11-letter words containing t, e, r, i, o, a
- anteportico — a lesser portico preceding a main portico.
- anteriority — situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- anteversion — abnormal forward tilting of a bodily organ, esp the uterus
- antherozoid — one of many small male gametes produced in an antheridium
- anti-reform — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- antichoicer — someone who opposes the granting of pregnant women the choice to have an abortion
- antiforeign — opposed to or discriminating against foreigners or foreign countries
- antiheroine — a central female character in a novel, play, film, etc, who lacks the traditional heroic virtues
- antiheroism — (literature) The quality of being an antihero.
- antihyperon — the antiparticle of the hyperon
- antileprosy — acting against leprosy
- antineutron — the antiparticle of a neutron; a particle having the same mass as the neutron but a magnetic moment of opposite sign
- antipoverty — acting against poverty
- antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
- apodyterium — the changing room in an ancient Roman bathhouse
- apoferritin — a homogeneous protein, found especially in the intestinal mucosa and the liver, that interacts with a ferric hydroxide-ferric phosphate complex to form ferritin.
- aponeurotic — a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
- apoproteins — Plural form of apoprotein.
- 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.
- apportioned — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- apportioner — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- apprecation — (obsolete) Earnest prayer; devout wish.
- appreciator — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- approbative — showing approbation or approval
- appropriate — Something that is appropriate is suitable or acceptable for a particular situation.
- approximate — An approximate number, time, or position is close to the correct number, time, or position, but is not exact.
- araeometric — relating to araeometry
- arbor vitae — any of several Asian and North American evergreen coniferous trees of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis, esp Thuja occidentalis, having tiny scalelike leaves and egglike cones
- arborvitaes — Plural form of arborvitae.
- archicortex — (anatomy) Part of the allocortex, specifically three layered hippocampal cortexes necessary for hippocampus formation.
- architector — (obsolete) An architect.
- arctic zone — the section of the earth's surface lying between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.
- areocentric — relating to a reference system which has Mars as its centre
- aristoteles — a walled plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
- arkeologist — Someone who studies the story of Noah's Ark, particularly by searching for physical evidence which would corroborate it.
- aroint thee — away! begone!
- arrestation — the slowing or stopping of the development or progress of something
- ars poetica — the art of poetry
- arteriogram — an X-ray of a vein or artery which has been injected with dye in order to diagnose obstruction or damage
- arteriotomy — the surgical cutting of an artery or a cut made in an artery
- arthrodesis — the fusion of bones in a joint through surgery which causes immobility of the joint
- arytenoidal — relating to the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx and also to other parts relating to them
- asbestiform — having the look or structure of asbestos
- asperations — Plural form of asperation.
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- assertation — An assertion, statement of opinion.
- assortative — Denoting or involving the preferential mating of animals or marrying of people with similar characteristics.
- asteroidean — an echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, comprising the starfishes.
- astrometric — (astronomy) of or relating to astrometry.
- astronomize — to practise or study astronomy or engage in astronomical matters