11-letter words containing c, l, e
- actinostele — (botany) A type of protostele, in which the core of vascular tissue in the stem extends outward in lobes.
- action line — a telephone line maintained by a newspaper, television station, or other medium to provide the public a ready means of expressing complaints or obtaining information about matters of vital interest.
- active list — a list of officers available for full duty
- actualities — Plural form of actuality.
- acute angle — an angle that is less than 90°
- acyl halide — any derivative of carboxylic acid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced by a halogen atom
- addictively — In an addictive manner.
- adjectively — Grammar. any member of a class of words that modify nouns and pronouns, primarily by describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying, as wise in a wise grandmother, or perfect in a perfect score, or handsome in He is extremely handsome. Other terms, as numbers (one cup; twelve months), certain demonstrative pronouns (this magazine; those questions), and terms that impose limits (each person; no mercy) can also function adjectivally, as can some nouns that are found chiefly in fixed phrases where they immediately precede the noun they modify, as bottle in bottle cap and bus in bus station. Synonyms: modifier, qualifier, identifier, describer, describing word.
- adolescence — Adolescence is the period of your life in which you develop from being a child into being an adult.
- adolescents — Plural form of adolescent.
- adrammelech — one of the gods worshiped by the Sepharvites. II Kings 17:31. Compare Anammelech.
- adultescent — an adult who is still actively interested in youth culture
- advice line — An advice line is a service that you can telephone in order to get advice about something.
- aeneolithic — Chalcolithic.
- aeolotropic — anisotropic
- aerobically — in an aerobic manner
- aeroculture — a method of growing plants without soil by suspending them above sprays that constantly moisten the roots with water and nutrients.
- aeroelastic — capable of changing shape under aerodynamic forces
- aeromedical — relating to the medical treatment of disorders associated with air or space travel
- aerosol can — a container for substances stored as aerosols, such as paint, polish, or insecticide
- aesculapian — of or relating to Aesculapius or to the art of medicine
- aesculapius — the Roman god of medicine or healing
- aesthetical — of or relating to aesthetics.
- affectingly — In a manner so as to affect.
- affectional — relating to or implying affection.
- affectively — in an emotional manner
- after-lunch — occurring after a midday meal
- aftercooler — a device for cooling compressed air or gases to reduce their volume or temperature.
- afterschool — for students and taking place after they finish their day in school, usually in the late afternoon: He’s looking for an afterschool job. Is there afterschool tutoring in math?
- agonic line — an imaginary line on the surface of the earth connecting points of zero magnetic declination
- agony uncle — a man who writes the replies to readers' letters in an agony column
- agriculture — Agriculture is farming and the methods that are used to raise and look after crops and animals.
- 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 cleaner — a filter that prevents dust and other particles from entering the air-intake of an internal-combustion engine
- air vesicle — a large air-filled intercellular space in some aquatic plants
- album cover — the front of the outer packaging of a record album, usually decorated and showing its title and the name of the artist
- alcalescent — Alternative spelling of alkalescent.
- alcaligenes — any of several rod-shaped aerobic or facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the genus Alcaligenes, found in the intestinal tract of humans and other vertebrates and in dairy products.
- alchemistic — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
- alchemizing — Present participle of alchemize.
- alcoholized — Simple past tense and past participle of alcoholize.
- aleggeaunce — the alleviation of grief or a burden
- alembicated — (of a literary style) excessively refined; precious
- aleuromancy — (in ancient times) the use of flour as a means of divination.
- alismaceous — of or relating to the genus Alisma
- alkalescent — developing alkaline qualities
- all at once — If something happens all at once, it happens suddenly, often when you are not expecting it to happen.
- allegiances — the loyalty of a citizen to his or her government or of a subject to his or her sovereign.
- allegorical — An allegorical story, poem, or painting uses allegory.
- allen screw — a screw that has a hexagonal cross section in the head, designed to be turned using an Allen key