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11-letter words containing m, i, s, a

  • alchemistic — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
  • algesimeter — an instrument for determining the sensitiveness of the skin to a painful stimulus.
  • alismaceous — of or relating to the genus Alisma
  • allotropism — a property of certain elements, as carbon, sulfur, and phosphorus, of existing in two or more distinct forms; allomorphism.
  • almoravides — a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa from 1056 to 1147.
  • altazimuths — Plural form of altazimuth.
  • 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.
  • amateurship — the nature of an amateur
  • amativeness — (phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings.
  • amazingness — The state or quality, of being amazing.
  • ambassadrix — (rare) an ambassadress.
  • ambiguities — Uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language.
  • ambiguously — open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer.
  • ambitiously — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
  • ambiversion — a condition or character trait that includes elements of both introversion and extroversion
  • ambrosially — In an ambrosial manner.
  • ambuscading — Present participle of ambuscade.
  • ameliorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ameliorate.
  • 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
  • ametabolism — a form of growth or life cycle with little or no metamorphosis
  • amethystine — Like amethyst, especially when referring to colour.
  • amiableness — The state or quality of being amiable.
  • 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 acids — any of a class of organic compounds that contains at least one amino group, –NH 2 , and one carboxyl group, –COOH: the alpha-amino acids, RCH(NH 2)COOH, are the building blocks from which proteins are constructed.
  • 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.
  • ammishaddai — the father of Ahiezer, the Danite. Num. 1:12; 2:25.
  • ammonolysis — solvolysis in liquid ammonia
  • ammophilous — (of organisms) living or growing in sand
  • ammunitions — the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and especially shot, shrapnel, bullets, or shells fired by guns.
  • amniotomies — Plural form of amniotomy.
  • amphibolous — ambiguous or equivocal, especially when due to the uncertain grammatical construction of a word or phrase.
  • amphibrachs — Plural form of amphibrach.
  • 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.
  • amphilochus — a seer, the son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle, and the brother of Alcmaeon.
  • amphimacers — Plural form of amphimacer.
  • amphipodous — (of certain invertebrates, such as sand hoppers) having both swimming and jumping appendages
  • amphisbaena — any worm lizard of the genus Amphisbaena
  • amphistylar — (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends or at both sides
  • amphithemis — a son of Apollo and Acacallis.
  • amphoriskos — a miniature amphora.
  • ampullosity — pretentious, turgid, or bombastic use of language
  • amputations — Plural form of amputation.
  • amusingness — the quality or state of being amusing
  • amusiveness — the quality of being amusive
  • amyloidosis — the deposition of amyloid in various tissues of the body, as occurs in certain chronic infections
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