11-letter words containing s
- 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.
- aseptically — in a non-putrefying manner
- ash-shaytan — (in Muslim usage) Satan; the devil.
- ashamedness — the condition of feeling ashamed
- ashen light — a faint glow visible on the unlit side of the planet Venus in its crescent phase.
- ashen-faced — Someone who is ashen-faced looks very pale, especially because they are ill, shocked, or frightened.
- ashlar line — a horizontal line, indicated at a building site with a taut string, that corresponds to the exterior surface plane of a masonry wall.
- ashwaubenon — a town in E Wisconsin.
- asperations — Plural form of asperation.
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- aspergillum — a brush or perforated container for sprinkling holy water
- aspergillus — any ascomycetous fungus of the genus Aspergillus, having chains of conidia attached like bristles to a club-shaped stalk: family Aspergillaceae
- aspersorium — a basin containing holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves
- aspheterise — to deny the right of private property
- aspheterism — the teaching that all property should be in common ownership and no individual should benefit from personal possession
- aspheterize — to observe or engage in aspheterism
- asphyxiants — Plural form of asphyxiant.
- asphyxiated — Simple past tense and past participle of asphyxiate.
- asphyxiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxiate.
- asphyxiator — to produce asphyxia in.
- aspidistras — Plural form of aspidistra.
- aspirations — a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations.
- asplanchnic — having no gut
- asportation — the removal or taking away of something
- ass-kissing — the practice or an instance of attempting to curry favor by the excessive use of compliments, praise, or the like.
- assassinate — When someone important is assassinated, they are murdered as a political act.
- assemblages — Plural form of assemblage.
- assemblance — the action or process of gathering or congregating
- assemblyman — In the United States, an assemblyman is an elected member of an assembly of people who make decisions and laws.
- assemblymen — Plural form of assemblyman.
- assentation — servile or hypocritical agreement
- assentingly — in a concurring or complying manner
- assertation — An assertion, statement of opinion.
- assertively — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- assessingly — So as to assess.
- assessments — Plural form of assessment.
- assessorial — a person who makes assessments, especially for purposes of taxation.
- asset value — the value of a share in a company calculated by dividing the difference between the total of its assets and its liabilities by the number of ordinary shares issued
- asseverated — Simple past tense and past participle of asseverate.
- assiduities — Plural form of assiduity.
- assiduously — constant; unremitting: assiduous reading.
- assignation — An assignation is a secret meeting with someone, especially with a lover.
- assignments — Plural form of assignment.
- assimilable — capable of being assimilated.
- assimilated — Simple past tense and past participle of assimilate.
- assimilates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assimilate.
- assimilator — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- assimulated — Simple past tense and past participle of assimulate.
- assimulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assimulate.