11-letter words containing s
- austereness — The state of being austere; harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
- 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
- austromancy — Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
- 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.
- autochthons — Plural form of autochthon.
- autocracies — Plural form of autocracy.
- autodialers — Plural form of autodialer.
- autodidacts — Plural form of autodidact.
- autoerotism — pleasurable sensations or tensions arising in the erogenous body zones without external stimulation
- autofocuses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autofocus.
- autogenesis — spontaneous generation
- autokinesis — a visual illusion occurring in low light, in which a stationary bright spot appears to be moving
- automatisms — Plural form of automatism.
- automatizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automatize.
- automobiles — Plural form of automobile.
- autophagous — self-consuming or devouring of itself
- autophanous — illuminated by a self-contained power source
- autoplastic — Of or pertaining to autoplasty.
- autopoiesis — Self creation; self organization.
- autoreverse — a system in a tape player that automatically reverses the tape and plays another track when one track has finished
- autosomally — in the manner of an autosome
- autostradas — Plural form of autostrada.
- autosuggest — to influence one's own thoughts or behaviour through methods other than conscious thought
- autotheists — Plural form of autotheist.
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- autoworkers — Plural form of autoworker.
- auxiliaries — foreign or allied troops serving another nation; mercenaries
- averageness — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- 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
- awarenesses — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
- awash-river — a river in E Ethiopia, flowing NE through the Great Rift Valley to near the Djibouti border. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- awelessness — the state or quality of lacking awe
- awesomeness — causing or inducing awe; inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear: an awesome sight.
- awestricken — filled with awe.
- awkwardness — lacking skill or dexterity. Synonyms: clumsy, inept; unskillful, unhandy, inexpert. Antonyms: deft, adroit, skillful, dexterous; handy.
- axanthopsia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to yellow.
- axisymmetry — any symmetry formed around an axis
- axle grease — lubricant for axles
- azonal soil — soil that has a profile determined predominantly by factors other than local climate and vegetation. Azonal soils include some mountain, alluvial, marine, glacial, windblown, and volcanic soils
- 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
- babassu oil — a yellow oil expressed or extracted from babassu nuts, used chiefly in the manufacture of soaps and cosmetics and as a cooking oil.