11-letter words containing a, d, e
- accumulated — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
- ace bandage — an elasticated bandage used to restrict blood flow to the site of an injury and so reduce inflammation
- 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.
- acey-deucey — a variation of the game of backgammon, in which the throw of a 1 and a 2 has special value
- achlamydate — not chlamydate; having neither mantle nor pallium.
- achondrites — Plural form of achondrite.
- 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
- acidimeters — Plural form of acidimeter.
- acidimetric — (chemistry) Describing a titration in which the titrant is an acid.
- acknowledge — If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
- acraldehyde — acrolein.
- acrylamides — Plural form of acrylamide.
- actinodrome — (of a leaf) palmately veined.
- 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 duty — Active duty means the same as active service.
- acyl halide — any derivative of carboxylic acid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced by a halogen atom
- ad extremum — to or at the very end
- ad litteram — to the letter; exactly
- adaptedness — suitability
- adaptogenic — acting to normalize and regulate the systems of the body
- added entry — an access point in a catalog or bibliography that is other than the main entry and may be less complete than the main entry.
- added sixth — a chord much used esp in jazz, consisting of a triad with an added sixth above the root
- added value — In marketing, added value is something which makes a product more appealing to customers.
- addictively — In an addictive manner.
- address bar — the space provided (on a browser) for showing the addresses of websites
- address bus — (processor) The connections between the CPU and memory which carry the address from/to which the CPU wishes to read or write. The number of bits of address bus determines the maximum size of memory which the processor can access. See also data bus.
- addressable — possessing or capable of being reached by an address
- adélie land — a part of Antarctica, between Wilkes Land and George V Land: the mainland section of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (claim suspended under the Antarctic Treaty)
- adenoiditis — inflammation of the adenoid tissue.
- adenomatoid — Of or pertaining to an adenoma.
- adenomatous — characterized by a collection of glandular growths
- adenomegaly — (pathology) The enlargement of a gland, especially those of the neck.
- adenomyosis — (medicine) A medical condition characterized by the presence of ectopic glandular tissue in the surrounding muscles, particularly of the endometrial tissue of the uterus in the myometrium, sometimes considered as a form of endometriosis.
- adeodatus i — Deusdedit.
- adhocracies — Plural form of adhocracy.
- adiathermic — impervious to heat
- adipocerite — hatchettite.
- adipocerous — Like adipocere.
- adiponectin — (biochemistry) A protein hormone that modulates glucose regulation and fatty acid catabolism.
- adipose fin — a posterior dorsal fin occurring in some fish, such as those of the salmon and catfish families
- adiposeness — The state or quality of being adipose.
- adjectively — Grammar. any member of a class of words that modify nouns and pronouns, primarily by describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying, as wise in a wise grandmother, or perfect in a perfect score, or handsome in He is extremely handsome. Other terms, as numbers (one cup; twelve months), certain demonstrative pronouns (this magazine; those questions), and terms that impose limits (each person; no mercy) can also function adjectivally, as can some nouns that are found chiefly in fixed phrases where they immediately precede the noun they modify, as bottle in bottle cap and bus in bus station. Synonyms: modifier, qualifier, identifier, describer, describing word.
- adjectivize — Grammar. to make into an adjective, as by adding a suffix: The noun mirth can be adjectivized by adding -ful or -less to form the adjectives mirthful and mirthless.
- adjournment — An adjournment is a temporary stopping of a trial, enquiry, or other meeting.
- adjudgement — the act of adjudging
- adjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.