11-letter words containing y, o
- anonymities — Plural form of anonymity.
- anonymizers — Plural form of anonymizer.
- anonymosity — (rare) The state of being anonymous.
- anonymously — without any name acknowledged, as that of author, contributor, or the like: an anonymous letter to the editor; an anonymous donation.
- anovulatory — not associated with, not caused by, or not exhibiting ovulation.
- anteriority — situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- anthocyanin — any of a class of water-soluble glycosidic pigments, esp those responsible for the red and blue colours in flowers. They are closely related to vitamins E and P
- anthrophony — Any sound produced by human beings or their creations.
- anthroponym — a personal name.
- antibaryons — Plural form of antibaryon.
- antiboycott — opposed to boycotts
- anticyclone — An anticyclone is an area of high atmospheric pressure which causes settled weather conditions and, in summer, clear skies and high temperatures.
- antidotally — in the manner of an antidote
- antihyperon — the antiparticle of the hyperon
- antileprosy — acting against leprosy
- antimycotic — That inhibits the growth of fungi; antifungal.
- antiobesity — reducing or controlling obesity
- antiphonary — a bound collection of antiphons, esp for use in the divine office
- antipoverty — acting against poverty
- antipyrotic — relieving the pain and stimulating the healing of burns.
- antithyroid — acting against excessive thyroid activity
- antityphoid — preventing or acting against typhoid
- antlion fly — any of various neuropterous insects of the family Myrmeleontidae, which typically resemble dragonflies and are most common in tropical regions
- anxiolytics — Plural form of anxiolytic.
- aortography — an X-ray examination of the aorta
- aphasiology — The study of linguistic problems resulting from brain damage.
- apicoectomy — a surgical procedure to remove the end of a tooth root in endodontic therapy.
- apocalypses — Plural form of apocalypse.
- apocalyptic — Apocalyptic means relating to the total destruction of something, especially of the world.
- apocynthion — the point at which a spacecraft in lunar orbit is farthest from the moon
- apodyterium — the changing room in an ancient Roman bathhouse
- apogamously — in an apogamous manner
- apophyllite — a white, colourless, pink, or green mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium, potassium, and fluorine in tetragonal crystalline form. It occurs in cracks in volcanic rocks. Formula: KCa4(Si4O10)2(OH1F).8H2O
- apophysitis — (pathology) Inflammation of an apophysis, a bony tubercle.
- apple dowdy — Chiefly New England. a deep-dish apple pie or cobbler, usually sweetened with molasses.
- applicatory — suitable for application
- approbatory — approving; expressing approbation.
- appropriacy — the condition of delicate and precise fittingness of a word or expression to its context, even when it is chosen from a number of close synonyms
- approvingly — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- aquariology — The study of the fauna and flora of aquaria.
- arachnology — the study of arachnids
- arakan yoma — a mountain range in Myanmar, between the Irrawaddy River and the W coast: forms a barrier between Myanmar and India; teak forests
- archaeocyte — (in sponges) a type of amoebocyte capable of developing into other types of cells, especially reproductive cells.
- archaeology — Archaeology is the study of the societies and peoples of the past by examining the remains of their buildings, tools, and other objects.
- archeometry — the branch of archaeology that deals with the dating of archaeological specimens through specific techniques, as radiocarbon dating and amino-acid dating.
- arcticology — the scientific study of the Polar Regions.
- aristocracy — The aristocracy is a class of people in some countries who have a high social rank and special titles.
- armory show — an international art show held in a New York City armory in 1913: considered a landmark in the public and critical acceptance of modern art.
- aromaticity — the property of certain planar cyclic conjugated molecules, esp benzene, of behaving like unsaturated molecules and undergoing substitution reactions rather than addition as a result of delocalization of electrons in the ring
- arrhenotoky — a form of parthenogenesis which produces only male offspring