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11-letter words containing ano

  • trypanosoma — trypanosome.
  • trypanosome — any minute, flagellate protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma, parasitic in the blood or tissues of humans and other vertebrates, usually transmitted by insects, often causing serious diseases, as African sleeping sickness in humans, and many diseases in domestic animals.
  • uncanonical — not in accordance with canons or rules.
  • uranography — the branch of astronomy concerned with the description and mapping of the heavens, and especially of the fixed stars.
  • uranoplasty — a surgical operation to correct a defect of the palate or roof of the mouth
  • uranoscopid — any fish of the family Uranoscopidae, comprising the stargazers.
  • volcanology — the scientific study of volcanoes and volcanic phenomena.
  • vulcanology — volcanology.
  • yet another — (jargon)   (YA-, after Unix's yacc - Yet Another Compiler-Compiler) A humorous allusion often used in titles to acknowledge that the topic is not original, though the content is. As in "Yet Another AI Group" or "Yet Another Simulated Annealing Algorithm". If used of others' work, it describes something of which there are already far too many. In hackish acronyms the "YA" prefix almost invariably expands to Yet Another, e.g. YABA, YAUN.
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