11-letter words containing n, a, d, r
- antithyroid — acting against excessive thyroid activity
- anwar sadat — Anwar el- [ahn-wahr el] /ˈɑn wɑr ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1918–81, Egyptian political leader: president 1970–81; Nobel Peace Prize 1978.
- aphelandras — Plural form of aphelandra.
- appertained — Past participle of appertain.
- apportioned — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- apprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of apprehend.
- apprehender — Agent noun of apprehend; one who apprehends.
- apprenticed — a person who works for another in order to learn a trade: an apprentice to a plumber.
- arabinoside — a glycoside yielding arabinose when hydrolysed
- arachidonic — related to arachidonic acid or the derivatives of arachidonic acid
- arachnoidal — relating to the arachnoid
- arc welding — a technique in which metal is welded by heat generated by an electric arc struck between two electrodes or between one electrode and the metal workpiece
- archdeacons — Plural form of archdeacon.
- archimedean — of, relating to, or discovered by Archimedes.
- arduousness — requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.
- argand lamp — an oil lamp with a chimney, having a tubular wick that permits air to reach the center of the flame.
- armageddons — Plural form of armageddon.
- arnhem land — a region of N Australia in the N Northern Territory, large areas of which are reserved for native Australians
- aron kodesh — Holy Ark.
- 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.
- arsenicated — Treated with arsenate or other arsenic compound.
- art student — a person studying art
- arthropodan — relating to arthropods
- aru islands — a group of islands in Indonesia, in the SW Moluccas. Area: about 8500 sq km (3300 sq miles)
- arytenoidal — relating to the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx and also to other parts relating to them
- ascertained — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- assuredness — guaranteed; sure; certain; secure: an assured income.
- asteroidean — an echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, comprising the starfishes.
- attorneydom — the state or power of being an attorney
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- avant-garde — Avant-garde art, music, theatre, and literature is very modern and experimental.
- awkwardness — lacking skill or dexterity. Synonyms: clumsy, inept; unskillful, unhandy, inexpert. Antonyms: deft, adroit, skillful, dexterous; handy.
- baby-minder — a person who is paid to look after other people's babies or very young children
- back garden — a garden at the rear of a house
- backgrounds — Plural form of background.
- backhanders — Plural form of backhander.
- ballhandler — a player particularly skilled at passing and dribbling
- band leader — the leader of a group of musicians, esp those playing popular music
- band theory — a theory of the electrical properties of metals, semiconductors, and insulators based on energy bands
- bandeirante — a 16th–18th-century Portugese explorer in South America motivated by profit, known for hunting down natives for slaves as well as for locating mines of precious stones and metals
- banderillas — Plural form of banderilla.
- bandkeramik — the pottery of the early Neolithic Danubian culture of Europe, having characteristic parallel spiral lines over the body and neck of the gourdlike vessels and dated 5000–4000 b.c.
- bandleaders — Plural form of bandleader.
- bandmasters — Plural form of bandmaster.
- barking mad — If you say that someone is barking mad, you mean that they are insane or are acting very strangely.
- barnstormed — Simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm.
- barnyardism — a smutty or indecent word or expression.
- barotseland — a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).
- barracudina — any of several slender, large-mouthed, pelagic fishes of the family Paralepididae.
- barramundis — Plural form of barramundi.