11-letter words containing y, a, t
- alethiology — the branch of logic dealing with truth and error.
- alexithymia — an inability to recognize, understand, and describe emotions
- alienatedly — In an alienated way.
- alimentally — So as to serve for nourishment or food.
- alkalimetry — determination of the amount of alkali or base in a solution, measured by an alkalimeter or by volumetric analysis
- all the way — You use all the way to emphasize how long a distance is.
- allelopathy — the inhibitory effect of one living plant upon another by the release of toxic substances
- alleviatory — having the ability to reduce or moderate the severity of something
- alley light — a searchlight mounted on a public-safety vehicle or other motor vehicle for sideways lighting.
- 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
- alt.country — a genre of country music originating in the 1990s and influenced by both early country music and contemporary rock music
- alternately — in an alternating sequence or position
- amatorially — in an amatory manner
- ambitiously — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- amblygonite — a white or greyish mineral consisting of lithium aluminium fluorophosphate in triclinic crystalline form. It is a source of lithium. Formula: (Li,Na)Al(PO4)(F,OH)
- 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
- amethystine — Like amethyst, especially when referring to colour.
- amicability — characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: an amicable settlement.
- amoebocytes — Plural form of amoebocyte.
- amphictyony — (in ancient Greece) a religious association of states for the maintenance of temples and the cults connected with them
- amphistylar — (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends or at both sides
- amphithyron — amphithyra (def 1).
- ampullosity — pretentious, turgid, or bombastic use of language
- 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
- amyloplasts — Plural form of amyloplast.
- amyotrophic — (medicine) Characterized by atrophy of the muscles.
- anaglyptics — (arts) The art of carving or embossing in low relief.
- analysation — Alternative form of analyzation.
- analyticity — the property of being analytic
- analyzation — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- anastylosis — the restoration of a ruined monument or building by reassembling fallen parts and, when necessary, incorporating newmaterials.
- ancestrally — Pertaining to ancestry.
- anecdotally — in an anecdotal manner
- angelolatry — the worship of angels
- angioplasty — a surgical technique for restoring normal blood flow through an artery narrowed or blocked by atherosclerosis, either by inserting a balloon into the narrowed section and inflating it or by using a laser beam
- animatingly — in a quickening, stirring or energizing manner
- anisodactyl — (of the feet of passerine birds) having the first toe directed backwards and the other three toes directed forwards
- anonymities — Plural form of anonymity.
- anonymosity — (rare) The state of being anonymous.
- anovulatory — not associated with, not caused by, or not exhibiting ovulation.
- antecedency — the fact or condition of being antecedent
- antenatally — prenatal: an antenatal clinic.
- anteriority — situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- anthocyanin — any of a class of water-soluble glycosidic pigments, esp those responsible for the red and blue colours in flowers. They are closely related to vitamins E and P
- anthrophony — Any sound produced by human beings or their creations.
- anthroponym — a personal name.
- anti-enzyme — a substance that inhibits or counteracts the action of an enzyme.
- anti-family — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
- antianxiety — acting against anxiety