11-letter words containing au
- downdraught — Alternative spelling of downdraft.
- draughtiest — Superlative form of draughty.
- draughtsman — a checker, as used in the game of checkers.
- draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
- dreadnaught — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- dromaeosaur — Any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.
- du vigneaud — Vincent, 1901–78, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1955.
- earth auger — a drill for boring holes in the ground, as to tap springs.
- edp auditor — (job) A person who analyses system functions and operations to determine adequate security and controls. An EDP analyst evaluates systems and operational procedures and reports findings to senior management. He writes ad hoc report programs using 4GLs and specialised audit software.
- emparlaunce — an act of parleying or conferring
- entomofauna — the insect life of a region
- eremacausis — A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or dead animals.
- euphausiids — Plural form of euphausiid.
- exhaustedly — In an exhausted manner.
- exhaustible — Capable of being exhausted.
- exhaustless — Unable to be exhausted; having an endless supply.
- farm bureau — American Farm Bureau Federation.
- faulknerian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of William Faulkner.
- fault block — a mass of rock bounded on at least two opposite sides by faults.
- fault plane — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- fault scarp — scarp (def 1).
- faultfinder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- faultlessly — In a faultless manner.
- fauxbourdon — Music. a 15th-century compositional technique employing three voices, the upper and lower voices progressing an octave or a sixth apart while the middle voice extemporaneously doubles the upper part at a fourth below.
- fear-naught — a stout woolen cloth for overcoats.
- final cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- first cause — God.
- flauntingly — In a flaunting manner.
- fraud squad — law: police department
- fraudulence — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- fraudulency — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- gallimaufry — a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
- gauge boson — a boson that mediates the interaction between elementary particles. There are several types: photons for electromagnetic interactions, W and Z intermediate vector bosons for weak interactions, and gravitons for gravitational interactions
- gauze weave — leno (def 1).
- get a laugh — If a person or their comment gets a laugh or raises a laugh, they make the people listening to them laugh.
- glaucescent — becoming glaucous; somewhat glaucous.
- glauconitic — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.
- glaucophane — a sodium-rich monoclinic mineral of the amphibole family, usually metamorphic.
- goddaughter — a female godchild.
- green audit — the process of assessing the environmental impact of an organization, process, project, product, etc.: A green audit of your home can reveal ways in which you can reduce energy consumption.
- groin-vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- hadrosaurid — (zoology) Any of the family Hadrosauridae of duck-billed dinosaurs; a hadrosaur.
- hard launch — the general or official launch, esp of a website, after which all features, products, and services are understood to be available
- haughtiness — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
- haunch bone — the ilium or hipbone.
- haunch-bone — the ilium or hipbone.
- haustellate — having a haustellum.
- haute ecole — a series of intricate steps, gaits, etc., taught to an exhibition horse.
- haute-loire — a department in central France. 1931 sq. mi. (5000 sq. km). Capital: Le Puy.
- haute-marne — a department in E France. 2416 sq. mi. (6255 sq. km). Capital: Chaumont.