11-letter words containing a, c, m, e
- ai-complete — (artificial intelligence, jargon) /A-I k*m-pleet'/ (MIT, Stanford: by analogy with "NP-complete") A term used to describe problems or subproblems in artificial intelligence, to indicate that the solution presupposes a solution to the "strong AI problem" (that is, the synthesis of a human-level intelligence). A problem that is AI-complete is, in other words, just too hard. See also gedanken.
- aid-de-camp — aide-de-camp.
- air chamber — a compartment in a device or structure that is filled with air
- aircraftmen — Plural form of aircraftman.
- album cover — the front of the outer packaging of a record album, usually decorated and showing its title and the name of the artist
- 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.
- alchemizing — Present participle of alchemize.
- alembicated — (of a literary style) excessively refined; precious
- aleuromancy — (in ancient times) the use of flour as a means of divination.
- alismaceous — of or relating to the genus Alisma
- almond cake — the residue of almonds from which oil has been expressed.
- ambivalence — the simultaneous existence of two opposed and conflicting attitudes, emotions, etc
- ambivalency — uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.
- amblyoscope — an instrument used to train an amblyopic eye to function properly.
- ambulocetus — A large carnivorous amphibian (Ambulocetus natans).
- amelanchier — A tree or shrub of a genus that includes the juneberries.
- amen corner — in some rural Protestant churches, the seats to the minister's right, once occupied by those leading the responsive amens
- amenorrheic — of or relating to amenorrhea
- amentaceous — of or like an ament or aments
- americanism — An Americanism is an expression that is typical of people living in the United States of America.
- americanist — a person who studies some aspect of America, such as its history or languages
- americanize — to make or become American in outlook, attitudes, etc
- amethocaine — The drug tetracaine.
- ammonotelic — excreting ammonia as the main nitrogenous waste: characteristic of freshwater fishes and many aquatic invertebrates
- amoebocytes — Plural form of amoebocyte.
- amphicelous — concave on both sides, as the bodies of the vertebrae of fishes.
- amphimacers — Plural form of amphimacer.
- amplexicaul — (of some sessile leaves, stipules, etc) having an enlarged base that encircles the stem
- amylopectin — the major component of starch (about 80 per cent), consisting of branched chains of glucose units. It is insoluble and gives a red-brown colour with iodine
- anathematic — loathsome; disgusting; hateful.
- anchorwomen — Plural form of anchorwoman.
- anemochores — Plural form of anemochore.
- animalcules — Plural form of animalcule.
- anisometric — not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts or unequal measurements
- antechamber — An antechamber is a small room leading into a larger room.
- antichamber — Obsolete form of antechamber.
- antiemetics — Plural form of antiemetic.
- antisemitic — Alternative spelling of anti-Semitic.
- apicoectomy — a surgical procedure to remove the end of a tooth root in endodontic therapy.
- appeachment — an accusation or criminal charge
- araeometric — relating to araeometry
- arcade game — An arcade game is a computer game of the type that is often played in amusement arcades.
- archdukedom — the territory ruled by an archduke or archduchess
- 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.
- archeometry — the branch of archaeology that deals with the dating of archaeological specimens through specific techniques, as radiocarbon dating and amino-acid dating.
- archimedean — of, relating to, or discovered by Archimedes.
- archnemesis — A chief nemesis.
- arithmetics — Plural form of arithmetic.
- armored car — any of various vehicles covered with armor plate, as a truck for carrying money to or from a bank