11-letter words containing a, s, u
- antisubsidy — opposed to or acting against subsidization
- antisuicide — acting to prevent suicide
- antitruster — a person opposed to trusts, monopolies, or similar organizations
- antitussive — alleviating or suppressing coughing
- anxiousness — full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous: Her parents were anxious about her poor health.
- apatosaurus — brontosaurus
- apogamously — in an apogamous manner
- aponeuroses — Plural form of aponeurosis.
- aponeurosis — a white fibrous sheet of tissue by which certain muscles are attached to bones
- apostrophus — a symbol resembling a reversed letter C used in Roman numerals to denote large numbers
- apparatuses — Plural form of apparatus.
- apple sauce — Apple sauce is a type of sauce made from puréed cooked apples.
- aqua fortis — nitric acid
- aquaerobics — A form of aerobics done while in water.
- aquafitness — a keep-fit regime in which exercises are performed standing up in a swimming pool
- aquafortist — a person who makes engravings or etchings through the use of aqua fortis
- aquamarines — Plural form of aquamarine.
- aquanautics — the study or practice of undersea travel
- aquarellist — (arts) An artist who paints aquarelles.
- aquatintist — a person who creates aquatints
- arafura sea — a part of the W Pacific Ocean, between N Australia and SW New Guinea
- araliaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Araliaceae, a chiefly tropical family of trees, shrubs, or woody climbers having small clusters of whitish or greenish flowers. The family includes the ivy and ginseng
- arboraceous — resembling a tree
- arboviruses — Plural form of arbovirus.
- archduchess — the wife or widow of an archduke
- archduchies — Plural form of archduchy.
- archilochus — 7th century bc, Greek poet of Paros, notable for using his own experience as subject matter
- arctic skua — a predatory gull-like bird, Stercorarius parasiticus, which harasses terns or gulls into dropping or disgorging fish they have caught; it breeds in northern Eurasia and North America
- arduousness — requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.
- arenicolous — growing or living in sand or sandy places
- aristarchus — a crater in the NE quadrant of the moon, having a diameter of about 37 kilometres, which is the brightest formation on the moon
- arquebusade — the shot of an arquebus
- arquebusier — harquebusier.
- ars antiqua — the style of composition characteristic of the 13th century, especially in France.
- arse around — If you say that someone is arsing around or arsing about, you mean that they are behaving in a silly, irritating way instead of getting something done.
- art student — a person studying art
- articulates — Express (an idea or feeling) fluently and coherently.
- aru islands — a group of islands in Indonesia, in the SW Moluccas. Area: about 8500 sq km (3300 sq miles)
- 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
- ascititious — having been added to from something inessential or separate
- ashwaubenon — a town in E Wisconsin.
- 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
- asset value — the value of a share in a company calculated by dividing the difference between the total of its assets and its liabilities by the number of ordinary shares issued
- assiduities — Plural form of assiduity.
- assiduously — constant; unremitting: assiduous reading.
- assimulated — Simple past tense and past participle of assimulate.
- assimulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assimulate.