11-letter words containing a, r, u
- articulates — Express (an idea or feeling) fluently and coherently.
- articulator — a person or thing that articulates
- artifactual — any object made by human beings, especially with a view to subsequent use.
- aru islands — a group of islands in Indonesia, in the SW Moluccas. Area: about 8500 sq km (3300 sq miles)
- arum family — the plant family Araceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having numerous tiny flowers on a fleshy spike above or sheathed by a large spathe, and including the anthurium, calla lily, jack-in-the-pulpit, and philodendron.
- as you were — a military command to withdraw an order, return to the previous position, etc
- asbury park — city in EC N.J., on the Atlantic: an ocean resort: pop. 17,000
- aspergillum — a brush or perforated container for sprinkling holy water
- aspergillus — any ascomycetous fungus of the genus Aspergillus, having chains of conidia attached like bristles to a club-shaped stalk: family Aspergillaceae
- aspersorium — a basin containing holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves
- assuredness — guaranteed; sure; certain; secure: an assured income.
- asteraceous — belonging to the Asterasceae, an alternative name for the plant family Compositae.
- asteropaeus — a Trojan ally slain by Achilles.
- astronautic — Of or pertaining to astronautics.
- asyncronous — (spelling) It's spelled "asynchronous".
- athermanous — capable of stopping radiant heat or infrared radiation
- atrabilious — irritable
- atramentous — similar to or as black as ink
- atrociously — extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal: an atrocious crime.
- attenuators — Plural form of attenuator.
- attributing — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- attribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
- attributive — relating to an attribute
- auctioneers — Plural form of auctioneer.
- audiometers — Plural form of audiometer.
- audiometric — the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.
- audit trail — a record of all the transactions or data entries that a person or firm has carried out over a specific period
- auditoriums — Plural form of auditorium.
- auditorship — the position or function of auditor
- auricularia — the bilaterally symmetrical, ciliated larva of a holothurian.
- auricularly — In an auricular manner.
- auriculated — (biology, rare) Having ears or appendages like ears; eared.
- aurignacian — of, relating to, or produced during a flint culture of the Upper Palaeolithic type characterized by the use of bone and antler tools, pins, awls, etc, and also by cave art and evidence of the beginnings of religion
- austereness — The state of being austere; harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
- austerities — Plural form of austerity.
- australasia — Australia, New Zealand, and neighbouring islands in the S Pacific Ocean
- australiana — objects or documents relating to Australia and its history or culture esp in the form of a collection
- austromancy — Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
- austronesia — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
- authorcraft — the skilled ability of an author
- authorising — Present participle of authorise.
- authorities — the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.
- authorizing — Present participle of authorize.
- auto racing — the sport of racing automobiles in which drivers compete against each other on a course designed for racing or on closed public roads.
- auto-dialer — a telephone device that makes possible a service feature (au·to-dial) whereby a call is automatically made in response to a brief input signal from the user, as the pressing of a button.
- auto-erotic — producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.
- auto-prompt — (language) A numerical control language from IBM for 3D milling.
- auto-repeat — a feature of computer keys whereby a character is generated repeatedly as long as the user holds down the key in question
- autochanger — a device in a record player or CD player that enables a small stack of records or CDs to be dropped automatically onto the turntable or player tray one at a time and played separately
- autocorrect — a function that attempts to correct errors made by the user when entering text into an electronic device