11-letter words starting with ant
- antipattern — (software engineering) A design pattern that may be commonly used but is ineffective and/or counterproductive in practice.
- antiphonary — a bound collection of antiphons, esp for use in the divine office
- antiphonies — Plural form of antiphony.
- antiphrasis — the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal one, esp for ironic effect
- antiplastic — allaying or preventing the growth of new tissue.
- antipopular — opposed to the people or to popular cause
- antipoverty — acting against poverty
- antiprotons — Plural form of antiproton.
- antipyresis — checking or preventing fever.
- antipyretic — preventing or alleviating fever
- antipyrotic — relieving the pain and stimulating the healing of burns.
- antiquarian — Antiquarian means concerned with old and rare objects.
- antiquaries — Plural form of antiquary.
- antiquating — Present participle of antiquate.
- antiquation — the process of becoming antiquated
- antiqueness — the quality of being antique
- antiquities — remains or relics, such as statues, buildings, or coins, that date from ancient times
- antiradical — opposed to radicalism
- antirealism — the denial of an objective reality
- antirealist — relating to antirealism
- antirrhinum — any scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Antirrhinum, esp the snapdragon, which have two-lipped flowers of various colours
- antiscience — opposed to science or scientific method
- antisecrecy — opposed to secrecy, particularly in government
- antiseizure — acting against or preventing seizures
- antisemitic — Alternative spelling of anti-Semitic.
- antiseptics — pertaining to or affecting antisepsis.
- 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.
- antislavery — opposed to slavery, esp slavery of Black people
- antismoking — intended to prevent people from smoking tobacco
- antispastic — preventing or reducing spasms
- antispyware — Designed or intended to combat or eliminate spyware on a computer system.
- antistatism — the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the cost of individual liberty.
- antisthenes — ?445–365 bc, Greek philosopher, founder of the Cynic school, who taught that the only good was virtue, won by self-control and independence from worldly needs
- 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.