11-letter words containing i, a
- autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
- auxiliaries — foreign or allied troops serving another nation; mercenaries
- auxochromic — any radical or group of atoms that intensifies the color of a substance.
- auxotrophic — designating or of a mutant organism requiring more nutritional substances than its prototrophic parent because it has lost the ability to make a certain enzyme
- aversion-to — a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
- avicularium — a protective zooid of a bryozoan colony, having movable jaws that can be snapped shut.
- avocational — of or relating to avocation
- avoirdupois — a system of weights used in many English-speaking countries. It is based on the pound, which contains 16 ounces or 7000 grains. 100 pounds (US) or 112 pounds (Brit) is equal to 1 hundredweight and 20 hundredweights equals 1 ton
- awash-river — a river in E Ethiopia, flowing NE through the Great Rift Valley to near the Djibouti border. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- awestricken — filled with awe.
- awning deck — a weather deck supported on very light scantlings.
- axanthopsia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to yellow.
- axenization — (uncountable) The process of isolating a particular organism from all others.
- axiological — the branch of philosophy dealing with values, as those of ethics, aesthetics, or religion.
- axiomatical — Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; characterized by axioms.
- axisymmetry — any symmetry formed around an axis
- axonometric — of or relating to a projection method of representing three-dimensional objects on a flat surface
- azerbaijani — a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan
- azido group — the univalent group N 3 −, derived from hydrazoic acid.
- azimuth bar — a device used in measuring azimuths, consisting of a bar with a sighting vane at each end,pivoted at its center, and rotating in a horizontal plane around the center of a compass.
- azimuthally — Astronomy, Navigation. the arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point, in astronomy, or from the north point, in navigation, to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon.
- azonal soil — soil that has a profile determined predominantly by factors other than local climate and vegetation. Azonal soils include some mountain, alluvial, marine, glacial, windblown, and volcanic soils
- azoospermia — absence of spermatozoa in the semen
- azores high — a subtropical high centered near the Azores.
- babassu oil — a yellow oil expressed or extracted from babassu nuts, used chiefly in the manufacture of soaps and cosmetics and as a cooking oil.
- babelicious — (of a woman) sexually very attractive.
- baby lotion — a skin lotion for babies
- baby sister — a younger sister
- baby-minder — a person who is paid to look after other people's babies or very young children
- baby-sitter — a person who takes care of a child or children while the parents are out
- babyishness — The state or quality of being babyish.
- babylonians — of or relating to Babylon or Babylonia.
- babysitters — Plural form of babysitter.
- babysitting — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- bacchanalia — orgiastic rites associated with Bacchus
- bacchylides — flourished 5th century b.c, Greek poet.
- bacciferous — bearing berries
- baccivorous — feeding on berries
- bachelorism — bachelorhood
- bacillaemia — the presence of bacilli in the blood
- bacillicide — anything that kills a bacillus; a bactericide
- bacilliform — shaped like a rod
- back boiler — a tank or series of pipes at the back of a fireplace for heating water
- back office — the administrative and support staff of a financial institution or other business
- back stairs — stairs at the back of a house, as for use by servants.
- back-stitch — stitching or a stitch in which the thread is doubled back on the preceding stitch.
- backcasting — Present participle of backcast.
- backfilling — material used for refilling an excavation.
- backflowing — Flowing backwards.
- backhanding — Present participle of backhand.