11-letter words containing s
- aestivation — the act or condition of aestivating
- aetiologies — Plural form of aetiology.
- affableness — The state or quality of being affable.
- afflictions — Plural form of affliction.
- affordances — Plural form of affordance.
- afforesting — Present participle of afforest.
- affranchise — to release from servitude or an obligation
- afghanistan — a republic in central Asia: became independent in 1919; occupied by Soviet troops, 1979–89; controlled by mujaheddin forces from 1992 until 1996 when Taliban forces seized power; in the US-led 'war on terror' (2001) the Taliban were overthrown although their insurgency continues; generally arid and mountainous, with the Hindu Kush range rising over 7500 m (25 000 ft) and fertile valleys of the Amu Darya, Helmand, and Kabul Rivers. Official languages: Pashto and Dari (Persian), Tajik also widely spoken. Religion: Muslim. Currency: afghani. Capital: Kabul. Pop: 31 108 077 (2013 est). Area: 657 500 sq km (250 000 sq miles)
- aficionadas — Plural form of aficionada.
- aficionados — Plural form of aficionado.
- aforestated — Stated earlier in a document.
- afroasiatic — designating or of a family of African and Asian languages generally divided into the branches Berber, Cushitic, Semitic, Chadic, and ancient Egyptian
- after hours — occurring, engaged in, or operating after the normal or legal closing time for business: an after-hours drinking club.
- after-hours — You use after-hours to describe activities which happen after the end of the usual time for them.
- after-sales — relating to anything happening after something is sold
- after-shave — a lotion, usually astringent and perfumed, applied to the face after shaving
- afterimages — Plural form of afterimage.
- afternoon's — the time from noon until evening.
- afterpieces — Plural form of afterpiece.
- afterschool — for students and taking place after they finish their day in school, usually in the late afternoon: He’s looking for an afterschool job. Is there afterschool tutoring in math?
- aftershaves — Plural form of aftershave.
- aftershocks — Plural form of aftershock.
- aftersupper — happening in the period of time between supper and bedtime
- aftertastes — Plural form of aftertaste.
- afterworlds — Plural form of afterworld.
- agamospermy — formation of seeds in the absence of fertilization; a form of apomixis
- agapetus ii — died a.d. 955, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 946–955.
- agastrophus — a son of Paeon who was slain by Diomedes.
- agelasimine — (organic compound) Any of various adenine-related bicyclic diterpenoids isolated from the orange sponge Agelas mauritania, structurally related to the agelasines.
- agelessness — The state or quality of being ageless.
- agency shop — a contract arrangement between an employer and the union representing the majority of employees, which requires those who do not wish to be members to pay the union a fee equivalent to union dues
- agglutinins — Plural form of agglutinin.
- aggrandised — Simple past tense and past participle of aggrandise.
- aggrandizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggrandize.
- aggregators — Plural form of aggregator.
- aggressions — the action of a state in violating by force the rights of another state, particularly its territorial rights; an unprovoked offensive, attack, invasion, or the like: The army is prepared to stop any foreign aggression.
- agnosticism — Agnosticism is the belief that it is not possible to say definitely whether or not there is a God. Compare atheism.
- agonisingly — Alternative spelling of agonizingly.
- agonistical — relating to conflict or struggle
- agonothetes — a person who presided over the ancient Olympic Games
- agrammatism — a type of aphasia, usually caused by cerebral disease, characterized by an inability to construct a grammatical or intelligible sentence while retaining the ability to speak single words.
- agrammatist — One suffering from agrammatism.
- agranulosis — (rare) agranulocytosis.
- agrarianism — a movement for the equal division of landed property and for the promotion of agricultural interests.
- agritourism — tourism in which customers stay in accommodation on working farms and may have the opportunity to help with farm work
- agronomists — Plural form of agronomist.
- agrostology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses
- agrotourism — tourism in which tourists take part in farm or village activities, as animal and crop care, cooking and cleaning, handicrafts, and entertainments.
- ahistorical — not related to history; not historical
- aid station — a medical station in a forward area where the sick and wounded are given emergency treatment