11-letter words containing d, a
- alessandria — a town in NW Italy, in Piedmont. Pop: 85 438 (2001)
- alexander i — c. 1080–1124, king of Scotland (1107–24), son of Malcolm III
- alexander v — 1340?–1410, Cretan ecclesiastic: pope 1409–10.
- alexandrian — of or relating to Alexander the Great
- alexandrina — a female given name, form of Alexandra.
- alexandrine — a line of verse having six iambic feet, usually with a caesura after the third foot
- alexandrite — a green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone
- alford plea — Law. a pleading of guilty in a plea bargain in which the defendant maintains his or her innocence.
- alfred lunt — Alfred, 1893–1977, U.S. actor (husband of Lynn Fontanne).
- alienatedly — In an alienated way.
- alkyd resin — any synthetic resin made from a dicarboxylic acid, such as phthalic acid, and diols or triols: used in paints and adhesives
- all aboard! — a warning to passengers to board a vehicle, ship, etc
- all ends up — totally or completely
- all-dressed — (of a hot dog, hamburger, etc) served with all available garnishes
- all-rounder — Someone who is an all-rounder is good at a lot of different skills, academic subjects, or sports.
- allantoidal — (anatomy) Of or relating to the allantois.
- allantoides — Plural form of allantois.
- allegorized — Simple past tense and past participle of allegorize.
- alligatored — Damaged by alligatoring.
- alliterated — Simple past tense and past participle of alliterate.
- alma-tadema — Sir Lawrence. 1836–1912, Dutch-English painter of studies of Greek and Roman life
- almond bark — a type of candy consisting of sheets or fairly thick pieces of semisweet or milk chocolate to which almonds or almond pieces have been added.
- almond cake — the residue of almonds from which oil has been expressed.
- almond meal — the meal obtained by pulverizing blanched almonds, used chiefly in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics.
- almond milk — a creamy mixture of blanched almonds, sugar, and water, blended to a smooth paste and sieved.
- 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
- almond-eyed — having narrow oval eyes
- almoravides — a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa from 1056 to 1147.
- alpha decay — the radioactive decay process resulting in emission of alpha particles
- 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.
- altar bread — bread for use in a Eucharistic service.
- altar stand — a lectern for a missal, especially one on an altar.
- altitudinal — relating to altitude or height.
- altoruffled — altogether ruffled
- amalgamated — Combined from two or more entities into one specific entity whilst retaining the defining characteristics of the original source entities.
- ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
- ambassadrix — (rare) an ambassadress.
- amber fluid — beer
- ambuscading — Present participle of ambuscade.
- ameliorated — Simple past tense and past participle of ameliorate.
- amenity bed — (in Britain) a hospital bed whose occupant receives free treatment but pays for nonmedical advantages, such as privacy
- 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.
- ammishaddai — the father of Ahiezer, the Danite. Num. 1:12; 2:25.
- amontillado — a medium dry Spanish sherry, not as pale in colour as a fino
- amphidromia — a family festival in ancient Athens in honor of the birth of a child, during which the child received its name.
- amphipodous — (of certain invertebrates, such as sand hoppers) having both swimming and jumping appendages
- amyloidosis — the deposition of amyloid in various tissues of the body, as occurs in certain chronic infections
- anadiploses — Plural form of anadiplosis.
- anadiplosis — repetition of the words or phrase at the end of one sentence, line, or clause at the beginning of the next
- anastomosed — Simple past tense and past participle of anastomose.