11-letter words containing s, p, a, t
- antiphrasis — the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal one, esp for ironic effect
- antiplastic — allaying or preventing the growth of new tissue.
- antiprotons — Plural form of antiproton.
- antipyresis — checking or preventing fever.
- antiseptics — pertaining to or affecting antisepsis.
- antispastic — preventing or reducing spasms
- 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
- apatosaurus — brontosaurus
- aphlogistic — (archaic) flameless.
- apoliticism — the quality of being apolitical
- apologetics — the branch of theology concerned with the defence and rational justification of Christianity
- apophthegms — Plural form of apophthegm.
- apophysitis — (pathology) Inflammation of an apophysis, a bony tubercle.
- apoproteins — Plural form of apoprotein.
- aposiopetic — Of or pertaining to aposiopesis.
- apostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of apostatize.
- 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.
- apostleship — the position or duty of an apostle
- apostolates — Plural form of apostolate.
- apostolical — Apostolic.
- apostrophes — Plural form of apostrophe.
- apostrophic — a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea, as “O Death, where is thy sting?”.
- apostrophus — a symbol resembling a reversed letter C used in Roman numerals to denote large numbers
- apotheosise — Alternative spelling of apotheosize.
- apotheosize — to deify
- apotropaism — the use of ritual or magic to ward off evil or bad luck
- apparations — Plural form of apparation.
- apparatuses — Plural form of apparatus.
- apparitions — Plural form of apparition.
- appeasement — Appeasement means giving people what they want to prevent them from harming you or being angry with you.
- applescript — (language) An object-oriented shell language for the Macintosh, approximately a superset of HyperTalk.
- applicators — Plural form of applicator.
- appositions — Plural form of apposition.
- appositives — Plural form of appositive.
- appreciates — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- apprentices — Plural form of apprentice.
- aprioristic — belief in, or reliance upon, a priori reasoning, arguments, or principles.
- apron stage — a stage that projects into the auditorium so that the audience sit on three sides of it
- archpriests — Plural form of archpriest.
- ars poetica — the art of poetry
- arthroscope — a tubular instrument that is inserted into the capsule of a joint to examine the joint, extract tissue, etc
- 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
- artisanship — the occupation or product of a craftsperson or artisan
- ascriptions — Plural form of ascription.
- aseptically — in a non-putrefying manner
- asperations — Plural form of asperation.
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- aspheterise — to deny the right of private property