11-letter words containing ass
- spear grass — any of various grasses, as a meadow grass or a bent grass, having lance-shaped leaves or floral spikes.
- squassation — a form of strappado in which the victim, with arms bound behind and feet heavily weighted, was jerked up and down at the end of a rope passed under the arms.
- storm glass — a sealed tube containing a solution supposed to change in appearance according to the weather
- string bass — double bass.
- subassemble — to assemble a basic unit of (a larger assembly).
- subassembly — a structural assembly, as of electronic or machine parts, forming part of a larger assembly.
- subclassify — to arrange in subclasses.
- sudan grass — a sorghum, Sorghum sudanense, introduced into the U.S. from Africa, grown for hay and pasture.
- sum assured — The sum assured is the amount payable on the occurrence of an event insured against under a benefit policy, such as the death of the insured.
- surpassable — to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
- sweet grass — any of several fragrant plants, as manna grass or the sweet flag.
- switchgrass — a North American prairie grass
- sword grass — any of various grasses or plants having swordlike or sharp leaves, as the sword lily.
- tallahassee — a state in the SE United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. 58,560 sq. mi. (151,670 sq. km). Capital: Tallahassee. Abbreviation: FL (for use with zip code), Fla.
- thalassemia — a hereditary form of anemia, occurring chiefly in people of Mediterranean origin, marked by the abnormal synthesis of hemoglobin and a consequent shortened life span of red blood cells.
- third-class — of the lowest or poorest class or quality; inferior.
- thumb glass — a drinking glass having external indentations to allow it to be firmly grasped.
- tight-assed — rigidly self-controlled, inhibited, or conservative in attitude.
- tracasserie — a turmoil; annoyance
- unassembled — noting an artificial gem formed of two or more parts, as a doublet or triplet, at least one of which is a true gemstone.
- unassertive — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- unassisting — providing no help or assistance
- unassumable — capable of being assumed, as an office or an obligation: Assumable mortgages are hard to find these days.
- unassuredly — guaranteed; sure; certain; secure: an assured income.
- unclassical — not classical; contrary to classical precepts.
- unpassioned — unpassionate
- unsurpassed — to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
- upper class — a class of people above the middle class, having the highest social rank or standing based on wealth, family connections, and the like.
- van paassen — Pierre [pee-air] /piˈɛər/ (Show IPA), (Pieter Anthonie Laurusse) 1895–1968, U.S. journalist, author, and clergyman; born in the Netherlands.
- votive mass — a Mass that does not correspond with the office of the day but is said, as for a special intention, at the choice of the celebrant.
- wasserstein — Wendy, 1950–2006, U.S. playwright.
- watch-glass — a curved glass disc that covers the dial of a watch
- water glass — a drinking glass; tumbler.
- weierstrass — Karl Theodor [kahrl tey-oh-dawr] /kɑrl ˈteɪ oʊˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1815–97, German mathematician.
- wet compass — a compass having a compass card floating in a liquid.
- wineglasses — Plural form of wineglass.
- witch grass — a panic grass, Panicum capillare, having a bushlike compound panicle, common as a weed in North America.
- world-class — ranking among the world's best; outstanding: a world-class orchestra.