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11-letter words containing i, m, p, a

  • amphoriskos — a miniature amphora.
  • ampitheater — Misspelling of amphitheater.
  • ampitheatre — Misspelling of amphitheatre.
  • amplexicaul — (of some sessile leaves, stipules, etc) having an enlarged base that encircles the stem
  • amplifiable — Capable of being amplified.
  • ampullosity — pretentious, turgid, or bombastic use of language
  • amputations — Plural form of amputation.
  • amur privet — a northern Chinese shrub, Ligustrum amurense, of the olive family, having hairy leaves and white flowers.
  • amylopectin — the major component of starch (about 80 per cent), consisting of branched chains of glucose units. It is insoluble and gives a red-brown colour with iodine
  • amyotrophic — (medicine) Characterized by atrophy of the muscles.
  • anacamptics — The science of reflected light; catoptrics.
  • anamorphism — intense metamorphism of a rock in which high-density complex minerals are formed from simpler minerals of lower density
  • anemophobia — an abnormal fear of draughts or windy weather
  • animal park — a zoo in which wild animals are housed and displayed in large open spaces designed to resemble their native habitats.
  • animal pole — the formative part of an ovum, having the greatest amount of cytoplasm and containing the nucleus.
  • antependium — a covering hung over the front of an altar
  • antidumping — a method of trade protection intended to stop other countries dumping goods cheaply on a domestic market
  • apicoectomy — a surgical procedure to remove the end of a tooth root in endodontic therapy.
  • apodyterium — the changing room in an ancient Roman bathhouse
  • apoliticism — the quality of being apolitical
  • apomorphine — a white crystalline alkaloid, derived from morphine, that is used medicinally as an emetic, as an expectorant, and in Parkinson's disease. Formula: C17H17NO2
  • apotropaism — the use of ritual or magic to ward off evil or bad luck
  • appointment — The appointment of a person to a particular job is the choice of that person to do it.
  • approximant — an articulation in which one articulator is close to another, but not sufficiently so to form a stop or a fricative.
  • approximate — An approximate number, time, or position is close to the correct number, time, or position, but is not exact.
  • apricot jam — a sweet preserve made from apricots
  • aspergillum — a brush or perforated container for sprinkling holy water
  • aspersorium — a basin containing holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves
  • aspheterism — the teaching that all property should be in common ownership and no individual should benefit from personal possession
  • assumptions — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
  • atmospheric — Atmospheric is used to describe something which relates to the Earth's atmosphere.
  • atomic pile — nuclear reactor
  • attempering — Present participle of attemper.
  • automorphic — shaped and designed after oneself
  • autopotamic — (of an organism) living or growing only in flowing freshwater streams.
  • azoospermia — absence of spermatozoa in the semen
  • baptismally — In a baptismal way; through baptism.
  • batsmanship — (cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
  • bipyramidal — relating to a symmetrical structure consisting of two pyramids
  • bitmap font — a font format in which letters and symbols are stored as a pattern of dots
  • blasphemies — impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
  • blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
  • blind-stamp — to emboss or impress (the cover or spine of a book) without using ink or foil.
  • boatmanship — boatsmanship.
  • bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
  • bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
  • brachyprism — the four faces parallel to the brachyaxis in a crystal
  • bridge lamp — a floor lamp, especially one having the light source on an arm so hinged as to be horizontally adjustable.
  • bumpsadaisy — an exclamation said to a child who has fallen down
  • bushmanship — the skills necessary for survival in the bush; bushcraft
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