11-letter words containing a, s, r
- alarm bells — If you say that something sets alarm bells ringing, you mean that it makes people feel worried or concerned about something.
- alaska crab — king crab (def 2).
- alaska-crab — horseshoe crab.
- albatrosses — Plural form of albatross.
- 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.
- 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.
- alessandria — a town in NW Italy, in Piedmont. Pop: 85 438 (2001)
- algesimeter — an instrument for determining the sensitiveness of the skin to a painful stimulus.
- alkyd resin — any synthetic resin made from a dicarboxylic acid, such as phthalic acid, and diols or triols: used in paints and adhesives
- all-dressed — (of a hot dog, hamburger, etc) served with all available garnishes
- all-purpose — You use all-purpose to refer to things that have lots of different uses or can be used in lots of different situations.
- allegrettos — Plural form of allegretto.
- allen screw — a screw that has a hexagonal cross section in the head, designed to be turned using an Allen key
- alleviators — Plural form of alleviator.
- allotropism — a property of certain elements, as carbon, sulfur, and phosphorus, of existing in two or more distinct forms; allomorphism.
- allotropous — (of flowers) having the nectar accessible to any species of insect
- allurements — Plural form of allurement.
- allyl resin — any of several thermosetting synthetic resins made by polymerizing esters of allyl alcohol with a dibasic acid. They are used as adhesives
- almoravides — a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa from 1056 to 1147.
- aloha shirt — Hawaiian shirt
- alpha brass — a type of brass that contains less than 35 per cent zinc
- alt.sources — (messaging, programming) A Usenet newsgroup for posting program source code.
- altar stand — a lectern for a missal, especially one on an altar.
- altar stone — a large stone used as an altar
- altarpieces — Plural form of altarpiece.
- alterations — adjustments
- alternators — Plural form of alternator.
- altostratus — Altostratus is a type of thick gray cloud that forms at intermediate altitudes.
- alzheimer's — a common form of dementia, believed to be caused by changes in the brain, usually beginning in late middle age, characterized by memory lapses, confusion, emotional instability, and progressive loss of mental ability.
- amaryllises — Plural form of amaryllis.
- amateurship — the nature of an amateur
- ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
- ambassadrix — (rare) an ambassadress.
- ambiversion — a condition or character trait that includes elements of both introversion and extroversion
- ambrosially — In an ambrosial manner.
- ameliorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ameliorate.
- americanism — An Americanism is an expression that is typical of people living in the United States of America.
- americanist — a person who studies some aspect of America, such as its history or languages
- amici prism — a compound prism that spreads out incident white light into a spectrum but produces no deviation of the central color of the dispersed beam.
- amino resin — any thermosetting synthetic resin formed by copolymerization of amines or amides with aldehydes. Amino resins are used as adhesives and as coatings for paper and textiles
- amino-sugar — a monosaccharide with an amino or substituted amino group in place of a nonglycosidic hydroxyl group.
- amorousness — inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love: an amorous disposition.
- amorphously — lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless: the amorphous clouds.
- amperes-law — the law that a magnetic field induced by an electric current is, at any point, directly proportional to the product of the current intensity and the length of the current conductor, inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the point and the conductor, and perpendicular to the plane joining the point and the conductor.
- amphibrachs — Plural form of amphibrach.
- amphigories — Plural form of amphigory.
- amphimacers — Plural form of amphimacer.
- amphistylar — (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends or at both sides