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11-letter words containing a, c, t, 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.
  • 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
  • agriproduct — a product that is a result of agribusiness
  • ahistorical — not related to history; not historical
  • 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.
  • algorithmic — a set of rules for solving a problem in a finite number of steps, as for finding the greatest common divisor.
  • 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.
  • allocations — Plural form of allocation.
  • allocentric — Concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded.
  • 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
  • alpenstocks — Plural form of alpenstock.
  • alpha stock — any of the most active securities on the Stock Exchange of which there are between 100 and 200; at least ten market makers must continuously display the prices of an alpha stock and all transactions in them must be published immediately
  • alt.country — a genre of country music originating in the 1990s and influenced by both early country music and contemporary rock music
  • alt.sources — (messaging, programming)   A Usenet newsgroup for posting program source code.
  • altar cloth — the cloth used for covering an altar: often applied also to the frontal
  • altercation — An altercation is a noisy argument or disagreement.
  • altocumulus — a globular cloud at an intermediate height of about 2400 to 6000 metres (8000 to 20 000 feet)
  • 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.
  • amphibiotic — having an aquatic larval form and a terrestrial adult form, as amphibians
  • amphictyony — (in ancient Greece) a religious association of states for the maintenance of temples and the cults connected with them
  • 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
  • amyotrophic — (medicine) Characterized by atrophy of the muscles.
  • anacanthous — having no spines or thorns.
  • anachronist — A person who has anachronistic views or habits.
  • anacoloutha — Plural form of anacolouthon.
  • anacoluthia — lack of grammatical sequence, esp within a single sentence
  • anacoluthic — Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an anacoluthon.
  • anacoluthon — a construction that involves the change from one grammatical sequence to another within a single sentence; an example of anacoluthia
  • 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
  • analogistic — a person who employs or argues from analogy.
  • anaplerotic — of or relating to anaplerosis
  • anastomotic — Anatomy. communication between blood vessels by means of collateral channels, especially when usual routes are obstructed.
  • ancestorial — of, belonging to, or relating to ancestors
  • anchor bolt — any of several kinds of bolts inserted and fixed in masonry as a hold for timbers, shelves, etc.
  • anchor shot — grapple shot.
  • anecdotally — in an anecdotal manner
  • anecdotical — relating to anecdotes
  • anfractuous — characterized by twists and turns; convoluted
  • animatronic — of, concerned with, or operated by animatronics
  • anisodactyl — (of the feet of passerine birds) having the first toe directed backwards and the other three toes directed forwards
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