7-letter words containing i, n, a
- actinin — a contractile protein of muscle.
- actino- — indicating a radial structure
- actinon — a radioisotope of radon that is a decay product of radium. Symbol: An or 219Rn; atomic no: 86; half-life: 3.92s
- actions — an independent agency created in 1971 to administer domestic volunteer programs.
- activin — a peptide that is synthesized in the pituitary gland and gonads and stimulates the secretion of FSH.
- acyloin — an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a carbonyl group
- ad fin. — to the end; at the end
- adaline — (architecture) Name given by Widrow to adaptive linear neurons, that is neurons (see McCulloch-Pitts) which learn using the Widrow-Huff Delta Rule. See also Madaline.
- addison — Joseph. 1672–1719, English essayist and poet who, with Richard Steele, founded The Spectator (1711–14) and contributed most of its essays, including the de Coverley Papers
- addling — mentally confused; muddled.
- adeline — a feminine name: var. Adelina, Aline
- adenine — a purine base present in tissues of all living organisms as a constituent of the nucleic acids DNA and RNA and of certain coenzymes; 6-aminopurine. Formula: C5H5N5; melting pt: 360–365°C
- adenoid — of or resembling a gland
- adjoins — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjoin.
- adjoint — a generalization in category theory of this notion
- adonais — Hebrew. a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
- adonias — a son of David, put to death at the order of Solomon. II Sam. 3:4; I Kings 2:19–25.
- adonize — (of a man) to make more beautiful
- adoring — An adoring person is someone who loves and admires another person very much.
- aeolian — of or relating to the wind; produced or carried by the wind
- aeonian — everlasting
- affiant — a person who makes an affidavit
- affinal — joined or connected by marriage
- affined — closely related; connected
- affines — Plural form of affine.
- affying — Present participle of affy.
- afghani — the standard monetary unit of Afghanistan, divided into 100 puli
- african — African means belonging or relating to the continent of Africa, or to its countries or people.
- against — If one thing is leaning or pressing against another, it is touching it.
- agenais — an ancient region of SW France.
- agenize — to whiten (flour) using agene
- agentic — Social cognition theory perspective in which people are producers as well as products of social systems.
- aginner — someone who is against something
- agnails — Plural form of agnail.
- agnatic — a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- agnosia — loss or diminution of the power to recognize familiar objects or people, usually as a result of brain damage
- agonies — extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- agonise — to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony.
- agonism — Competitive struggle (especially political).
- agonist — any muscle that is opposed in action by another muscle
- agonize — If you agonize over something, you feel very anxious about it and spend a long time thinking about it.
- ahriman — the supreme evil spirit and diabolical opponent of Ormazd
- ai koan — (humour) /A-I koh'an/ One of a series of pastiches of Zen teaching riddles created by Danny Hillis at the MIT AI Lab around various major figures of the Lab's culture. See also ha ha only serious, mu. In reading these, it is at least useful to know that Marvin Minsky, Gerald Sussman, and Drescher are AI researchers of note, that Tom Knight was one of the Lisp machine's principal designers, and that David Moon wrote much of Lisp Machine Lisp. Knight, seeing what the student was doing, spoke sternly: "You cannot fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no understanding of what is going wrong." Knight turned the machine off and on. The machine worked. Moon patiently told the student the following story: "One day a student came to Moon and said: `I understand how to make a better garbage collector... [Pure reference-count garbage collectors have problems with circular structures that point to themselves.] "What are you doing?", asked Minsky. "I am training a randomly wired neural net to play Tic-Tac-Toe", Sussman replied. "Why is the net wired randomly?", asked Minsky. "I do not want it to have any preconceptions of how to play", Sussman said. Minsky then shut his eyes. "Why do you close your eyes?", Sussman asked his teacher. "So that the room will be empty." At that moment, Sussman was enlightened. "I would like to give you this personality test", said the outsider, "because I want you to be happy." Drescher took the paper that was offered him and put it into the toaster, saying: "I wish the toaster to be happy, too."
- aidance — help
- aileron — An aileron is a section on the back edge of the wing of an aircraft that can be raised or lowered in order to control the aircraft's movement.
- ailment — An ailment is an illness, especially one that is not very serious.
- aineias — Greek form of Aeneas.
- ainsell — one's own self
- ainsley — Sir Ben, full name Charles Benedict Ainsley. born 1977, English competitive sailor: won gold medals for Britain at four consecutive Olympics (2000–2012)
- aintree — a suburb of Liverpool, in Merseyside: site of the racecourse over which the Grand National steeplechase has been run since 1839