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11-letter words containing an

  • angelically — of or belonging to angels: the angelic host.
  • angelicness — The state or quality of being angelic.
  • angelolatry — the worship of angels
  • angelophany — the appearance of an angel before a human
  • angiography — a method of obtaining an X-ray of blood vessels by injecting into them a substance, such as one containing iodine, that shows up as opaque on an X-ray picture
  • angiomatous — a benign tumor consisting chiefly of dilated or newly formed blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma)
  • angioplasty — a surgical technique for restoring normal blood flow through an artery narrowed or blocked by atherosclerosis, either by inserting a balloon into the narrowed section and inflating it or by using a laser beam
  • angioscopes — Plural form of angioscope.
  • angiostatin — a naturally occurring protein that inhibits endothelial proliferation and interferes with the growth of new blood vessels, investigated for use as an anticancer drug.
  • angiotensin — a peptide of physiological importance that is capable of causing constriction of blood vessels, which raises blood pressure
  • angkor thom — the site of the ruined capital city of the Khmer empire, at Angkor.
  • angle board — a board serving as a gauge for an angle planed across the end of other boards.
  • angle cleat — a short length of angle iron used as a bracket.
  • angle plate — a steel structural plate, esp one in the shape of a right-angled triangle, used to connect structural members and stiffen frameworks
  • anglicanism — Anglicanism is the beliefs and practices of the Church of England, and of the churches related to it.
  • anglicizing — Present participle of anglicize.
  • anglo-asian — An Anglo-Asian person is someone of Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi origin who has grown up in Britain.
  • anglo-irish — the English language as spoken in Ireland
  • anglo-latin — Medieval Latin as used in England. Abbreviation: AL, AL., A.L.
  • anglo-saxon — The Anglo-Saxon period is the period of English history from the fifth century A.D. to the Norman Conquest in 1066.
  • anglophilia — extreme admiration for England or its people, culture, customs, influence, etc.
  • anglophilic — Alternative capitalization of Anglophilic.
  • anglophobia — hatred or fear of England or its people, culture, customs, influence, etc.
  • anglophones — Plural form of anglophone.
  • anglophonic — of or relating to English speakers
  • anglosphere — a group of English-speaking countries that share common roots in British culture and history, usually the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada
  • angora goat — a breed of domestic goat with long soft hair
  • angora wool — Angora (def 2).
  • anguishment — Anguish.
  • aniline dye — any synthetic dye originally made from raw materials, such as aniline, obtained from coal tar
  • animal farm — a political satire (1945) by George Orwell.
  • animal heat — heat produced in the body of an animal by chemical changes that occur when food is assimilated
  • animal park — a zoo in which wild animals are housed and displayed in large open spaces designed to resemble their native habitats.
  • animal pole — the formative part of an ovum, having the greatest amount of cytoplasm and containing the nucleus.
  • animalcular — Of, relating to, or resembling, animalcules.
  • animalcules — Plural form of animalcule.
  • animalculum — animalcule.
  • animalistic — If you describe a person or their behaviour as animalistic, you mean that they do not try to hide or control their basic feelings and physical needs.
  • animalizing — Present participle of animalize.
  • animateness — the condition of being alive or living
  • animatingly — in a quickening, stirring or energizing manner
  • animatronic — of, concerned with, or operated by animatronics
  • animosities — Plural form of animosity.
  • aniseikonia — a condition caused by a defect in the lens of the eye in which the images produced in the two eyes differ in size or shape
  • anisocarpic — (of a flower) having a lower number of carpels than of other floral parts.
  • anisocercal — (of fish) having unequal tail-fin lobes
  • anisodactyl — (of the feet of passerine birds) having the first toe directed backwards and the other three toes directed forwards
  • anisogamete — heterogamete
  • anisogamous — reproducing by the fusion of dissimilar gametes or individuals, usually differing in size.
  • anisomerous — (of flowers) having floral whorls that differ in the number of their parts
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