11-letter words containing a, l, s, i
- amphistylar — (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends or at both sides
- ampullosity — pretentious, turgid, or bombastic use of language
- amyloidosis — the deposition of amyloid in various tissues of the body, as occurs in certain chronic infections
- anadiploses — Plural form of anadiplosis.
- anadiplosis — repetition of the words or phrase at the end of one sentence, line, or clause at the beginning of the next
- anaglyptics — (arts) The art of carving or embossing in low relief.
- analeptics' — restoring; invigorating; giving strength after disease.
- analogistic — a person who employs or argues from analogy.
- analysation — Alternative form of analyzation.
- anaphylaxis — extreme sensitivity to an injected antigen, esp a protein, following a previous injection
- anaplerosis — the filling up of a scar, wound, etc which has decayed or been destroyed
- anastylosis — the restoration of a ruined monument or building by reassembling fallen parts and, when necessary, incorporating newmaterials.
- ancestorial — of, belonging to, or relating to ancestors
- ancillaries — subordinate; subsidiary.
- angelicness — The state or quality of being angelic.
- angioplasty — a surgical technique for restoring normal blood flow through an artery narrowed or blocked by atherosclerosis, either by inserting a balloon into the narrowed section and inflating it or by using a laser beam
- anglicanism — Anglicanism is the beliefs and practices of the Church of England, and of the churches related to it.
- anglo-asian — An Anglo-Asian person is someone of Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi origin who has grown up in Britain.
- anglo-irish — the English language as spoken in Ireland
- animalcules — Plural form of animalcule.
- animalistic — If you describe a person or their behaviour as animalistic, you mean that they do not try to hide or control their basic feelings and physical needs.
- anisocercal — (of fish) having unequal tail-fin lobes
- anisodactyl — (of the feet of passerine birds) having the first toe directed backwards and the other three toes directed forwards
- annihilates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annihilate.
- annulations — Plural form of annulation.
- anomalistic — tending to be anomalous
- anthologies — Plural form of anthology.
- anthologise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of anthologize.
- anthologist — a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject: an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.
- anti-social — Someone who is anti-social is unwilling to meet and be friendly with other people.
- antibilious — of a nature that can be used to counter biliousness
- antiblastic — antagonistic to growth.
- anticlastic — (of a surface) having a curvature, at a given point and in a particular direction, that is of the opposite sign to the curvature at that point in a perpendicular direction
- antielitism — the state of being opposed to elitism
- antielitist — against elitism, populist
- antileprosy — acting against leprosy
- antileptons — Plural form of antilepton.
- antimissile — relating to defensive measures against missile attack
- antimusical — opposed to musical conventions
- antiplastic — allaying or preventing the growth of new tissue.
- antirealism — the denial of an objective reality
- antirealist — relating to antirealism
- antislavery — opposed to slavery, esp slavery of Black people
- anxiolytics — Plural form of anxiolytic.
- aortoclasia — rupture of the aorta.
- aphasiology — The study of linguistic problems resulting from brain damage.
- aphlogistic — (archaic) flameless.
- apoliticism — the quality of being apolitical
- apollinaris — an effervescent mineral water
- apologetics — the branch of theology concerned with the defence and rational justification of Christianity