11-letter words containing e, a
- acid number — a number indicating the amount of free acid present in a substance, equal to the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to neutralize the free fatty acids present in one gram of fat or oil
- acid reflux — the regurgitation of stomach acid into the oesophagus, causing heartburn
- acid-washed — (of a denim garment) processed with a bleach solution so that the color becomes faded and grayish.
- acidanthera — any plant of the African cormous genus Acidanthera, cultivated for its graceful tubular white and red or white and purple flowers, often scented: family Iridaceae
- acidimeters — Plural form of acidimeter.
- acidimetric — (chemistry) Describing a titration in which the titrant is an acid.
- acknowledge — If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
- acmesthesia — awareness of sharp points through the sense of touch without experiencing pain.
- acoelomates — Plural form of acoelomate.
- acorn valve — a small electronic valve, approximately acorn-shaped with small closely-spaced electrodes, used in ultrahigh-frequency applications
- acquiescent — Someone who is acquiescent is ready to agree to do what someone wants, or to accept what they do.
- acquiescing — to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.
- acquiesence — A state or instance of acquiescing or passively accepting something, without necessarily consenting to it.
- acquirement — an acquiring or being acquired
- acquisitive — If you describe a person or an organization as acquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions.
- acquittance — a release from or settlement of a debt, etc
- acraldehyde — acrolein.
- acriflavine — a brownish or orange-red powder used in medicine as an antiseptic and disinfectant. Formula: C14H14N3Cl
- acrocentric — (of a chromosome) having the centromere at one end
- acrocephaly — oxycephaly
- acrocinesia — (pathology) Excessive movement of the limbs.
- acrokinesia — (pathology) Alternative form of acrocinesia.
- acromegalia — (disease) An alternative name for the disease acromegaly.
- acromegalic — (pathology) Pertaining to or characteristic of acromegaly. (from 19th c.).
- acropetally — in an upward direction, towards the apex
- acropolises — Plural form of acropolis.
- acrylamides — Plural form of acrylamide.
- acting area — the part of a stage used by the actors: Confine the acting area for this scene to downstage.
- actinodrome — (of a leaf) palmately veined.
- actinometer — an instrument for measuring the intensity of radiation, esp of the sun's rays
- actinometry — The measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation.
- actinomyces — a genus of bacteria that causes disease in humans and improves soil ecology
- actinostele — (botany) A type of protostele, in which the core of vascular tissue in the stem extends outward in lobes.
- action hero — the hero in an action film
- 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.
- action verb — a verb, as run, think, or soothe, that expresses something that a person, animal, object, or process in nature can do, as in Close the door! or The storm is flooding many houses along the coast, rather than expressing a state of being. Compare copula (def 2), stative.
- active dbms — (database) A conventional or passive DBMS combined with a means of event detection and condition monitoring. Event handling is often rule-based, as with an expert system.
- active duty — Active duty means the same as active service.
- active list — a list of officers available for full duty
- active mass — the effective concentration of a substance.
- active site — the part of an enzyme that interacts with the substrate during catalysis.
- actualities — Plural form of actuality.
- acupressure — Acupressure is the treatment of pain by a type of massage in which pressure is put on certain areas of a person's body.
- acupuncture — Acupuncture is the treatment of a person's illness or pain by sticking small needles into their body at certain places.
- 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
- ad extremum — to or at the very end
- ad litteram — to the letter; exactly
- adaptedness — suitability
- adaptogenic — acting to normalize and regulate the systems of the body