11-letter words containing ll
- alleviating — to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate: to alleviate sorrow; to alleviate pain.
- alleviation — an alleviating or being alleviated
- alleviative — Also, alleviatory [uh-lee-vee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /əˈli vi əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/ (Show IPA). serving to alleviate; palliative.
- alleviators — Plural form of alleviator.
- 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.
- alligations — Plural form of alligation.
- alligatored — Damaged by alligatoring.
- allineation — the state of being organized in a line or lines
- alliterated — Simple past tense and past participle of alliterate.
- alloantigen — an antigen present in some but not all individuals of the same species, as those in different human blood groups.
- allocatable — that can be allocated.
- allocations — Plural form of allocation.
- allocentric — Concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded.
- allocheiria — a medical condition in which sensation is felt at a different point on the body from that stimulated
- allochronic — (biology, of taxa) occurring in different geologic time.
- allocutions — Plural form of allocution.
- allographic — Relating to allographs or allography.
- allomorphic — any of two or more different forms of the same chemical compound.
- allopelagic — living or growing at different depths.
- allophylian — (of languages, especially those of Europe and Asia) neither Indo-European nor Semitic.
- alloplastic — of or relating to alterations made to a patient's external circumstances for the purpose of affecting his mental condition
- allopoiesis — Creation of something other than the self. Or creation by something else than the self.
- allopurinol — a synthetic drug that reduces blood concentrations of uric acid and is administered orally in the treatment of gout. Formula: C5H4N4O
- allotropism — a property of certain elements, as carbon, sulfur, and phosphorus, of existing in two or more distinct forms; allomorphism.
- allotropous — (of flowers) having the nectar accessible to any species of insect
- allow me to — Some people use Allow me to... as a way of introducing something that they want to say or do.
- allowancing — Present participle of allowance.
- 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.
- allyl group — the univalent group C 3 H 5 , derived from propylene.
- allyl resin — any of several thermosetting synthetic resins made by polymerizing esters of allyl alcohol with a dibasic acid. They are used as adhesives
- alpha cells — cells in the anterior pituitary that contain acidophil granules
- amaryllises — Plural form of amaryllis.
- amatorially — in an amatory manner
- ambrosially — In an ambrosial manner.
- amontillado — a medium dry Spanish sherry, not as pale in colour as a fino
- amoxicillin — a penicillin antibiotic used to treat a wide range of bacterial infections
- amoxycillin — Obsolete spelling of amoxicillin.
- ampullosity — pretentious, turgid, or bombastic use of language
- ancestrally — Pertaining to ancestry.
- anchor ball — a day shape consisting of a black ball not less than 2 feet (0.6 meters) in diameter, displayed in the fore rigging of a vessel at anchor.
- anchor bell — a bell rung in foggy weather by a vessel at anchor.
- ancillaries — subordinate; subsidiary.
- anecdotally — in an anecdotal manner
- angel falls — a waterfall in SE Venezuela, on the Caroní River; regarded as the highest in the world. Height: 979 m (3212 ft)
- angelically — of or belonging to angels: the angelic host.
- antenatally — prenatal: an antenatal clinic.
- antidotally — in the manner of an antidote
- aphetically — (linguistics) In an aphetic way: through aphesis.