11-letter words containing a, n, o
- accelerando — (to be performed) with increasing speed
- 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.
- acceptation — the accepted meaning, as of a word, phrase, etc
- accessional — (rare) Pertaining to accession; additional - Sir T. Browne.
- accessioned — Simple past tense and past participle of accession.
- acclamation — Acclamation is a noisy or enthusiastic expression of approval for someone or something.
- acclimation — The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.
- 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.
- accompanist — An accompanist is a musician, especially a pianist, who plays one part of a piece of music while someone else sings or plays the main tune.
- accordances — Plural form of accordance.
- accordantly — agreeing; conforming; harmonious.
- accordingly — You use accordingly to introduce a fact or situation which is a result or consequence of something that you have just referred to.
- 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.
- account day — (on the London Stock Exchange) the day on which deliveries and payments relating to transactions made during the preceding account are made
- account for — If a particular thing accounts for a part or proportion of something, that part or proportion consists of that thing, or is used or produced by it.
- 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.
- accountably — subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.
- accountancy — Accountancy is the theory or practice of keeping financial accounts.
- accountants — Plural form of accountant.
- accountings — the theory and system of setting up, maintaining, and auditing the books of a firm; art of analyzing the financial position and operating results of a business house from a study of its sales, purchases, overhead, etc. (distinguished from bookkeeping).
- accoutering — Present participle of accouter.
- accredition — The giving of credentials.
- accusations — A charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong.
- accustoming — Present participle of accustom.
- acetylation — to introduce one or more acetyl groups into (a compound).
- achondrites — Plural form of achondrite.
- achondritic — (geology) Of or pertaining to achondrite, a type of stony meteorite.
- acid-loving — (of a plant) requiring a pH of 4.5 to 5.5 for optimal growth.
- acidulation — to make somewhat acid.
- acinaciform — (of leaves) shaped like a scimitar; curved
- acknowledge — If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
- acorn chair — a Jacobean chair having a crossrail with acorn-shaped pendants.
- acorn clock — a mantel clock of the first half of the 19th century, having the upper part of the case shaped with a double ogee curve to resemble an acorn.
- acorn spoon — a spoon having an acornlike ornament at the end of its stem.
- acorn sugar — quercitol.
- acorn valve — a small electronic valve, approximately acorn-shaped with small closely-spaced electrodes, used in ultrahigh-frequency applications
- acoustician — an expert in acoustics
- acquisition — If a company or business person makes an acquisition, they buy another company or part of a company.
- acrimonious — Acrimonious words or quarrels are bitter and angry.
- acrocentric — (of a chromosome) having the centromere at one end
- acrochordon — (medicine) A soft, pedunculated or pensile wart, consisting of myomatous or edematous fibrous tissue, often found on the neck or eyelids of elderly persons.
- acrocinesia — (pathology) Excessive movement of the limbs.
- acrocorinth — the citadel of ancient Corinth: strategic in the control of the Isthmus of Corinth; extensive ruins.
- acrodynamic — Lb linguistics acrokinetic.
- acrokinesia — (pathology) Alternative form of acrocinesia.
- acronymania — a great enthusiasm for creating acronyms
- actinodrome — (of a leaf) palmately veined.
- actinograph — a recording actinometer