11-letter words containing s
- aplanospore — a nonmotile asexual spore produced by certain algae and fungi
- apocalypses — Plural form of apocalypse.
- apogamously — in an apogamous manner
- apoliticism — the quality of being apolitical
- apollinaris — an effervescent mineral water
- apologetics — the branch of theology concerned with the defence and rational justification of Christianity
- apologising — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- aponeuroses — Plural form of aponeurosis.
- aponeurosis — a white fibrous sheet of tissue by which certain muscles are attached to bones
- apophthegms — Plural form of apophthegm.
- apophysitis — (pathology) Inflammation of an apophysis, a bony tubercle.
- apoproteins — Plural form of apoprotein.
- aposiopeses — Plural form of aposiopesis.
- aposiopesis — the device of suddenly breaking off in the middle of a sentence as if unwilling to continue
- 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.
- 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.
- appeasement — Appeasement means giving people what they want to prevent them from harming you or being angry with you.
- appeasingly — in an appeasing manner
- appendences — attached or suspended; annexed.
- apple sauce — Apple sauce is a type of sauce made from puréed cooked apples.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- aqua fortis — nitric acid
- aquaerobics — A form of aerobics done while in water.
- aquafitness — a keep-fit regime in which exercises are performed standing up in a swimming pool
- aquafortist — a person who makes engravings or etchings through the use of aqua fortis
- aquamarines — Plural form of aquamarine.
- aquanautics — the study or practice of undersea travel