11-letter words containing s, e, c
- acrocinesia — (pathology) Excessive movement of the limbs.
- acrokinesia — (pathology) Alternative form of acrocinesia.
- acropolises — Plural form of acropolis.
- acrylamides — Plural form of acrylamide.
- actinomyces — a genus of bacteria that causes disease in humans and improves soil ecology
- actinostele — (botany) A type of protostele, in which the core of vascular tissue in the stem extends outward in lobes.
- active dbms — (database) A conventional or passive DBMS combined with a means of event detection and condition monitoring. Event handling is often rule-based, as with an expert system.
- active list — a list of officers available for full duty
- active mass — the effective concentration of a substance.
- active site — the part of an enzyme that interacts with the substrate during catalysis.
- actualities — Plural form of actuality.
- acupressure — Acupressure is the treatment of pain by a type of massage in which pressure is put on certain areas of a person's body.
- adhocracies — Plural form of adhocracy.
- adipocerous — Like adipocere.
- adjudicates — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- 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.
- adultescent — an adult who is still actively interested in youth culture
- aeciospores — Plural form of aeciospore.
- aero-optics — the study of the effect of aircraft-induced and atmospheric disturbances on the efficiency of laser weapons
- aerodromics — (obsolete) The science of flying airplanes.
- aeroelastic — capable of changing shape under aerodynamic forces
- aeronautics — Aeronautics is the science of designing and building aeroplanes.
- aerosol can — a container for substances stored as aerosols, such as paint, polish, or insecticide
- aerostatics — the study of gases in equilibrium and bodies held in equilibrium in gases
- aesculapian — of or relating to Aesculapius or to the art of medicine
- aesculapius — the Roman god of medicine or healing
- aesthetical — of or relating to aesthetics.
- affordances — Plural form of affordance.
- affranchise — to release from servitude or an obligation
- afterpieces — Plural form of afterpiece.
- afterschool — for students and taking place after they finish their day in school, usually in the late afternoon: He’s looking for an afterschool job. Is there afterschool tutoring in math?
- aftershocks — Plural form of aftershock.
- agency shop — a contract arrangement between an employer and the union representing the majority of employees, which requires those who do not wish to be members to pay the union a fee equivalent to union dues
- air service — the services performed by an airline, as flights between various destinations to transport passengers, freight, and mail.
- air vesicle — a large air-filled intercellular space in some aquatic plants
- 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.
- alcalescent — Alternative spelling of alkalescent.
- alcaligenes — any of several rod-shaped aerobic or facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the genus Alcaligenes, found in the intestinal tract of humans and other vertebrates and in dairy products.
- 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.
- alismaceous — of or relating to the genus Alisma
- alkalescent — developing alkaline qualities
- allegiances — the loyalty of a citizen to his or her government or of a subject to his or her sovereign.
- allen screw — a screw that has a hexagonal cross section in the head, designed to be turned using an Allen key
- alpenstocks — Plural form of alpenstock.
- alpha cells — cells in the anterior pituitary that contain acidophil granules
- alt.sources — (messaging, programming) A Usenet newsgroup for posting program source code.
- altarpieces — Plural form of altarpiece.
- amblyoscope — an instrument used to train an amblyopic eye to function properly.
- ambulocetus — A large carnivorous amphibian (Ambulocetus natans).