11-letter words containing a, i, m
- artemisinin — a drug obtained from the plant genus Artemisia and used to treat malaria
- arteriogram — an X-ray of a vein or artery which has been injected with dye in order to diagnose obstruction or damage
- arteriotomy — the surgical cutting of an artery or a cut made in an artery
- arum family — the plant family Araceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having numerous tiny flowers on a fleshy spike above or sheathed by a large spathe, and including the anthurium, calla lily, jack-in-the-pulpit, and philodendron.
- arylamines' — any of a group of amines in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms of ammonia are replaced by aromatic groups.
- asbestiform — having the look or structure of asbestos
- aschelminth — in some systems of classification, any of a phylum (Aschelminthes) of wormlike animals, including rotifers, gastrotrichs, gordian worms, and nematodes: these animals are usually considered to be in separate phyla
- aspergillum — a brush or perforated container for sprinkling holy water
- aspersorium — a basin containing holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves
- aspheterism — the teaching that all property should be in common ownership and no individual should benefit from personal possession
- assignments — Plural form of assignment.
- assimilable — capable of being assimilated.
- assimilated — Simple past tense and past participle of assimilate.
- assimilates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assimilate.
- assimilator — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- assimulated — Simple past tense and past participle of assimulate.
- assimulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assimulate.
- assoilments — Plural form of assoilment.
- assumptions — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- asthmatical — Dated form of asthmatic.
- astigmatism — If someone has astigmatism, the front of their eye has a slightly irregular shape, so they cannot see properly.
- astrometric — (astronomy) of or relating to astrometry.
- astronomize — to practise or study astronomy or engage in astronomical matters
- asymmetries — Plural form of asymmetry.
- asynclitism — The position of a baby in the uterus such that the head is presenting first, tilted to the shoulder and thus no longer in line with the birth canal.
- at any time — If something could happen at any time, it is possible that it will happen very soon, though nobody can predict exactly when.
- at one time — If you say that something was the case at one time, you mean that it was the case during a particular period in the past.
- athleticism — Athleticism is someone's fitness and ability to perform well at sports or other physical activities.
- atlanticism — advocacy of close cooperation in military, political, and economic matters between Western Europe, esp the UK, and the US
- atmospheric — Atmospheric is used to describe something which relates to the Earth's atmosphere.
- atomic bomb — An atomic bomb or an atom bomb is a bomb that causes an explosion by a sudden release of energy that results from splitting atoms.
- atomic heat — the product of an element's atomic weight and its specific heat (capacity)
- atomic mass — the mass of an isotope of an element in atomic mass units
- atomic pile — nuclear reactor
- atomisation — Alternative spelling of atomization.
- atomization — to reduce to atoms.
- atomoxetine — (pharmaceutical drug) A non-stimulant drug used for the treatment of ADHD.
- atomtronics — (physics) The design, manufacture and study of analogs of electronics using atoms (especially Bose-Einstein condensates) at low temperature.
- attainments — Plural form of attainment.
- attaintment — conviction of a crime
- attempering — Present participle of attemper.
- attorneyism — the slyness and cleverness associated with attorneys
- audiometers — Plural form of audiometer.
- audiometric — the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.
- auditoriums — Plural form of auditorium.
- aunt jemima — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a black woman considered by other black people to be subservient to or to curry favor with white people.
- auto-immune — Auto-immune describes medical conditions in which normal cells are attacked by the body's immune system.
- autodynamic — Supplying its own power.
- autoerotism — pleasurable sensations or tensions arising in the erogenous body zones without external stimulation
- automagical — (of a usually complicated technical or computer process) done, operating, or happening in a way that is hidden from or not understood by the user, and in that sense, apparently “magical”: I just downloaded an automagical update to my word processing software that somehow fixed the problems.