11-letter words containing a, i, r, l
- allopurinol — a synthetic drug that reduces blood concentrations of uric acid and is administered orally in the treatment of gout. Formula: C5H4N4O
- allotropism — a property of certain elements, as carbon, sulfur, and phosphorus, of existing in two or more distinct forms; allomorphism.
- allyl resin — any of several thermosetting synthetic resins made by polymerizing esters of allyl alcohol with a dibasic acid. They are used as adhesives
- almoravides — a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa from 1056 to 1147.
- aloha shirt — Hawaiian shirt
- alpha tauri — Aldebaran
- altair 8800 — (computer) An Intel 8080-based machine made by MITS. The Altair was the first popular microcomputer kit. It appeared on the cover of the January 1975 "Popular Electronics" magazine with an article (probably) by Leslie Solomon. Leslie Solomon was an editor at Popular Electronics who had a knack for spotting kits that would interest people and make them buy the magazine. The Altair 8800 was one such. The MITS guys took the prototype Altair to New York to show Solomon, but couldn't get it to work after the flight. Nonetheless, he liked it, and it appeared on the cover as "The first minicomputer in a kit." Solomon's blessing was important enough that some MITS competitors named their product the "SOL" to gain his favour. Some wags suggested SOL was actually an abbreviation for the condition in which kit purchasers would find themselves. The original Altair BASIC ran in less than 4K of RAM because a "loaded" Altair had 4K memory. Since there was no operating system on the Altair, Altair BASIC included what we now think of as BIOS. It was distributed on paper tape that could be read on a Teletype. Later versions supported the 8K Altair and the 16K diskette-based Altair (demonstrating that, even in the 1970s, Microsoft was committed to software bloat). Altair BASIC was ported to the Motorola 6800 for the Altair 680 machine, and to other 8080-based microcomputers produced by MITS' competitors.
- altarpieces — Plural form of altarpiece.
- alterations — adjustments
- altercation — An altercation is a noisy argument or disagreement.
- altercative — relating to altercation
- alternating — happening in succession
- alternation — successive change from one condition or action to another and back again repeatedly
- alternative — If one thing is an alternative to another, the first can be found, used, or done instead of the second.
- alzheimer's — a common form of dementia, believed to be caused by changes in the brain, usually beginning in late middle age, characterized by memory lapses, confusion, emotional instability, and progressive loss of mental ability.
- amaryllises — Plural form of amaryllis.
- amatorially — in an amatory manner
- amber fluid — beer
- ambilateral — affecting both sides of an organ or of the body
- ambrosially — In an ambrosial manner.
- amelanchier — A tree or shrub of a genus that includes the juneberries.
- ameliorated — Simple past tense and past participle of ameliorate.
- ameliorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ameliorate.
- ameliorator — A person who, or thing which ameliorates.
- amobarbital — a drug with sedative, hypnotic, and analgesic properties used to relieve insomnia and control convulsions
- amortizable — Finance. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
- amphichiral — (mathematics) superimposable on its mirror image; achiral.
- amphistylar — (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends or at both sides
- anal erotic — a person who experiences sexual gratification of the anal area
- anaphorical — of or relating to an anaphora
- anaplerosis — the filling up of a scar, wound, etc which has decayed or been destroyed
- anaplerotic — of or relating to anaplerosis
- ancestorial — of, belonging to, or relating to ancestors
- ancillaries — subordinate; subsidiary.
- androphilic — Sexually attracted to men.
- anglo-irish — the English language as spoken in Ireland
- animal farm — a political satire (1945) by George Orwell.
- animal park — a zoo in which wild animals are housed and displayed in large open spaces designed to resemble their native habitats.
- animalcular — Of, relating to, or resembling, animalcules.
- anisocercal — (of fish) having unequal tail-fin lobes
- ankle biter — a child
- ankle-biter — small child, toddler
- annihilator — a person or thing that annihilates.
- annual ring — a ring of wood indicating one year's growth, seen in the transverse section of stems and roots of woody plants growing in temperate climates
- anteorbital — in front of the orbit of the eye
- antheridial — Of, pertaining to, or produced in, the antheridium.
- anthropical — relating to human nature
- anti-litter — objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- anti-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- anti-racial — of or relating to the social construct of race: racial diversity; racial stereotypes.