11-letter words containing a, c, t, e, o
- aftercooler — a device for cooling compressed air or gases to reduce their volume or temperature.
- afterschool — for students and taking place after they finish their day in school, usually in the late afternoon: He’s looking for an afterschool job. Is there afterschool tutoring in math?
- aftershocks — Plural form of aftershock.
- 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.
- all at once — If something happens all at once, it happens suddenly, often when you are not expecting it to happen.
- allocatable — that can be allocated.
- allocentric — Concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded.
- alpenstocks — Plural form of alpenstock.
- alt.sources — (messaging, programming) A Usenet newsgroup for posting program source code.
- altercation — An altercation is a noisy argument or disagreement.
- ambulocetus — A large carnivorous amphibian (Ambulocetus natans).
- amentaceous — of or like an ament or aments
- 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.
- 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
- anacreontic — in the manner of the Greek lyric poet Anacreon (?572–?488 bc), noted for his short songs celebrating love and wine
- anal erotic — a person who experiences sexual gratification of the anal area
- anaplerotic — of or relating to anaplerosis
- ancestorial — of, belonging to, or relating to ancestors
- anecdotally — in an anecdotal manner
- anecdotical — relating to anecdotes
- anisometric — not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts or unequal measurements
- anteportico — a lesser portico preceding a main portico.
- anthochlore — a yellow pigment found in flowers
- anthracnose — any of several fungus diseases of plants and trees, such as vines and beans, characterized by oval dark depressed spots on the fruit and elsewhere
- anti-choice — opposed to the legal right to obtain an abortion; pro-life
- anticathode — the target electrode for the stream of electrons in a vacuum tube, esp an X-ray tube
- antichoicer — someone who opposes the granting of pregnant women the choice to have an abortion
- anticyclone — An anticyclone is an area of high atmospheric pressure which causes settled weather conditions and, in summer, clear skies and high temperatures.
- antinucleon — an antiproton or an antineutron
- anucleolate — lacking a nucleolus or nucleoli.
- apicodental — articulated with the apex of the tongue near the upper front teeth, as ( (θ) ; t h) ) and (; ð) ; th) )
- apicoectomy — a surgical procedure to remove the end of a tooth root in endodontic therapy.
- apologetics — the branch of theology concerned with the defence and rational justification of Christianity
- aponeurotic — a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
- aposiopetic — Of or pertaining to aposiopesis.
- apprecation — (obsolete) Earnest prayer; devout wish.
- appreciator — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- approacheth — Archaic third-person singular form of approach.
- araeometric — relating to araeometry
- arborescent — having the shape or characteristics of a tree
- archaeocyte — (in sponges) a type of amoebocyte capable of developing into other types of cells, especially reproductive cells.
- archenteron — the cavity within an embryo at the gastrula stage of development that eventually becomes the digestive cavity
- archeometry — the branch of archaeology that deals with the dating of archaeological specimens through specific techniques, as radiocarbon dating and amino-acid dating.
- archicortex — (anatomy) Part of the allocortex, specifically three layered hippocampal cortexes necessary for hippocampus formation.
- architector — (obsolete) An architect.
- arctic zone — the section of the earth's surface lying between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.
- areocentric — relating to a reference system which has Mars as its centre
- ars poetica — the art of poetry