11-letter words containing t
- average out — If a set of numbers average out to a particular figure or if you average them out to that figure, their average is calculated to be that figure.
- averruncate — to avert, to turn away
- aversion-to — a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
- avocational — of or relating to avocation
- away defeat — a game played and lost at an opponent's ground
- awestricken — filled with awe.
- axanthopsia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to yellow.
- axenization — (uncountable) The process of isolating a particular organism from all others.
- axerophthol — any form of vitamin A
- axiomatical — Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; characterized by axioms.
- axisymmetry — any symmetry formed around an axis
- axonometric — of or relating to a projection method of representing three-dimensional objects on a flat surface
- azimuth bar — a device used in measuring azimuths, consisting of a bar with a sighting vane at each end,pivoted at its center, and rotating in a horizontal plane around the center of a compass.
- azimuthally — Astronomy, Navigation. the arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point, in astronomy, or from the north point, in navigation, to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon.
- azotobacter — any bacterium of the family Azotobacteriaceae, important in nitrogen fixation in the soil
- b1 security — Orange Book
- b2 security — Orange Book
- b3 security — Orange Book
- baby lotion — a skin lotion for babies
- baby sister — a younger sister
- baby-mother — a young mother who has been abandoned by the baby's father just before or after the birth
- baby-sitter — a person who takes care of a child or children while the parents are out
- babysitters — Plural form of babysitter.
- babysitting — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- back and to — back-and-forth; to and fro.
- back matter — the parts of a book, such as the index and appendices, that follow the main text
- back out of — to withdraw from (an enterprise)
- back stairs — stairs at the back of a house, as for use by servants.
- back street — A back street in a town or city is a small, narrow street with very little traffic.
- back-mutate — to undergo back mutation.
- back-stitch — stitching or a stitch in which the thread is doubled back on the preceding stitch.
- back-street — taking place in secrecy and often illegally: back-street political maneuvering; back-street drug dealing.
- backcasting — Present participle of backcast.
- backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
- backdraught — a reverse movement of air, gas, or liquid
- backlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of backlight.
- backlisting — Present participle of backlist.
- backscatter — the scattering of particles or radiation, such as sound waves, X-rays, or alpha-particles, by the atoms of the medium through which they pass, in the backward direction
- backscratch — a favour done for someone in return for another
- backseaters — Plural form of backseater.
- backside-to — backend-to.
- backstabbed — Simple past tense and past participle of backstab.
- backstabber — someone who attacks another deceitfully, behind his or her back
- backstopped — Simple past tense and past participle of backstop.
- backstopper — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- backstreets — Plural form of backstreet.
- backstretch — the part of a racetrack farthest from the grandstand and opposite and parallel to the homestretch
- backstroker — a person who swims the backstroke, especially a member of a competitive swimming team who specializes in the backstroke.
- backstrokes — Plural form of backstroke.
- backtalking — Present participle of backtalk.