11-letter words containing u, r, a, l
- antiburglar — intended to prevent burglary
- anticruelty — the prevention of or opposition to cruelty
- anticulture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- antinatural — opposed to or against nature
- antineutral — Opposing a policy of neutrality.
- antinuclear — opposed to nuclear weapons
- antipopular — opposed to the people or to popular cause
- antitumoral — Antitumor.
- apple grunt — Chiefly Eastern Massachusetts. apple pandowdy. Compare grunt (def 6).
- aquaculture — the cultivation of freshwater and marine resources, both plant and animal, for human consumption or use
- aqualeather — a very strong type of leather made from the skin of the Nile perch (Lates niloticus)
- aquarellist — (arts) An artist who paints aquarelles.
- aquariology — The study of the fauna and flora of aquaria.
- aquiculture — aquaculture
- arab league — the league of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to further cultural, economic, military, political, and social cooperation
- araliaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Araliaceae, a chiefly tropical family of trees, shrubs, or woody climbers having small clusters of whitish or greenish flowers. The family includes the ivy and ginseng
- archilochus — 7th century bc, Greek poet of Paros, notable for using his own experience as subject matter
- arenicolous — growing or living in sand or sandy places
- armour-clad — wearing armour
- artefactual — relating to an artefact
- articulable — having the ability to be articulated
- articularly — of or relating to the joints.
- articulated — An articulated vehicle, especially a lorry, is made in two or more sections which are joined together by metal bars, so that the vehicle can turn more easily.
- articulates — Express (an idea or feeling) fluently and coherently.
- articulator — a person or thing that articulates
- artifactual — any object made by human beings, especially with a view to subsequent use.
- aru islands — a group of islands in Indonesia, in the SW Moluccas. Area: about 8500 sq km (3300 sq miles)
- arum family — the plant family Araceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having numerous tiny flowers on a fleshy spike above or sheathed by a large spathe, and including the anthurium, calla lily, jack-in-the-pulpit, and philodendron.
- 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
- atrabilious — irritable
- atrociously — extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal: an atrocious crime.
- audit trail — a record of all the transactions or data entries that a person or firm has carried out over a specific period
- auricularia — the bilaterally symmetrical, ciliated larva of a holothurian.
- auricularly — In an auricular manner.
- auriculated — (biology, rare) Having ears or appendages like ears; eared.
- 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
- auto-dialer — a telephone device that makes possible a service feature (au·to-dial) whereby a call is automatically made in response to a brief input signal from the user, as the pressing of a button.
- autodialers — Plural form of autodialer.
- autodialler — Alternative spelling of autodialer.
- auxiliaries — foreign or allied troops serving another nation; mercenaries
- avicularium — a protective zooid of a bryozoan colony, having movable jaws that can be snapped shut.
- avuncularly — in the manner of an uncle
- baculovirus — any of a family of viruses that attack insects and other arthropods, used as biological pesticides
- ball-buster — an arduous, often unpleasant task.
- balustraded — Having balustrades.
- balustrades — Plural form of balustrade.
- barbarously — uncivilized; wild; savage; crude.
- bareknuckle — (of a prizefight, prizefighter, etc.) without boxing gloves; using the bare fists.