11-letter words containing si
- anglo-asian — An Anglo-Asian person is someone of Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi origin who has grown up in Britain.
- animosities — Plural form of animosity.
- anonymising — Present participle of anonymise.
- anonymosity — (rare) The state of being anonymous.
- anorthosite — a coarse-grained plutonic igneous rock consisting almost entirely of plagioclase feldspar
- ansi z39.50 — (networking, standard) Information Retrieval Service Definition and Protocol Specification for Library Applications, officially known as ANSI/NISO Z39.50-1992, and ANSI/NISO Z39.50-1995. This standard, used by WAIS, specifies an OSI application layer service to allow an application on one computer to query a database on another. Z39.50 is used in libraries and for searching some databases on the Internet. The US Library of Congress is the official maintanence agency for Z39.50.
- anteversion — abnormal forward tilting of a bodily organ, esp the uterus
- anthracosis — a lung disease due to inhalation of coal dust
- anti-busing — opposing legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- antimension — a consecrated linen or silk cloth, kept on an altar, to which is sewn a linen or silk bag containing relics of saints.
- antimensium — antimension.
- antimissile — relating to defensive measures against missile attack
- antimusical — opposed to musical conventions
- antiobesity — reducing or controlling obesity
- antiphrasis — the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal one, esp for ironic effect
- antipyresis — checking or preventing fever.
- antisubsidy — opposed to or acting against subsidization
- antithesize — To create antitheses.
- antitussive — alleviating or suppressing coughing
- antonomasia — the substitution of a title or epithet for a proper name, such as his highness
- antsiranana — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- aortoclasia — rupture of the aorta.
- aphasiology — The study of linguistic problems resulting from brain damage.
- aphrodisiac — An aphrodisiac is a food, drink, or drug which is said to make people want to have sex.
- apologising — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- aponeurosis — a white fibrous sheet of tissue by which certain muscles are attached to bones
- apophysitis — (pathology) Inflammation of an apophysis, a bony tubercle.
- aposiopeses — Plural form of aposiopesis.
- aposiopesis — the device of suddenly breaking off in the middle of a sentence as if unwilling to continue
- aposiopetic — Of or pertaining to aposiopesis.
- apotheosise — Alternative spelling of apotheosize.
- apotheosize — to deify
- appeasingly — in an appeasing manner
- appositions — Plural form of apposition.
- appositives — Plural form of appositive.
- arabidopsis — Any cress (or related plant) of the genus Arabidopsis.
- arabinoside — a glycoside yielding arabinose when hydrolysed
- archnemesis — A chief nemesis.
- arquebusier — harquebusier.
- artemisinin — a drug obtained from the plant genus Artemisia and used to treat malaria
- arthrodesis — the fusion of bones in a joint through surgery which causes immobility of the joint
- ascensional — (astronomy) Relating to ascension.
- ass-kissing — the practice or an instance of attempting to curry favor by the excessive use of compliments, praise, or the like.
- assassinate — When someone important is assassinated, they are murdered as a political act.
- assessingly — So as to assess.
- assiduities — Plural form of assiduity.
- assiduously — constant; unremitting: assiduous reading.
- assignation — An assignation is a secret meeting with someone, especially with a lover.
- assignments — Plural form of assignment.
- assimilable — capable of being assimilated.