11-letter words containing s, a, r, e
- air-express — to send or transport by air express: Your package will be air-expressed and should reach its destination tomorrow.
- air-shipped — to send or ship via aircraft: to air-ship machine parts overseas.
- air-sprayed — sprayed by means of compressed air
- airlessness — The state or condition of being poorly ventilated; lacking good air circulation, having stale air.
- airsickness — a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, as a result of the motion of the aircraft in which one is traveling.
- alabastrine — a finely granular variety of gypsum, often white and translucent, used for ornamental objects or work, such as lamp bases, figurines, etc.
- alarm bells — If you say that something sets alarm bells ringing, you mean that it makes people feel worried or concerned about something.
- albatrosses — Plural form of albatross.
- aldermaston — a village in S England, in West Berkshire unitary authority, Berkshire, SW of Reading: site of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and starting point of the Aldermaston marches (1958–63), organized by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Pop: 927 (2001)
- alderperson — a member of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council.
- aldosterone — the principal mineralocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex. A synthesized form is used in the treatment of Addison's disease. Formula: C21H27O5
- aldotetrose — (carbohydrate) Any aldose having four carbon atoms.
- alessandria — a town in NW Italy, in Piedmont. Pop: 85 438 (2001)
- algesimeter — an instrument for determining the sensitiveness of the skin to a painful stimulus.
- alkyd resin — any synthetic resin made from a dicarboxylic acid, such as phthalic acid, and diols or triols: used in paints and adhesives
- all-dressed — (of a hot dog, hamburger, etc) served with all available garnishes
- all-purpose — You use all-purpose to refer to things that have lots of different uses or can be used in lots of different situations.
- allegrettos — Plural form of allegretto.
- allen screw — a screw that has a hexagonal cross section in the head, designed to be turned using an Allen key
- alleviators — Plural form of alleviator.
- allurements — Plural form of allurement.
- allyl resin — any of several thermosetting synthetic resins made by polymerizing esters of allyl alcohol with a dibasic acid. They are used as adhesives
- almoravides — a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa from 1056 to 1147.
- alt.sources — (messaging, programming) A Usenet newsgroup for posting program source code.
- altar stone — a large stone used as an altar
- altarpieces — Plural form of altarpiece.
- alterations — adjustments
- alternators — Plural form of alternator.
- 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
- ambiversion — a condition or character trait that includes elements of both introversion and extroversion
- 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
- 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
- amorousness — inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love: an amorous disposition.
- 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.
- amphigories — Plural form of amphigory.
- amphimacers — Plural form of amphimacer.
- anagnorises — Plural form of anagnorisis.
- anaphoresis — the movement of suspended charged particles towards the anode in an electric field
- anaplerosis — the filling up of a scar, wound, etc which has decayed or been destroyed
- anastrophes — Plural form of anastrophe.
- anastrozole — an anti-oestrogen drug used in the treatment of breast cancer in post-menopausal women
- ancestorial — of, belonging to, or relating to ancestors
- ancestrally — Pertaining to ancestry.
- ancillaries — subordinate; subsidiary.
- andre watts — André [ahn-drey] /ˈɑn dreɪ/ (Show IPA), born 1946, U.S. concert pianist, born in Germany.
- androgenise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of androgenize.