11-letter words containing a, t, l, o
- agglomerate — to form or be formed into a mass or cluster; collect
- agitational — the act or process of agitating; state of being agitated: She left in great agitation.
- agonistical — relating to conflict or struggle
- agrostology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses
- ahistorical — not related to history; not historical
- ai-complete — (artificial intelligence, jargon) /A-I k*m-pleet'/ (MIT, Stanford: by analogy with "NP-complete") A term used to describe problems or subproblems in artificial intelligence, to indicate that the solution presupposes a solution to the "strong AI problem" (that is, the synthesis of a human-level intelligence). A problem that is AI-complete is, in other words, just too hard. See also gedanken.
- albatrosses — Plural form of albatross.
- albedometer — an instrument that measures the albedo of a surface.
- 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)
- 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.
- alendronate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of alendronic acid.
- alethiology — the branch of logic dealing with truth and error.
- 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.
- alkanethiol — any compound containing an alkyl group joined to a mercapto group, as methyl mercaptan or methanethiol, CH 3 SH.
- all at once — If something happens all at once, it happens suddenly, often when you are not expecting it to happen.
- all get-out — used in comparisons to intensify an adjective
- all' ottava — a direction (8va), placed above or below the staff to indicate that the passage covered is to be played one octave higher or lower respectively.
- allantoidal — (anatomy) Of or relating to the allantois.
- allantoides — Plural form of allantois.
- allegations — Plural form of allegation.
- allegrettos — Plural form of allegretto.
- allelopathy — the inhibitory effect of one living plant upon another by the release of toxic substances
- allemontite — a white to gray, brittle mineral, antimony arsenide, AsSb, occurring in reniform masses: formerly used as an ore of arsenic.
- alleviation — an alleviating or being alleviated
- alleviators — Plural form of alleviator.
- alleviatory — having the ability to reduce or moderate the severity of something
- alligations — Plural form of alligation.
- alligatored — Damaged by alligatoring.
- allineation — the state of being organized in a line or lines
- alloantigen — an antigen present in some but not all individuals of the same species, as those in different human blood groups.
- allocatable — that can be allocated.
- allocations — Plural form of allocation.
- allocentric — Concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded.
- allocutions — Plural form of allocution.
- alloplastic — of or relating to alterations made to a patient's external circumstances for the purpose of affecting his mental condition
- 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
- allow me to — Some people use Allow me to... as a way of introducing something that they want to say or do.
- alloy steel — steel that has been alloyed with one or more other metals or elements to improve specific properties such as strength or resistance to wear
- almond tree — a small widely cultivated rosaceous tree, Prunus amygdalus, that is native to W Asia and has pink flowers and a green fruit containing an edible nutlike seed
- aloha shirt — Hawaiian shirt
- aloha state — Hawaii (used as a nickname).
- alpenstocks — Plural form of alpenstock.
- alpha stock — any of the most active securities on the Stock Exchange of which there are between 100 and 200; at least ten market makers must continuously display the prices of an alpha stock and all transactions in them must be published immediately
- alt.country — a genre of country music originating in the 1990s and influenced by both early country music and contemporary rock music
- alt.sources — (messaging, programming) A Usenet newsgroup for posting program source code.
- altar board — an elaborately carved wooden panel, placed in a recess on top of an altar during the Mass, on which the chalice and paten rest.