11-letter words containing u, t, e, r
- apodyterium — the changing room in an ancient Roman bathhouse
- aponeurotic — a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
- apparatuses — Plural form of apparatus.
- apple grunt — Chiefly Eastern Massachusetts. apple pandowdy. Compare grunt (def 6).
- appurtenant — relating, belonging, or accessory
- 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.
- aquiculture — aquaculture
- arbitrageur — a person who engages in arbitrage
- argumentive — argumentative
- art nouveau — Art Nouveau is a style of decoration and architecture that was common in the 1890s. It is characterized by flowing lines and patterns of flowers and leaves.
- art student — a person studying art
- artefactual — relating to an artefact
- articulable — having the ability to be articulated
- 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.
- asteraceous — belonging to the Asterasceae, an alternative name for the plant family Compositae.
- asteropaeus — a Trojan ally slain by Achilles.
- athermanous — capable of stopping radiant heat or infrared radiation
- atramentous — similar to or as black as ink
- attenuators — Plural form of attenuator.
- attributive — relating to an attribute
- auctioneers — Plural form of auctioneer.
- audiometers — Plural form of audiometer.
- audiometric — the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.
- auriculated — (biology, rare) Having ears or appendages like ears; eared.
- austereness — The state of being austere; harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
- austerities — Plural form of austerity.
- austronesia — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
- authorities — the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.
- 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.
- auto-erotic — producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.
- auto-repeat — a feature of computer keys whereby a character is generated repeatedly as long as the user holds down the key in question
- autochanger — a device in a record player or CD player that enables a small stack of records or CDs to be dropped automatically onto the turntable or player tray one at a time and played separately
- autocorrect — a function that attempts to correct errors made by the user when entering text into an electronic device
- autocracies — Plural form of autocracy.
- autodialers — Plural form of autodialer.
- autodialler — Alternative spelling of autodialer.
- autoerotism — pleasurable sensations or tensions arising in the erogenous body zones without external stimulation
- autographed — Simple past tense and past participle of autograph.
- autogravure — a particular process of photographic engraving in which images are projected directly onto a plate
- autoreverse — a system in a tape player that automatically reverses the tape and plays another track when one track has finished
- autorotated — Simple past tense and past participle of autorotate.
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- autoworkers — Plural form of autoworker.
- autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
- auxanometer — an instrument that measures the linear growth of plant shoots
- average out — If a set of numbers average out to a particular figure or if you average them out to that figure, their average is calculated to be that figure.
- averruncate — to avert, to turn away