11-letter words containing l, e, a
- acerbically — in an acerbic manner
- acetabulums — Plural form of acetabulum.
- acetanilide — a white crystalline powder used in the manufacture of dyes and rubber, as an analgesic in medicine, and as a precursor in penicillin manufacture. Formula: C6H5NHCOCH3
- acetylating — Present participle of acetylate.
- acetylation — to introduce one or more acetyl groups into (a compound).
- acetylative — introducing an acetyl group into a chemical compound
- achlamydate — not chlamydate; having neither mantle nor pallium.
- acid reflux — the regurgitation of stomach acid into the oesophagus, causing heartburn
- acknowledge — If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
- acoelomates — Plural form of acoelomate.
- acorn valve — a small electronic valve, approximately acorn-shaped with small closely-spaced electrodes, used in ultrahigh-frequency applications
- acraldehyde — acrolein.
- acriflavine — a brownish or orange-red powder used in medicine as an antiseptic and disinfectant. Formula: C14H14N3Cl
- acrocephaly — oxycephaly
- acromegalia — (disease) An alternative name for the disease acromegaly.
- acromegalic — (pathology) Pertaining to or characteristic of acromegaly. (from 19th c.).
- acropetally — in an upward direction, towards the apex
- acropolises — Plural form of acropolis.
- acrylamides — Plural form of acrylamide.
- actinostele — (botany) A type of protostele, in which the core of vascular tissue in the stem extends outward in lobes.
- action line — a telephone line maintained by a newspaper, television station, or other medium to provide the public a ready means of expressing complaints or obtaining information about matters of vital interest.
- active list — a list of officers available for full duty
- actualities — Plural form of actuality.
- acute angle — an angle that is less than 90°
- acyl halide — any derivative of carboxylic acid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced by a halogen atom
- ad litteram — to the letter; exactly
- added value — In marketing, added value is something which makes a product more appealing to customers.
- addictively — In an addictive manner.
- addressable — possessing or capable of being reached by an address
- adélie land — a part of Antarctica, between Wilkes Land and George V Land: the mainland section of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (claim suspended under the Antarctic Treaty)
- adenomegaly — (pathology) The enlargement of a gland, especially those of the neck.
- adjectively — Grammar. any member of a class of words that modify nouns and pronouns, primarily by describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying, as wise in a wise grandmother, or perfect in a perfect score, or handsome in He is extremely handsome. Other terms, as numbers (one cup; twelve months), certain demonstrative pronouns (this magazine; those questions), and terms that impose limits (each person; no mercy) can also function adjectivally, as can some nouns that are found chiefly in fixed phrases where they immediately precede the noun they modify, as bottle in bottle cap and bus in bus station. Synonyms: modifier, qualifier, identifier, describer, describing word.
- admiralties — Plural form of admiralty.
- adolescence — Adolescence is the period of your life in which you develop from being a child into being an adult.
- adolescents — Plural form of adolescent.
- adrammelech — one of the gods worshiped by the Sepharvites. II Kings 17:31. Compare Anammelech.
- 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.
- adrenalized — tense or highly charged
- adulterants — Plural form of adulterant.
- adulterated — made inferior, impure, etc. by adulterating
- adulterates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adulterate.
- adulterator — One who or that which adulterates, or harms the purity of, something.
- adultescent — an adult who is still actively interested in youth culture
- adventitial — of or relating to the adventitia
- adverbially — of, relating to, or used as an adverb.
- adversarial — If you describe something as adversarial, you mean that it involves two or more people or organizations who are opposing each other.
- advertently — attentive; heedful.
- advertorial — An advertorial is an advertisement that uses the style of newspaper or magazine articles or television documentary programmes, so that it appears to be giving facts and not trying to sell a product.
- advice line — An advice line is a service that you can telephone in order to get advice about something.