11-letter words containing s, a, t
- angioplasty — a surgical technique for restoring normal blood flow through an artery narrowed or blocked by atherosclerosis, either by inserting a balloon into the narrowed section and inflating it or by using a laser beam
- angiostatin — a naturally occurring protein that inhibits endothelial proliferation and interferes with the growth of new blood vessels, investigated for use as an anticancer drug.
- angiotensin — a peptide of physiological importance that is capable of causing constriction of blood vessels, which raises blood pressure
- anguishment — Anguish.
- animalistic — If you describe a person or their behaviour as animalistic, you mean that they do not try to hide or control their basic feelings and physical needs.
- animateness — the condition of being alive or living
- animosities — Plural form of animosity.
- anisodactyl — (of the feet of passerine birds) having the first toe directed backwards and the other three toes directed forwards
- anisogamete — heterogamete
- anisometric — not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts or unequal measurements
- anisopteran — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Anisoptera, comprising the dragonflies.
- anisotropic — not isotropic; having different physical properties in different directions
- ankle strap — a strap attached at the back of a shoe that goes round the ankle
- anne sexton — Anne (Harvey) 1928–74, U.S. poet.
- annexations — Plural form of annexation.
- annihilates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annihilate.
- annotations — Plural form of annotation.
- annulations — Plural form of annulation.
- annunciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annunciate.
- anomalistic — tending to be anomalous
- anonymities — Plural form of anonymity.
- anonymosity — (rare) The state of being anonymous.
- anorthosite — a coarse-grained plutonic igneous rock consisting almost entirely of plagioclase feldspar
- antagonised — Simple past tense and past participle of antagonise.
- antagonises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antagonise.
- antagonisms — Plural form of antagonism.
- antagonists — Plural form of antagonist.
- antagonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antagonize.
- antecedents — ancestry
- antepenults — Plural form of antepenult.
- 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.
- anthologies — Plural form of anthology.
- anthologise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of anthologize.
- anthologist — a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject: an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.
- 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
- anthracosis — a lung disease due to inhalation of coal dust
- anthropoids — Plural form of anthropoid.
- anti-busing — opposing legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- anti-g suit — a garment for fliers and astronauts designed to exert pressure on the abdomen and thighs to prevent or retard the pooling of blood below the heart under the influence of excessive head-to-toe acceleration forces.
- anti-jewish — anti-Semitic
- 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-semite — An anti-Semite is someone who strongly dislikes and is prejudiced against Jewish people.
- anti-sexism — attitudes or behavior based on traditional stereotypes of gender roles.
- anti-social — Someone who is anti-social is unwilling to meet and be friendly with other people.
- anti-soviet — opposed to anything characteristic of or relating to the former Soviet Union and its government
- anti-stress — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- antibaryons — Plural form of antibaryon.
- antibilious — of a nature that can be used to counter biliousness
- antibiotics — Plural form of antibiotic.