11-letter words containing i, r, a
- ameliorator — A person who, or thing which ameliorates.
- amenorrheic — of or relating to amenorrhea
- americanism — An Americanism is an expression that is typical of people living in the United States of America.
- americanist — a person who studies some aspect of America, such as its history or languages
- americanize — to make or become American in outlook, attitudes, etc
- amici prism — a compound prism that spreads out incident white light into a spectrum but produces no deviation of the central color of the dispersed beam.
- amino group — the univalent group, −NH 2 .
- amino resin — any thermosetting synthetic resin formed by copolymerization of amines or amides with aldehydes. Amino resins are used as adhesives and as coatings for paper and textiles
- amino-sugar — a monosaccharide with an amino or substituted amino group in place of a nonglycosidic hydroxyl group.
- aminoborane — (inorganic compound) A mixed hydride of nitrogen and boron, NH2BH2, whose polymer is proposed as a storage site for hydrogen.
- aminopterin — a derivative of pterin used in chemotherapy
- aminopyrine — a colorless, crystalline powder, C13H17N3O, sometimes used to reduce fever or pain: may cause agranulocytosis
- amniography — an x-ray examination of the amniotic sac after the injection of an opaque solution, performed to permit visualization of the umbilical cord and the placenta.
- amobarbital — a drug with sedative, hypnotic, and analgesic properties used to relieve insomnia and control convulsions
- amortizable — Finance. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
- amphibrachs — Plural form of amphibrach.
- amphichiral — (mathematics) superimposable on its mirror image; achiral.
- amphichroic — producing two colours, one on reacting with an acid, the other on reacting with a base
- amphicrania — (pathology) A headache affecting both sides of the head.
- amphidromia — a family festival in ancient Athens in honor of the birth of a child, during which the child received its name.
- amphigories — Plural form of amphigory.
- amphikaryon — a diploid nucleus.
- amphimacers — Plural form of amphimacer.
- amphistylar — (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends or at both sides
- amphithuron — amphithyra (def 1).
- amphithyron — amphithyra (def 1).
- amphitricha — bacteria that have flagella at both ends
- amphoriskos — a miniature amphora.
- ampitheater — Misspelling of amphitheater.
- ampitheatre — Misspelling of amphitheatre.
- amur privet — a northern Chinese shrub, Ligustrum amurense, of the olive family, having hairy leaves and white flowers.
- amyotrophic — (medicine) Characterized by atrophy of the muscles.
- anachronism — You say that something is an anachronism when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
- anachronist — A person who has anachronistic views or habits.
- anachronize — To refer to, or put into, a wrong time.
- anacreontic — in the manner of the Greek lyric poet Anacreon (?572–?488 bc), noted for his short songs celebrating love and wine
- anaerobiont — an organism that can live anaerobically
- anagnorises — Plural form of anagnorisis.
- anagnorisis — (in Greek tragedy) the recognition or discovery by the protagonist of the identity of some character or the nature of his own predicament, which leads to the resolution of the plot; denouement
- anagramming — a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: “Angel” is an anagram of “glean.”.
- anal erotic — a person who experiences sexual gratification of the anal area
- anamorphism — intense metamorphism of a rock in which high-density complex minerals are formed from simpler minerals of lower density
- anaphoresis — the movement of suspended charged particles towards the anode in an electric field
- anaphorical — of or relating to an anaphora
- anaplerosis — the filling up of a scar, wound, etc which has decayed or been destroyed
- anaplerotic — of or relating to anaplerosis
- anarchistic — An anarchistic person believes in anarchism. Anarchistic activity or literature promotes anarchism.
- anaximander — 611–547 bc, Greek philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who believed the first principle of the world to be the Infinite
- ancestorial — of, belonging to, or relating to ancestors
- anchor ring — a ring made from an iron bar of circular cross-section