11-letter words containing a, c, e, n
- apprentices — Plural form of apprentice.
- apron piece — (in a staircase) a header receiving the ends of rough strings, carriage pieces, and the joists of landings.
- aquaintance — Misspelling of acquaintance.
- arborescent — having the shape or characteristics of a tree
- arc furnace — a furnace in which the charge is heated by an electric arc
- arc tangent — the angle, measured in radians, that has a tangent equal to a given number. Symbol: tan −1. Abbreviation: arc tan;
- 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
- archaeornis — an extinct primitive Jurassic bird, formerly placed in the genus Archaeornis but now thought to be a species of archaeopteryx
- archangelic — Theology. a chief or principal angel; in medieval angelology one of the nine orders of celestial attendants on God. Compare angel (def 1).
- archdeacons — Plural form of archdeacon.
- archegonial — relating to an archegonium
- archegonium — a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base
- archenemies — Plural form of archenemy.
- archenteric — Of or pertaining to an archenteron.
- archenteron — the cavity within an embryo at the gastrula stage of development that eventually becomes the digestive cavity
- archimedean — of, relating to, or discovered by Archimedes.
- archnemesis — A chief nemesis.
- arctic tern — a black-capped tern, Sterna paradisea, that breeds in the Arctic and then migrates as far south as the Antarctic
- arctic zone — the section of the earth's surface lying between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.
- arenicolous — growing or living in sand or sandy places
- areocentric — relating to a reference system which has Mars as its centre
- arsenicated — Treated with arsenate or other arsenic compound.
- as concerns — in regard to; with reference to; about
- ascendantly — in an ascendant manner
- ascendingly — moving upward; rising.
- ascensional — (astronomy) Relating to ascension.
- ascertained — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- aschelminth — in some systems of classification, any of a phylum (Aschelminthes) of wormlike animals, including rotifers, gastrotrichs, gordian worms, and nematodes: these animals are usually considered to be in separate phyla
- ashen-faced — Someone who is ashen-faced looks very pale, especially because they are ill, shocked, or frightened.
- assemblance — the action or process of gathering or congregating
- assistances — the act of assisting; help; aid; support.
- astringence — Alternative spelling of astringency.
- astringency — An astringent taste.
- astromancer — divination by means of the stars.
- asynartetic — having or containing two different types of metre
- at a canter — easily; without effort
- at a glance — If you see something at a glance, you see or recognize it immediately, and without having to think or look carefully.
- at variance — If one thing is at variance with another, the two things seem to contradict each other.
- atherogenic — causing atheroma
- attachments — Plural form of attachment.
- attendances — Plural form of attendance.
- auctioneers — Plural form of auctioneer.
- authentical — authentic.
- authenticly — Alternative spelling of authentically.
- autochanger — a device in a record player or CD player that enables a small stack of records or CDs to be dropped automatically onto the turntable or player tray one at a time and played separately
- autogenetic — self-generated.
- autokinetic — automatically self-moving
- averruncate — to avert, to turn away
- awestricken — filled with awe.
- awning deck — a weather deck supported on very light scantlings.