11-letter words containing c, i, a, o
- aeroelastic — capable of changing shape under aerodynamic forces
- aeromedical — relating to the medical treatment of disorders associated with air or space travel
- aeronautics — Aeronautics is the science of designing and building aeroplanes.
- aerostatics — the study of gases in equilibrium and bodies held in equilibrium in gases
- affectation — If you say that someone's attitude or behaviour is an affectation, you disapprove of the fact that it is not genuine or natural, but is intended to impress other people.
- affectional — relating to or implying affection.
- affectioned — Simple past tense and past participle of affection.
- afficionado — aficionado.
- afflictions — Plural form of affliction.
- affrication — the changing of (a consonantal speech sound) to an affricate
- aficionadas — Plural form of aficionada.
- aficionados — Plural form of aficionado.
- afroasiatic — designating or of a family of African and Asian languages generally divided into the branches Berber, Cushitic, Semitic, Chadic, and ancient Egyptian
- afrocentric — centered on, emphasizing, or showing the influence of African or, sometimes, African-American history and culture
- agnosticism — Agnosticism is the belief that it is not possible to say definitely whether or not there is a God. Compare atheism.
- agonic line — an imaginary line on the surface of the earth connecting points of zero magnetic declination
- agonistical — relating to conflict or struggle
- agoraphobic — Someone who is agoraphobic suffers from agoraphobia.
- agriproduct — a product that is a result of agribusiness
- agronomical — the science of soil management and the production of field crops.
- 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.
- air command — the Canadian air force
- air cushion — an inflatable cushion, usually made of rubber or plastic
- air officer — a term used to denote the appointment of any officer in the Royal Air Force above the rank of Air Commodore to a position of command
- 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
- algological — Of or pertaining to algology.
- algorithmic — a set of rules for solving a problem in a finite number of steps, as for finding the greatest common divisor.
- alismaceous — of or relating to the genus Alisma
- alkali rock — any igneous rock with a marked preponderance of alkali and a low percentage of silica.
- allegorical — An allegorical story, poem, or painting uses allegory.
- allocations — Plural form of allocation.
- allocentric — Concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded.
- allocheiria — a medical condition in which sensation is felt at a different point on the body from that stimulated
- allochronic — (biology, of taxa) occurring in different geologic time.
- allocutions — Plural form of allocution.
- allographic — Relating to allographs or allography.
- allomorphic — any of two or more different forms of the same chemical compound.
- allopelagic — living or growing at different depths.
- alloplastic — of or relating to alterations made to a patient's external circumstances for the purpose of affecting his mental condition
- allowancing — Present participle of allowance.
- altercation — An altercation is a noisy argument or disagreement.
- amenorrheic — of or relating to amenorrhea
- amethocaine — The drug tetracaine.
- amino acids — any of a class of organic compounds that contains at least one amino group, –NH 2 , and one carboxyl group, –COOH: the alpha-amino acids, RCH(NH 2)COOH, are the building blocks from which proteins are constructed.
- ammonotelic — excreting ammonia as the main nitrogenous waste: characteristic of freshwater fishes and many aquatic invertebrates
- amoxicillin — a penicillin antibiotic used to treat a wide range of bacterial infections
- amoxycillin — Obsolete spelling of amoxicillin.