11-letter words containing a, l, t, e
- altiloquent — (of language) high-flown or pretentious.
- altoruffled — altogether ruffled
- amalgamated — Combined from two or more entities into one specific entity whilst retaining the defining characteristics of the original source entities.
- amalgamates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amalgamate.
- amber alert — a notification to the general public, such as by commercial radio or electronic traffic-condition signs, regarding an abduction of a child
- ambilateral — affecting both sides of an organ or of the body
- amblygonite — a white or greyish mineral consisting of lithium aluminium fluorophosphate in triclinic crystalline form. It is a source of lithium. Formula: (Li,Na)Al(PO4)(F,OH)
- ambulocetus — A large carnivorous amphibian (Ambulocetus natans).
- 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.
- amenability — ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an amenable servant.
- ametabolism — a form of growth or life cycle with little or no metamorphosis
- ametabolous — without metamorphosis
- ammonotelic — excreting ammonia as the main nitrogenous waste: characteristic of freshwater fishes and many aquatic invertebrates
- 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.
- amphibolite — a metamorphic rock consisting mainly of amphibole and plagioclase
- amylopectin — the major component of starch (about 80 per cent), consisting of branched chains of glucose units. It is insoluble and gives a red-brown colour with iodine
- anal erotic — a person who experiences sexual gratification of the anal area
- analeptics' — restoring; invigorating; giving strength after disease.
- analphabete — illiterate person
- anaplerotic — of or relating to anaplerosis
- anastrozole — an anti-oestrogen drug used in the treatment of breast cancer in post-menopausal women
- ancestorial — of, belonging to, or relating to ancestors
- ancestrally — Pertaining to ancestry.
- anecdotally — in an anecdotal manner
- anecdotical — relating to anecdotes
- angel light — (in an English Perpendicular window) a compartment, approximately triangular, formed by the arch of the window, an arch of a lower tier of tracery, and a mullion of an upper tier of tracery.
- angelolatry — the worship of angels
- angle cleat — a short length of angle iron used as a bracket.
- angle plate — a steel structural plate, esp one in the shape of a right-angled triangle, used to connect structural members and stiffen frameworks
- animal heat — heat produced in the body of an animal by chemical changes that occur when food is assimilated
- ankle biter — a child
- ankle joint — the joint made by the two leg bones (the tibia and the fibula) and the talus
- ankle strap — a strap attached at the back of a shoe that goes round the ankle
- ankle-biter — small child, toddler
- annihilated — to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly: The heavy bombing almost annihilated the city.
- annihilates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annihilate.
- antalkaline — neutralizing an alkali or counteracting alkalinity
- antecubital — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or situated in the anterior part of the elbow (cubitus).
- anteflexion — a bending forward of an organ, especially of the body of the uterus.
- antenatally — prenatal: an antenatal clinic.
- antenuptial — a contract made between a man and a woman before they marry, agreeing on the distribution of their assets in the event of divorce
- anteorbital — in front of the orbit of the eye
- antepenults — Plural form of antepenult.
- antheridial — Of, pertaining to, or produced in, the antheridium.
- anthochlore — a yellow pigment found in flowers
- anthologies — Plural form of anthology.
- anthologise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of anthologize.
- anthologize — to compile or put into an anthology