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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
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