11-letter words containing a, l, s
- adulterates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adulterate.
- adultescent — an adult who is still actively interested in youth culture
- adversarial — If you describe something as adversarial, you mean that it involves two or more people or organizations who are opposing each other.
- aerial mast — a mast on which an aerial is mounted
- aeroelastic — capable of changing shape under aerodynamic forces
- aerosol can — a container for substances stored as aerosols, such as paint, polish, or insecticide
- 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.
- affableness — The state or quality of being affable.
- afflictions — Plural form of affliction.
- after-sales — relating to anything happening after something is sold
- afterschool — for students and taking place after they finish their day in school, usually in the late afternoon: He’s looking for an afterschool job. Is there afterschool tutoring in math?
- afterworlds — Plural form of afterworld.
- agelasimine — (organic compound) Any of various adenine-related bicyclic diterpenoids isolated from the orange sponge Agelas mauritania, structurally related to the agelasines.
- agelessness — The state or quality of being ageless.
- agglutinins — Plural form of agglutinin.
- agonisingly — Alternative spelling of agonizingly.
- agonistical — relating to conflict or struggle
- agranulosis — (rare) agranulocytosis.
- agrostology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses
- ahistorical — not related to history; not historical
- ailanthuses — Plural form of ailanthus.
- aimlessness — The state or quality of being aimless, or without purpose or direction.
- air marshal — a senior Royal Air Force officer of equivalent rank to a vice admiral in the Royal Navy
- air shuttle — a shuttle service operated by aircraft, usually covering short routes with frequent flights
- air vesicle — a large air-filled intercellular space in some aquatic plants
- airlessness — The state or condition of being poorly ventilated; lacking good air circulation, having stale air.
- airwaybills — Plural form of airwaybill.
- alabastrine — a finely granular variety of gypsum, often white and translucent, used for ornamental objects or work, such as lamp bases, figurines, etc.
- alarm bells — If you say that something sets alarm bells ringing, you mean that it makes people feel worried or concerned about something.
- alaska crab — king crab (def 2).
- alaska time — Alaska-Hawaii time.
- alaska-crab — horseshoe crab.
- albategnius — Latin name of Battani.
- albatrosses — Plural form of albatross.
- albugineous — related to or resembling the white of an egg
- albuminoids — any of a class of simple proteins, as keratin, gelatin, or collagen, that are insoluble in all neutral solvents; scleroprotein.
- alcalescent — Alternative spelling of alkalescent.
- alcaligenes — any of several rod-shaped aerobic or facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the genus Alcaligenes, found in the intestinal tract of humans and other vertebrates and in dairy products.
- alchemistic — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
- alcoholysis — chemical decomposition resulting from the interaction of a compound and an alcohol.
- aldermaston — a village in S England, in West Berkshire unitary authority, Berkshire, SW of Reading: site of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and starting point of the Aldermaston marches (1958–63), organized by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Pop: 927 (2001)
- alderperson — a member of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council.
- aldohexoses — Plural form of aldohexose.
- aldopentose — a monosaccharide with five carbon atoms
- aldosterone — the principal mineralocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex. A synthesized form is used in the treatment of Addison's disease. Formula: C21H27O5