11-letter words containing a, c, e
- accessorius — a muscle or nerve that has an augmenting action
- accessorize — To accessorize something such as a set of furniture or clothing means to add other things to it in order to make it look more attractive.
- accidentals — Plural form of accidental.
- accipitrine — of, relating to, or resembling a hawk; rapacious
- acclimatise — Standard spelling of from=Non-Oxford British spelling.
- acclimatize — When you acclimatize or are acclimatized to a new situation, place, or climate, you become used to it.
- acclivities — Plural form of acclivity.
- accommodate — If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
- accompanied — to go along or in company with; join in action: to accompany a friend on a walk.
- accompanier — Someone or something that accompanies.
- accompanies — to go along or in company with; join in action: to accompany a friend on a walk.
- accomplices — Plural form of accomplice.
- accomptable — accountable
- accordances — Plural form of accordance.
- accordioned — Also called piano accordion. a portable wind instrument having a large bellows for forcing air through small metal reeds, a keyboard for the right hand, and buttons for sounding single bass notes or chords for the left hand.
- accoucheurs — Plural form of accoucheur.
- accoucheuse — a female obstetrician or midwife
- accountable — If you are accountable to someone for something that you do, you are responsible for it and must be prepared to justify your actions to that person.
- accoutering — Present participle of accouter.
- accrediting — Present participle of accredit.
- accredition — The giving of credentials.
- accrescence — continual increase
- acculturate — (of a cultural or social group) to assimilate the cultural traits of another group
- acculturize — to cause (a nation, tribe, or other ethnic group) to adopt the culture of another people.
- accumulated — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
- accumulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accumulate.
- accusatives — Plural form of accusative.
- accustomise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of accustomize.
- accustomize — (rare) To learn to adapt one's lifestyle to a new or changed environment.
- ace bandage — an elasticated bandage used to restrict blood flow to the site of an injury and so reduce inflammation
- acerbically — in an acerbic manner
- acetabulums — Plural form of acetabulum.
- acetanilide — a white crystalline powder used in the manufacture of dyes and rubber, as an analgesic in medicine, and as a precursor in penicillin manufacture. Formula: C6H5NHCOCH3
- acetic acid — Acetic acid is a colourless acid. It is the main substance in vinegar.
- acetoacetic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetoacetic acid or its derivatives.
- acetobacter — any of several ellipsoidal or rodshaped aerobic bacteria of the genus Acetobacter, certain species of which are used in making vinegar.
- acetylating — Present participle of acetylate.
- acetylation — to introduce one or more acetyl groups into (a compound).
- acetylative — introducing an acetyl group into a chemical compound
- acey-deucey — a variation of the game of backgammon, in which the throw of a 1 and a 2 has special value
- achaemenian — of or relating to the Achaemenids or their language, as recorded in cuneiform inscriptions.
- acharnement — (archaic) Savage fierceness; ferocity.
- achievement — An achievement is something which someone has succeeded in doing, especially after a lot of effort.
- achlamydate — not chlamydate; having neither mantle nor pallium.
- achondrites — Plural form of achondrite.
- achromatize — to make achromatic; to remove colour from
- acid number — a number indicating the amount of free acid present in a substance, equal to the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to neutralize the free fatty acids present in one gram of fat or oil
- acid reflux — the regurgitation of stomach acid into the oesophagus, causing heartburn
- acid-washed — (of a denim garment) processed with a bleach solution so that the color becomes faded and grayish.
- acidanthera — any plant of the African cormous genus Acidanthera, cultivated for its graceful tubular white and red or white and purple flowers, often scented: family Iridaceae