11-letter words containing n, a, g, s
- androgenise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of androgenize.
- androgenous — producing only male offspring
- androgynous — In biology, an androgynous person, animal, or plant has both male and female sexual characteristics.
- anemographs — Plural form of anemograph.
- angel falls — a waterfall in SE Venezuela, on the Caroní River; regarded as the highest in the world. Height: 979 m (3212 ft)
- angel shark — any of several sharks constituting the family Squatinidae, such as Squatina squatina, that have very large flattened pectoral fins and occur in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
- angelicness — The state or quality of being angelic.
- angiomatous — a benign tumor consisting chiefly of dilated or newly formed blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma)
- angioplasty — a surgical technique for restoring normal blood flow through an artery narrowed or blocked by atherosclerosis, either by inserting a balloon into the narrowed section and inflating it or by using a laser beam
- angioscopes — Plural form of angioscope.
- angiostatin — a naturally occurring protein that inhibits endothelial proliferation and interferes with the growth of new blood vessels, investigated for use as an anticancer drug.
- angiotensin — a peptide of physiological importance that is capable of causing constriction of blood vessels, which raises blood pressure
- anglicanism — Anglicanism is the beliefs and practices of the Church of England, and of the churches related to it.
- anglo-asian — An Anglo-Asian person is someone of Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi origin who has grown up in Britain.
- anglo-irish — the English language as spoken in Ireland
- anglo-saxon — The Anglo-Saxon period is the period of English history from the fifth century A.D. to the Norman Conquest in 1066.
- anglophones — Plural form of anglophone.
- anglosphere — a group of English-speaking countries that share common roots in British culture and history, usually the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada
- anguishment — Anguish.
- anisogamete — heterogamete
- anisogamous — reproducing by the fusion of dissimilar gametes or individuals, usually differing in size.
- anonymising — Present participle of anonymise.
- antagonised — Simple past tense and past participle of antagonise.
- antagonises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antagonise.
- antagonisms — Plural form of antagonism.
- antagonists — Plural form of antagonist.
- antagonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antagonize.
- anthologies — Plural form of anthology.
- anthologise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of anthologize.
- anthologist — a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject: an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.
- 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.
- anti-g suit — a garment for fliers and astronauts designed to exert pressure on the abdomen and thighs to prevent or retard the pooling of blood below the heart under the influence of excessive head-to-toe acceleration forces.
- antignostic — pertaining to knowledge.
- antigonus i — known as Cyclops. 382–301 bc, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; king of Macedon (306–301)
- antiskating — of or relating to a control or adjustment on a record player that counteracts the tendency of the tone arm to be pulled inward by centripetal force.
- antismoking — intended to prevent people from smoking tobacco
- antofagasta — a port in N Chile. Pop: 323 000 (2005 est)
- apologising — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- appeasingly — in an appeasing manner
- apron stage — a stage that projects into the auditorium so that the audience sit on three sides of it
- arab spring — The Arab Spring is a period of time in and around 2011 to 2012 during which people in the Middle East and Africa tried to achieve democratic reforms.
- arena stage — the central acting area found in a theatre-in-the-round
- arkhangelsk — seaport in NW Russia, at the mouth of the Northern Dvina River: pop. 407,000
- armageddons — Plural form of armageddon.
- arms-length — not closely or intimately connected or associated; distant; remote: an arm's-length relationship.
- arrangments — Plural form of arrangement.
- arrestingly — attracting or capable of attracting attention or interest; striking: an arresting smile.
- as anything — You use as anything after an adjective to emphasize a quality that someone has.
- ascendingly — moving upward; rising.
- ashen light — a faint glow visible on the unlit side of the planet Venus in its crescent phase.