11-letter words containing a, l
- avicularium — a protective zooid of a bryozoan colony, having movable jaws that can be snapped shut.
- avocational — of or relating to avocation
- avuncularly — in the manner of an uncle
- awelessness — the state or quality of lacking awe
- axerophthol — any form of vitamin A
- axiological — the branch of philosophy dealing with values, as those of ethics, aesthetics, or religion.
- axiomatical — Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; characterized by axioms.
- axle grease — lubricant for axles
- azimuthally — Astronomy, Navigation. the arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point, in astronomy, or from the north point, in navigation, to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon.
- azonal soil — soil that has a profile determined predominantly by factors other than local climate and vegetation. Azonal soils include some mountain, alluvial, marine, glacial, windblown, and volcanic soils
- babassu oil — a yellow oil expressed or extracted from babassu nuts, used chiefly in the manufacture of soaps and cosmetics and as a cooking oil.
- babelicious — (of a woman) sexually very attractive.
- baby lotion — a skin lotion for babies
- baby-scales — scales used for weighing babies
- baby-walker — a light frame on casters or wheels to help a baby learn to walk
- babylonians — of or relating to Babylon or Babylonia.
- bacchanalia — orgiastic rites associated with Bacchus
- bacchylides — flourished 5th century b.c, Greek poet.
- bachelordom — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
- bachelorism — bachelorhood
- bacillaemia — the presence of bacilli in the blood
- bacillicide — anything that kills a bacillus; a bactericide
- bacilliform — shaped like a rod
- back boiler — a tank or series of pipes at the back of a fireplace for heating water
- back-loaded — to defer to a later date, as wages, benefits, or costs: The union agreed to back-load pay raises.
- back-logged — a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business: a backlog of business orders.
- back-paddle — to propel a boat by paddling backward, as by using a stroke in the direction of stern to bow.
- backchannel — an unofficial or covert means of conveying information, originally or esp in political or diplomatic circles
- backfilling — material used for refilling an excavation.
- backflowing — Flowing backwards.
- backlashing — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- backlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of backlight.
- backlisting — Present participle of backlist.
- backloading — to defer to a later date, as wages, benefits, or costs: The union agreed to back-load pay raises.
- backlogging — a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business: a backlog of business orders.
- backpedaled — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of backpedal.
- backslapped — Simple past tense and past participle of backslap.
- backslapper — a person who backslaps; a hearty jovial person
- backslashed — Simple past tense and past participle of backslash.
- backslashes — Plural form of backslash.
- backslidden — Past participle of backslide.
- backsliding — If you accuse someone of backsliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
- backsolving — Present participle of backsolve.
- backtalking — Present participle of backtalk.
- bacterially — In reference to bacteria.
- baculovirus — any of a family of viruses that attack insects and other arthropods, used as biological pesticides
- baddeleyite — a mineral consisting largely of zirconium dioxide: a source of zirconium. Formula: ZrO2
- badderlocks — a seaweed, Alaria esculenta, that has long brownish-green fronds and is eaten in parts of N Europe
- baffleplate — a plate used as a baffle.
- bahā' allah — (born Mirzā Ḥoseyn ʼAli Nūrī) 1817-92; Iran. Muslim religious leader: founder of Bahaism