11-letter words containing e, y, a
- antipoverty — acting against poverty
- antipyresis — checking or preventing fever.
- antipyretic — preventing or alleviating fever
- antisecrecy — opposed to secrecy, particularly in government
- antislavery — opposed to slavery, esp slavery of Black people
- antispyware — Designed or intended to combat or eliminate spyware on a computer system.
- aphetically — (linguistics) In an aphetic way: through aphesis.
- apicoectomy — a surgical procedure to remove the end of a tooth root in endodontic therapy.
- apocalypses — Plural form of apocalypse.
- apodyterium — the changing room in an ancient Roman bathhouse
- apophyllite — a white, colourless, pink, or green mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium, potassium, and fluorine in tetragonal crystalline form. It occurs in cracks in volcanic rocks. Formula: KCa4(Si4O10)2(OH1F).8H2O
- appeal play — Baseball. an appeal by the team in the field to the umpire regarding a possible base-running infraction, such as failure to touch a base or leaving it to score before a fly is caught, that is considered only when the defending team tags the runner or base in question before making the appeal.
- appealingly — evoking or attracting interest, desire, curiosity, sympathy, or the like; attractive.
- appeasingly — in an appeasing manner
- apple dowdy — Chiefly New England. a deep-dish apple pie or cobbler, usually sweetened with molasses.
- appreciably — sufficient to be readily perceived or estimated; considerable: There is an appreciable difference between socialism and communism.
- archaeocyte — (in sponges) a type of amoebocyte capable of developing into other types of cells, especially reproductive cells.
- archaeology — Archaeology is the study of the societies and peoples of the past by examining the remains of their buildings, tools, and other objects.
- archeometry — the branch of archaeology that deals with the dating of archaeological specimens through specific techniques, as radiocarbon dating and amino-acid dating.
- argyllshire — (until 1975) a county of W Scotland, part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now part of Argyll and Bute
- arkansawyer — an Arkansan.
- arrestingly — attracting or capable of attracting attention or interest; striking: an arresting smile.
- arrhenotoky — a form of parthenogenesis which produces only male offspring
- art gallery — a place where works of art are displayed
- art therapy — a type of psychotherapy that encourages the expression of emotions through artistic activities such as painting, drawing, or sculpture; psychotherapy based on the belief that the creative process involved in the making of art is healing and life-enhancing.
- arteriotomy — the surgical cutting of an artery or a cut made in an artery
- arthrectomy — surgical excision of a joint
- artsybashev — Mikhail [Russian myi-khuh-yeel] /Russian myɪ xʌˈyil/ (Show IPA), Artzybashev, Mikhail.
- artzybashev — Mikhail [myi-khuh-yeel] /myɪ xʌˈyil/ (Show IPA), 1878–1927, Russian writer.
- arylamines' — any of a group of amines in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms of ammonia are replaced by aromatic groups.
- arytenoidal — relating to the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx and also to other parts relating to them
- as early as — You can use as early as to emphasize that a particular time or period is surprisingly early.
- as you were — a military command to withdraw an order, return to the previous position, etc
- ascendantly — in an ascendant manner
- ascendingly — moving upward; rising.
- ascetically — a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- ascomycetes — any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota (or class Ascomycetes), including the molds and truffles, characterized by bearing the sexual spores in a sac (as distinguished from basidiomycete).
- aseptically — in a non-putrefying manner
- asphyxiated — Simple past tense and past participle of asphyxiate.
- asphyxiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxiate.
- assemblyman — In the United States, an assemblyman is an elected member of an assembly of people who make decisions and laws.
- assemblymen — Plural form of assemblyman.
- assentingly — in a concurring or complying manner
- assertively — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- assessingly — So as to assess.
- astringency — An astringent taste.
- asymmetries — Plural form of asymmetry.
- asynartetic — having or containing two different types of metre
- at any rate — You use at any rate to indicate that what you have just said might be incorrect or unclear in some way, and that you are now being more precise.
- at any time — If something could happen at any time, it is possible that it will happen very soon, though nobody can predict exactly when.