11-letter words containing a, l, i
- aerial mine — Military. a mine designed to be dropped from the air into water.
- aerial root — a root that grows from the stem of a plant, above ground or above water
- aerobically — in an aerobic manner
- aerobiology — the study of airborne organisms, spores, etc
- aeroelastic — capable of changing shape under aerodynamic forces
- aeromedical — relating to the medical treatment of disorders associated with air or space travel
- aerosolised — Simple past tense and past participle of aerosolise.
- aerosolized — Simple past tense and past participle of aerosolize.
- aesculapian — of or relating to Aesculapius or to the art of medicine
- aesculapius — the Roman god of medicine or healing
- aesthetical — of or relating to aesthetics.
- aetiologies — Plural form of aetiology.
- affectingly — In a manner so as to affect.
- affectional — relating to or implying affection.
- affectively — in an emotional manner
- affiliating — Present participle of affiliate.
- affiliation — If one group has an affiliation with another group, it has a close or official connection with it.
- affiliative — to bring into close association or connection: The research center is affiliated with the university.
- affirmingly — in an affirming or asserting manner
- afflictions — Plural form of affliction.
- affluential — an affluent person who does not display his or her wealth in the form of material possessions
- affrightful — causing fright or alarm
- agelasimine — (organic compound) Any of various adenine-related bicyclic diterpenoids isolated from the orange sponge Agelas mauritania, structurally related to the agelasines.
- agglutinant — sticking together; adhesive
- agglutinate — to adhere or cause to adhere, as with glue
- agglutinins — Plural form of agglutinin.
- aggrievedly — In the manner of someone who is aggrieved.
- agitational — the act or process of agitating; state of being agitated: She left in great agitation.
- agnatically — from an agnatic point of view
- agonic line — an imaginary line on the surface of the earth connecting points of zero magnetic declination
- agonisingly — Alternative spelling of agonizingly.
- agonistical — relating to conflict or struggle
- agonizingly — accompanied by, filled with, or resulting in agony or distress: We spent an agonizing hour waiting to hear if the accident had been serious or not.
- agranulosis — (rare) agranulocytosis.
- agriculture — Agriculture is farming and the methods that are used to raise and look after crops and animals.
- agrobiology — the science of plant growth and nutrition in relation to agriculture
- agronomical — the science of soil management and the production of field crops.
- 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.
- aiguillette — an ornamentation worn by certain military officers, consisting of cords with metal tips
- ailanthuses — Plural form of ailanthus.
- ailurophile — a person who likes cats
- ailurophobe — a person who dislikes or is afraid of cats
- aimlessness — The state or quality of being aimless, or without purpose or direction.
- air bladder — an air-filled sac, lying above the alimentary canal in bony fishes, that regulates buoyancy at different depths by a variation in the pressure of the air
- air cavalry — an infantry or reconnaissance unit transported by air to combat areas.
- air cleaner — a filter that prevents dust and other particles from entering the air-intake of an internal-combustion engine
- air marshal — a senior Royal Air Force officer of equivalent rank to a vice admiral in the Royal Navy
- air quality — the composition of the air in terms of how much pollution it contains
- air shuttle — a shuttle service operated by aircraft, usually covering short routes with frequent flights