11-letter words containing a, n, e
- accelerando — (to be performed) with increasing speed
- accelerants — Plural form of accelerant.
- accent mark — a mark used to indicate an accent, stress, etc., as for pronunciation or in musical notation. Compare diacritic (def 1).
- accentually — of or relating to accent or stress.
- accentuated — to give emphasis or prominence to.
- accentuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accentuate.
- accentuator — Electronics. a circuit or network inserted to provide less loss or greater gain to certain frequencies in an audio spectrum, as a preemphasis spectrum.
- acceptances — a list of horses accepted as starters in a race
- acceptation — the accepted meaning, as of a word, phrase, etc
- acceptingly — in an accepting manner
- access land — (in England and Wales) areas of the countryside which are open to the public
- accessional — (rare) Pertaining to accession; additional - Sir T. Browne.
- accessioned — Simple past tense and past participle of accession.
- accidentals — Plural form of accidental.
- accipitrine — of, relating to, or resembling a hawk; rapacious
- accompanied — to go along or in company with; join in action: to accompany a friend on a walk.
- accompanier — Someone or something that accompanies.
- accompanies — to go along or in company with; join in action: to accompany a friend on a walk.
- accordances — Plural form of accordance.
- accordioned — Also called piano accordion. a portable wind instrument having a large bellows for forcing air through small metal reeds, a keyboard for the right hand, and buttons for sounding single bass notes or chords for the left hand.
- accountable — If you are accountable to someone for something that you do, you are responsible for it and must be prepared to justify your actions to that person.
- accoutering — Present participle of accouter.
- accrediting — Present participle of accredit.
- accredition — The giving of credentials.
- accrescence — continual increase
- ace bandage — an elasticated bandage used to restrict blood flow to the site of an injury and so reduce inflammation
- acetanilide — a white crystalline powder used in the manufacture of dyes and rubber, as an analgesic in medicine, and as a precursor in penicillin manufacture. Formula: C6H5NHCOCH3
- acetylating — Present participle of acetylate.
- acetylation — to introduce one or more acetyl groups into (a compound).
- achaemenian — of or relating to the Achaemenids or their language, as recorded in cuneiform inscriptions.
- acharnement — (archaic) Savage fierceness; ferocity.
- achievement — An achievement is something which someone has succeeded in doing, especially after a lot of effort.
- achondrites — Plural form of achondrite.
- acid number — a number indicating the amount of free acid present in a substance, equal to the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to neutralize the free fatty acids present in one gram of fat or oil
- acidanthera — any plant of the African cormous genus Acidanthera, cultivated for its graceful tubular white and red or white and purple flowers, often scented: family Iridaceae
- acknowledge — If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
- acorn valve — a small electronic valve, approximately acorn-shaped with small closely-spaced electrodes, used in ultrahigh-frequency applications
- acquiescent — Someone who is acquiescent is ready to agree to do what someone wants, or to accept what they do.
- acquiescing — to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.
- acquiesence — A state or instance of acquiescing or passively accepting something, without necessarily consenting to it.
- acquirement — an acquiring or being acquired
- acquittance — a release from or settlement of a debt, etc
- acriflavine — a brownish or orange-red powder used in medicine as an antiseptic and disinfectant. Formula: C14H14N3Cl
- acrocentric — (of a chromosome) having the centromere at one end
- acrocinesia — (pathology) Excessive movement of the limbs.
- acrokinesia — (pathology) Alternative form of acrocinesia.
- acting area — the part of a stage used by the actors: Confine the acting area for this scene to downstage.
- actinodrome — (of a leaf) palmately veined.
- actinometer — an instrument for measuring the intensity of radiation, esp of the sun's rays
- actinometry — The measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation.