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11-letter words containing m, e

  • ameliorator — A person who, or thing which ameliorates.
  • amen corner — in some rural Protestant churches, the seats to the minister's right, once occupied by those leading the responsive amens
  • amenability — ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an amenable servant.
  • amenity bed — (in Britain) a hospital bed whose occupant receives free treatment but pays for nonmedical advantages, such as privacy
  • amenorrheic — of or relating to amenorrhea
  • amenorrhoea — abnormal absence of menstruation
  • amentaceous — of or like an ament or aments
  • 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
  • ametabolism — a form of growth or life cycle with little or no metamorphosis
  • ametabolous — without metamorphosis
  • amethocaine — The drug tetracaine.
  • amethystine — Like amethyst, especially when referring to colour.
  • amiableness — The state or quality of being amiable.
  • 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
  • aminoborane — (inorganic compound) A mixed hydride of nitrogen and boron, NH2BH2, whose polymer is proposed as a storage site for hydrogen.
  • aminobutene — a synthetic pain-relieving drug
  • aminoketone — Any chemical compound containing both a ketone group and an amine.
  • 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
  • aminopterin — a derivative of pterin used in chemotherapy
  • aminopyrine — a colorless, crystalline powder, C13H17N3O, sometimes used to reduce fever or pain: may cause agranulocytosis
  • ammonotelic — excreting ammonia as the main nitrogenous waste: characteristic of freshwater fishes and many aquatic invertebrates
  • amniotomies — Plural form of amniotomy.
  • amoebocytes — Plural form of amoebocyte.
  • amorousness — inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love: an amorous disposition.
  • 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.
  • ampere-hour — a practical unit of quantity of electricity; the quantity that flows in one hour through a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere. 1 ampere-hour is equivalent to 3600 coulombs
  • ampere-turn — a unit of magnetomotive force; the magnetomotive force produced by a current of 1 ampere passing through one complete turn of a coil. 1 ampere-turn is equivalent to 4π/10 or 1.257 gilberts
  • amperes-law — the law that a magnetic field induced by an electric current is, at any point, directly proportional to the product of the current intensity and the length of the current conductor, inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the point and the conductor, and perpendicular to the plane joining the point and the conductor.
  • amphetamine — Amphetamine is a drug which increases people's energy, makes them excited, and reduces their desire for food.
  • amphibolite — a metamorphic rock consisting mainly of amphibole and plagioclase
  • amphicelous — concave on both sides, as the bodies of the vertebrae of fishes.
  • amphigenous — (of certain parasitic fungi) growing on both sides of leaves.
  • amphigories — Plural form of amphigory.
  • amphimacers — Plural form of amphimacer.
  • amphisbaena — any worm lizard of the genus Amphisbaena
  • amphithemis — a son of Apollo and Acacallis.
  • ampitheater — Misspelling of amphitheater.
  • ampitheatre — Misspelling of amphitheatre.
  • amplexicaul — (of some sessile leaves, stipules, etc) having an enlarged base that encircles the stem
  • amplifiable — Capable of being amplified.
  • amur privet — a northern Chinese shrub, Ligustrum amurense, of the olive family, having hairy leaves and white flowers.
  • amusingness — the quality or state of being amusing
  • amusiveness — the quality of being amusive
  • amylopectin — the major component of starch (about 80 per cent), consisting of branched chains of glucose units. It is insoluble and gives a red-brown colour with iodine
  • anastomosed — Simple past tense and past participle of anastomose.
  • anastomoses — Anatomy. communication between blood vessels by means of collateral channels, especially when usual routes are obstructed.
  • anathematic — loathsome; disgusting; hateful.
  • anaximander — 611–547 bc, Greek philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who believed the first principle of the world to be the Infinite
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