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11-letter words containing l, a, i

  • alphabetize — to arrange in conventional alphabetical order
  • alpine ibex — an ibex, Capra ibex, of the Alps and Apennines, having long, heavy horns with transverse ridges.
  • altair 8800 — (computer)   An Intel 8080-based machine made by MITS. The Altair was the first popular microcomputer kit. It appeared on the cover of the January 1975 "Popular Electronics" magazine with an article (probably) by Leslie Solomon. Leslie Solomon was an editor at Popular Electronics who had a knack for spotting kits that would interest people and make them buy the magazine. The Altair 8800 was one such. The MITS guys took the prototype Altair to New York to show Solomon, but couldn't get it to work after the flight. Nonetheless, he liked it, and it appeared on the cover as "The first minicomputer in a kit." Solomon's blessing was important enough that some MITS competitors named their product the "SOL" to gain his favour. Some wags suggested SOL was actually an abbreviation for the condition in which kit purchasers would find themselves. The original Altair BASIC ran in less than 4K of RAM because a "loaded" Altair had 4K memory. Since there was no operating system on the Altair, Altair BASIC included what we now think of as BIOS. It was distributed on paper tape that could be read on a Teletype. Later versions supported the 8K Altair and the 16K diskette-based Altair (demonstrating that, even in the 1970s, Microsoft was committed to software bloat). Altair BASIC was ported to the Motorola 6800 for the Altair 680 machine, and to other 8080-based microcomputers produced by MITS' competitors.
  • altarpieces — Plural form of altarpiece.
  • altazimuths — Plural form of altazimuth.
  • alterations — adjustments
  • altercation — An altercation is a noisy argument or disagreement.
  • altercative — relating to altercation
  • alternating — happening in succession
  • alternation — successive change from one condition or action to another and back again repeatedly
  • alternative — If one thing is an alternative to another, the first can be found, used, or done instead of the second.
  • altiloquent — (of language) high-flown or pretentious.
  • altitudinal — relating to altitude or height.
  • alto-phobia — an abnormal fear of heights; acrophobia.
  • alzheimer's — a common form of dementia, believed to be caused by changes in the brain, usually beginning in late middle age, characterized by memory lapses, confusion, emotional instability, and progressive loss of mental ability.
  • amaryllises — Plural form of amaryllis.
  • amatorially — in an amatory manner
  • amber fluid — beer
  • ambiguously — open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer.
  • ambilateral — affecting both sides of an organ or of the body
  • ambitiously — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
  • ambivalence — the simultaneous existence of two opposed and conflicting attitudes, emotions, etc
  • ambivalency — uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.
  • amblygonite — a white or greyish mineral consisting of lithium aluminium fluorophosphate in triclinic crystalline form. It is a source of lithium. Formula: (Li,Na)Al(PO4)(F,OH)
  • ambrosially — In an ambrosial manner.
  • amelanchier — A tree or shrub of a genus that includes the juneberries.
  • ameliorated — Simple past tense and past participle of ameliorate.
  • ameliorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ameliorate.
  • ameliorator — A person who, or thing which ameliorates.
  • amenability — ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an amenable servant.
  • ametabolism — a form of growth or life cycle with little or no metamorphosis
  • amiableness — The state or quality of being amiable.
  • amicability — characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: an amicable settlement.
  • aminophenol — any of three isomeric forms that are soluble crystalline solids, used as a dye intermediate (meta- and ortho-), in dyeing hair, fur, and textiles (ortho- and para-), and as a photographic developer (para-). Formula: C6H4NH2OH
  • ammonolysis — solvolysis in liquid ammonia
  • ammonotelic — excreting ammonia as the main nitrogenous waste: characteristic of freshwater fishes and many aquatic invertebrates
  • ammophilous — (of organisms) living or growing in sand
  • amobarbital — a drug with sedative, hypnotic, and analgesic properties used to relieve insomnia and control convulsions
  • amontillado — a medium dry Spanish sherry, not as pale in colour as a fino
  • 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.
  • amoxicillin — a penicillin antibiotic used to treat a wide range of bacterial infections
  • amoxycillin — Obsolete spelling of amoxicillin.
  • amphibolite — a metamorphic rock consisting mainly of amphibole and plagioclase
  • amphibology — ambiguity of expression, esp when due to a grammatical construction, as in save rags and waste paper
  • amphibolous — ambiguous or equivocal, especially when due to the uncertain grammatical construction of a word or phrase.
  • amphicelous — concave on both sides, as the bodies of the vertebrae of fishes.
  • amphichiral — (mathematics) superimposable on its mirror image; achiral.
  • amphilochus — a seer, the son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle, and the brother of Alcmaeon.
  • amphiphilic — relating to or characterizing an amphiphile
  • amphistylar — (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends or at both sides
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