11-letter words containing i, s, e
- actinostele — (botany) A type of protostele, in which the core of vascular tissue in the stem extends outward in lobes.
- active dbms — (database) A conventional or passive DBMS combined with a means of event detection and condition monitoring. Event handling is often rule-based, as with an expert system.
- active list — a list of officers available for full duty
- active mass — the effective concentration of a substance.
- active site — the part of an enzyme that interacts with the substrate during catalysis.
- actualities — Plural form of actuality.
- added sixth — a chord much used esp in jazz, consisting of a triad with an added sixth above the root
- adenoiditis — inflammation of the adenoid tissue.
- adenomyosis — (medicine) A medical condition characterized by the presence of ectopic glandular tissue in the surrounding muscles, particularly of the endometrial tissue of the uterus in the myometrium, sometimes considered as a form of endometriosis.
- adeodatus i — Deusdedit.
- adhocracies — Plural form of adhocracy.
- adipocerous — Like adipocere.
- adipose fin — a posterior dorsal fin occurring in some fish, such as those of the salmon and catfish families
- adiposeness — The state or quality of being adipose.
- adjudicates — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- admeasuring — Present participle of admeasure.
- administers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of administer.
- admiralties — Plural form of admiralty.
- adrenalised — Simple past tense and past participle of adrenalise.
- adrenalitis — (pathology) Inflammation of one or both adrenal glands, leading to an insufficiency of cortisol and/or aldosterone.
- adsuki bean — adzuki bean
- adventurism — Adventurism is a willingness to take risks, especially in order to obtain an unfair advantage in politics or business.
- adventurist — If you describe someone or something as adventurist, you disapprove of them because they are willing to take risks in order to gain an unfair advantage in business or politics.
- adversarial — If you describe something as adversarial, you mean that it involves two or more people or organizations who are opposing each other.
- adversaries — a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe.
- adversative — (of a word, phrase, or clause) implying opposition or contrast. But and although are adversative conjunctions introducing adversative clauses
- adversities — adverse or unfavorable fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress: Friends will show their true colors in times of adversity.
- advertisers — Plural form of advertiser.
- advertising — Advertising is the activity of creating advertisements and making sure people see them.
- advisedness — the quality of being advised; consideration or caution
- advisership — the office or post of an adviser
- aeciospores — Plural form of aeciospore.
- aegospotami — a river of ancient Thrace that flowed into the Hellespont. At its mouth the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians in 405 bc, ending the Peloponnesian War
- aerial mast — a mast on which an aerial is mounted
- aero-optics — the study of the effect of aircraft-induced and atmospheric disturbances on the efficiency of laser weapons
- aerodromics — (obsolete) The science of flying airplanes.
- aeroelastic — capable of changing shape under aerodynamic forces
- aerokinesis — An ability to control the movement of air.
- aeronautics — Aeronautics is the science of designing and building aeroplanes.
- aerosolised — Simple past tense and past participle of aerosolise.
- aerosolized — Simple past tense and past participle of aerosolize.
- aerostatics — the study of gases in equilibrium and bodies held in equilibrium in gases
- aerostation — the science of operating lighter-than-air craft
- aerotropism — the growth of plants towards or away from a source of oxygen
- aesculapian — of or relating to Aesculapius or to the art of medicine
- aesculapius — the Roman god of medicine or healing
- aesthetical — of or relating to aesthetics.
- aestivation — the act or condition of aestivating
- aetiologies — Plural form of aetiology.
- afforesting — Present participle of afforest.