles.
- astonishing — Something that is astonishing is very surprising.
- astoundment — the state of being astounded
- astral body — Astronomy. a star, planet, comet, or other heavenly body.
- astraphobia — a fear of thunder and lightning
- astroblemes — Plural form of astrobleme.
- astrobotany — the branch of botany that investigates the possibility that plants grow on other planets
- astrocytoma — a tumour of the nervous system which originates in and consists mainly of astrocytes
- astrogation — (in science fiction) navigation in outer space.
- astrography — The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
- astrologers — Plural form of astrologer.
- astrologian — (obsolete) An astrologer.
- astrologist — the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
- astromancer — divination by means of the stars.
- astrometric — (astronomy) of or relating to astrometry.