11-letter words containing a, c, i, s
- acropolises — Plural form of acropolis.
- acrylamides — Plural form of acrylamide.
- actinomyces — a genus of bacteria that causes disease in humans and improves soil ecology
- actinostele — (botany) A type of protostele, in which the core of vascular tissue in the stem extends outward in lobes.
- action shot — a still photograph that shows someone or something in motion
- activations — Plural form of activation.
- active dbms — (database) A conventional or passive DBMS combined with a means of event detection and condition monitoring. Event handling is often rule-based, as with an expert system.
- active list — a list of officers available for full duty
- active mass — the effective concentration of a substance.
- active site — the part of an enzyme that interacts with the substrate during catalysis.
- actualising — Present participle of actualise.
- actualistic — the doctrine that all reality is animate or in motion.
- actualities — Plural form of actuality.
- adhocracies — Plural form of adhocracy.
- adipocerous — Like adipocere.
- adjudicates — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- adscription — ascription
- aeciospores — Plural form of aeciospore.
- aero-optics — the study of the effect of aircraft-induced and atmospheric disturbances on the efficiency of laser weapons
- aerodromics — (obsolete) The science of flying airplanes.
- aeroelastic — capable of changing shape under aerodynamic forces
- aeronautics — Aeronautics is the science of designing and building aeroplanes.
- aerostatics — the study of gases in equilibrium and bodies held in equilibrium in gases
- aesculapian — of or relating to Aesculapius or to the art of medicine
- aesculapius — the Roman god of medicine or healing
- aesthetical — of or relating to aesthetics.
- afflictions — Plural form of affliction.
- affranchise — to release from servitude or an obligation
- aficionadas — Plural form of aficionada.
- aficionados — Plural form of aficionado.
- afroasiatic — designating or of a family of African and Asian languages generally divided into the branches Berber, Cushitic, Semitic, Chadic, and ancient Egyptian
- afterpieces — Plural form of afterpiece.
- agnosticism — Agnosticism is the belief that it is not possible to say definitely whether or not there is a God. Compare atheism.
- agonistical — relating to conflict or struggle
- ahistorical — not related to history; not historical
- air cushion — an inflatable cushion, usually made of rubber or plastic
- air service — the services performed by an airline, as flights between various destinations to transport passengers, freight, and mail.
- air vesicle — a large air-filled intercellular space in some aquatic plants
- airsickness — a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, as a result of the motion of the aircraft in which one is traveling.
- alcaligenes — any of several rod-shaped aerobic or facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the genus Alcaligenes, found in the intestinal tract of humans and other vertebrates and in dairy products.
- alchemistic — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
- alcoholysis — chemical decomposition resulting from the interaction of a compound and an alcohol.
- alismaceous — of or relating to the genus Alisma
- allegiances — the loyalty of a citizen to his or her government or of a subject to his or her sovereign.
- allocations — Plural form of allocation.
- allocutions — Plural form of allocution.
- alloplastic — of or relating to alterations made to a patient's external circumstances for the purpose of affecting his mental condition
- altarpieces — Plural form of altarpiece.
- ambuscading — Present participle of ambuscade.
- americanism — An Americanism is an expression that is typical of people living in the United States of America.