11-letter words containing s, e, t
- air shuttle — a shuttle service operated by aircraft, usually covering short routes with frequent flights
- air steward — a steward on an airliner
- alabastrine — a finely granular variety of gypsum, often white and translucent, used for ornamental objects or work, such as lamp bases, figurines, etc.
- alaska time — Alaska-Hawaii time.
- albategnius — Latin name of Battani.
- albatrosses — Plural form of albatross.
- alcalescent — Alternative spelling of alkalescent.
- 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.
- 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)
- aldopentose — a monosaccharide with five carbon atoms
- 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.
- algesimeter — an instrument for determining the sensitiveness of the skin to a painful stimulus.
- alkalescent — developing alkaline qualities
- allantoides — Plural form of allantois.
- allegations — Plural form of allegation.
- allegrettos — Plural form of allegretto.
- alleviators — Plural form of alleviator.
- alloy steel — steel that has been alloyed with one or more other metals or elements to improve specific properties such as strength or resistance to wear
- allurements — Plural form of allurement.
- aloha state — Hawaii (used as a nickname).
- alpenstocks — Plural form of alpenstock.
- alphabetise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of alphabetize.
- 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.
- amalgamates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amalgamate.
- amateurship — the nature of an amateur
- amativeness — (phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings.
- amazonstone — A bluish-green variety of microcline feldspar used as a gemstone. The best known occurrences are at Crystal Peak and Pike's Peak in Colorado.
- ambiguities — Uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language.
- ambulocetus — A large carnivorous amphibian (Ambulocetus natans).
- ameliorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ameliorate.
- amentaceous — of or like an ament or aments
- 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
- ametabolous — without metamorphosis
- amethystine — Like amethyst, especially when referring to colour.
- amniotomies — Plural form of amniotomy.
- amoebocytes — Plural form of amoebocyte.
- amphithemis — a son of Apollo and Acacallis.
- anaesthesia — Anaesthesia is the use of anaesthetics in medicine and surgery.
- anaesthetic — Anaesthetic is a substance that doctors use to stop you feeling pain during an operation, either in the whole of your body when you are unconscious, or in a part of your body when you are awake.
- analeptics' — restoring; invigorating; giving strength after disease.
- 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.
- anastrophes — Plural form of anastrophe.
- anastrozole — an anti-oestrogen drug used in the treatment of breast cancer in post-menopausal women