11-letter words containing s, i, r
- auditoriums — Plural form of auditorium.
- auditorship — the position or function of auditor
- austerities — Plural form of austerity.
- australasia — Australia, New Zealand, and neighbouring islands in the S Pacific Ocean
- australiana — objects or documents relating to Australia and its history or culture esp in the form of a collection
- 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.
- autocracies — Plural form of autocracy.
- autodialers — Plural form of autodialer.
- autoerotism — pleasurable sensations or tensions arising in the erogenous body zones without external stimulation
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- auxiliaries — foreign or allied troops serving another nation; mercenaries
- aversion-to — a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
- 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
- awash-river — a river in E Ethiopia, flowing NE through the Great Rift Valley to near the Djibouti border. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- awestricken — filled with awe.
- axisymmetry — any symmetry formed around an axis
- azoospermia — absence of spermatozoa in the semen
- azores high — a subtropical high centered near the Azores.
- b1 security — Orange Book
- b2 security — Orange Book
- b3 security — Orange Book
- baby sister — a younger sister
- baby-sitter — a person who takes care of a child or children while the parents are out
- babysitters — Plural form of babysitter.
- bacciferous — bearing berries
- baccivorous — feeding on berries
- bachelorism — bachelorhood
- back stairs — stairs at the back of a house, as for use by servants.
- backswimmer — an aquatic bug belonging to the family Notonectidae that swims on its back using its back legs as oars
- 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.
- baculovirus — any of a family of viruses that attack insects and other arthropods, used as biological pesticides
- bahia grass — a grass, Paspalum notatum, of tropical America, grown in the southern United States for lawns and pasturage.
- bakersfield — city in SC Calif.: pop. 247,000
- balbriggans — underwear made from balbriggan fabric, for example long men's underpants
- balistraria — (in a medieval fortification) an opening, usually in the form of a cross, through which a crossbow could be fired.
- banderillas — Plural form of banderilla.
- baneberries — Plural form of baneberry.
- banistering — Present participle of banister.
- banjarmasin — a port in Indonesia, in SW Borneo. Pop: 527 415 (2000)
- banjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
- baptistries — Plural form of baptistry.
- barbarities — Plural form of barbarity.
- barbitalism — barbiturism.
- barbiturism — chronic poisoning caused by the excessive use of phenobarbital, secobarbital, or other derivative of barbituric acid.
- baresthesia — the sense or perception of pressure.
- barge spike — a square spike with a chisel point.
- barnyardism — a smutty or indecent word or expression.