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11-letter words containing u, t, r, n

  • antirrhinum — any scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Antirrhinum, esp the snapdragon, which have two-lipped flowers of various colours
  • antiseizure — acting against or preventing seizures
  • antitruster — a person opposed to trusts, monopolies, or similar organizations
  • antitumoral — Antitumor.
  • aponeurotic — a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
  • apple grunt — Chiefly Eastern Massachusetts. apple pandowdy. Compare grunt (def 6).
  • appurtenant — relating, belonging, or accessory
  • arc-boutant — flying buttress.
  • argumentive — argumentative
  • ars antiqua — the style of composition characteristic of the 13th century, especially in France.
  • 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
  • arthur monk — (James) Arthur ("Art") born 1957, U.S. football player.
  • astronautic — Of or pertaining to astronautics.
  • athermanous — capable of stopping radiant heat or infrared radiation
  • atramentous — similar to or as black as ink
  • attenuators — Plural form of attenuator.
  • attributing — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
  • attribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
  • auctioneers — Plural form of auctioneer.
  • austereness — The state of being austere; harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
  • 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.
  • authorizing — Present participle of authorize.
  • auto racing — the sport of racing automobiles in which drivers compete against each other on a course designed for racing or on closed public roads.
  • 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
  • autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
  • 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
  • averruncate — to avert, to turn away
  • backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
  • bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
  • barfulation — /bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ Variation of barf used around the Stanford area. An exclamation, expressing disgust. On seeing some particularly bad code one might exclaim, "Barfulation! Who wrote this, Quux?"
  • barquentine — a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others
  • baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
  • baum marten — a dark brown European marten (esp. Martes martes) or its fur
  • bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
  • beancounter — Alternative spelling of bean counter.
  • beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
  • bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
  • bioindustry — an industry that makes use of biotechnology and other advanced life science methodologies in the creation or alteration of life forms or processes
  • blind trust — A blind trust is a financial arrangement in which someone's investments are managed without the person knowing where the money is invested. Blind trusts are used especially by people such as members of parliament, so that they cannot be accused of using their position to make money unfairly.
  • bonaventura — Saint, called the Seraphic Doctor. 1221–74, Italian Franciscan monk, mystic, theologian, and philosopher; author of a Life of St Francis and Journey of the Soul to God. Feast day: July 14
  • bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
  • bournemouth — a resort in S England, in Bournemouth unitary authority, Dorset, on the English Channel. Pop: 167 527 (2001)
  • boutonniere — a flower or flowers worn in a buttonhole, as of a lapel
  • brain trust — A brain trust is a group of experts who advise important people in a government or organization.
  • brain-trust — to serve as a brain trust or a brain truster for: They have brain-trusted many major corporations.
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