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11-letter words containing a, l

  • 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.
  • alchemizing — Present participle of alchemize.
  • alcoholized — Simple past tense and past participle of alcoholize.
  • alcoholysis — chemical decomposition resulting from the interaction of a compound and an alcohol.
  • alcyonarian — any of various colonial anthozoans of the subclass Alcyonaria with eight tentacles and other body parts in branches or segments of eight
  • aldermanity — the body of aldermen
  • 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
  • aldotetrose — (carbohydrate) Any aldose having four carbon atoms.
  • aleggeaunce — the alleviation of grief or a burden
  • alembicated — (of a literary style) excessively refined; precious
  • alendronate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of alendronic acid.
  • aleppo gall — a type of nutgall occurring in oaks in W Asia and E Europe
  • aleppo pine — a pine tree, Pinus halepensis, native to the Mediterranean area, that is planted as an ornamental and is a source of turpentine.
  • alessandria — a town in NW Italy, in Piedmont. Pop: 85 438 (2001)
  • alethiology — the branch of logic dealing with truth and error.
  • aleuromancy — (in ancient times) the use of flour as a means of divination.
  • alexander i — c. 1080–1124, king of Scotland (1107–24), son of Malcolm III
  • alexander v — 1340?–1410, Cretan ecclesiastic: pope 1409–10.
  • alexandrian — of or relating to Alexander the Great
  • alexandrina — a female given name, form of Alexandra.
  • alexandrine — a line of verse having six iambic feet, usually with a caesura after the third foot
  • alexandrite — a green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone
  • alexithymia — an inability to recognize, understand, and describe emotions
  • alfilerilla — Alt form alfilaria.
  • alfonso xii — 1857–85, king of Spain 1874–85.
  • alford plea — Law. a pleading of guilty in a plea bargain in which the defendant maintains his or her innocence.
  • alfred lunt — Alfred, 1893–1977, U.S. actor (husband of Lynn Fontanne).
  • alfven wave — a generally transverse magnetohydrodynamic wave that is propagated in a plasma
  • algesimeter — an instrument for determining the sensitiveness of the skin to a painful stimulus.
  • algin fiber — an alkali-soluble fiber produced by injecting a fine stream of alkaline algin into an aqueous solution of a metallic salt, used chiefly in the manufacture of fine threads.
  • algological — Of or pertaining to algology.
  • algophagous — feeding on algae, as certain insects.
  • algophilist — Person who is subject to algophilia; person who enjoys pain and gets sexual pleasure from it.
  • algorithmic — a set of rules for solving a problem in a finite number of steps, as for finding the greatest common divisor.
  • alienatedly — In an alienated way.
  • alimentally — So as to serve for nourishment or food.
  • alismaceous — of or relating to the genus Alisma
  • aliturgical — designating those days on which the celebration of certain liturgies, especially the Eucharist, is forbidden.
  • alkalescent — developing alkaline qualities
  • alkali blue — any of the class of blue pigments having the highest tinting strength, by weight, of all known blue pigments: used chiefly in the manufacture of printing inks.
  • alkali flat — an arid plain encrusted with alkaline salts derived from the streams draining into it
  • alkali rock — any igneous rock with a marked preponderance of alkali and a low percentage of silica.
  • alkali soil — a soil that gives a pH reaction of 8.5 or above, found esp in dry areas where the soluble salts, esp of sodium, have not been leached away but have accumulated in the B horizon of the soil profile
  • alkalifying — Present participle of alkalify.
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