11-letter words containing ant
- antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
- antistudent — opposed to or acting against students
- antisubsidy — opposed to or acting against subsidization
- antisuicide — acting to prevent suicide
- antitarnish — resistant to or protecting against tarnishing
- antithalian — disapproving of fun or festivity
- antitheater — Works of theater that go against theatrical conventions.
- antitheatre — Alternative form of antitheater.
- antitheists — Plural form of antitheist.
- antithesize — To create antitheses.
- antithyroid — acting against excessive thyroid activity
- antitobacco — opposed to or acting against tobacco smoking
- antitruster — a person opposed to trusts, monopolies, or similar organizations
- antitumoral — Antitumor.
- antitussive — alleviating or suppressing coughing
- antityphoid — preventing or acting against typhoid
- antitypical — something that is foreshadowed by a type or symbol, as a New Testament event prefigured in the Old Testament.
- antiutopian — Opposing utopian values.
- antivaccine — Opposed to vaccination.
- antiviolent — Acting against or opposing violence.
- antivitamin — a substance that inhibits the effects of a vitamin
- antiwelfare — opposed to the provision of welfare payments
- antiwhaling — opposed to whale fishing
- antiwrinkle — (of cosmetics) intended to reduce or remove wrinkles from the skin
- antler moth — a European noctuid moth, Cerapteryx (or Charaeas) graminis, that has white antler-like markings on the forewings and produces larvae that periodically cause great damage to pastures and grasslands
- antlion fly — any of various neuropterous insects of the family Myrmeleontidae, which typically resemble dragonflies and are most common in tropical regions
- antofagasta — a port in N Chile. Pop: 323 000 (2005 est)
- antonomasia — the substitution of a title or epithet for a proper name, such as his highness
- antseranana — a port in N Madagascar: former French naval base. Pop: 73 491 (2001)
- antsiranana — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- approximant — an articulation in which one articulator is close to another, but not sufficiently so to form a stop or a fricative.
- appurtenant — relating, belonging, or accessory
- arc-boutant — flying buttress.
- ars antiqua — the style of composition characteristic of the 13th century, especially in France.
- ascendantly — in an ascendant manner
- asphyxiants — Plural form of asphyxiant.
- astaxanthin — (organic compound) A xanthophyll pigment that occurs widely in plants and animals, especially crustaceans.
- at a canter — easily; without effort
- atlanticism — advocacy of close cooperation in military, political, and economic matters between Western Europe, esp the UK, and the US
- atlanticist — a supporter of close military, political, and economic cooperation between Western Europe and the U.S.
- autoantigen — an antigen of one's own cells or cell products.
- autoantonym — (rare) A word that has two opposing meanings.
- avant-garde — Avant-garde art, music, theatre, and literature is very modern and experimental.
- axanthopsia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to yellow.
- 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
- bantam work — Coromandel work.
- banteringly — in a bantering fashion
- base tenant — a tenant of a base estate.
- batch plant — a manufacturing plant where concrete is mixed before being transported to a construction site ready to be poured.
- be meant to — If you say that something is meant to happen, you mean that it is expected to happen or that it ought to happen.