11-letter words containing r
- alarm clock — An alarm clock is a clock that you can set to make a noise so that it wakes you up at a particular time.
- alaska crab — king crab (def 2).
- alaska-crab — horseshoe crab.
- albatrosses — Plural form of albatross.
- albedometer — an instrument that measures the albedo of a surface.
- albert nile — a river in NW Uganda: part of the upper Nile River.
- albertville — former name of Kalemie.
- album chart — a regular listing of bestselling record albums
- album cover — the front of the outer packaging of a record album, usually decorated and showing its title and the name of the artist
- albuminuria — the presence of albumin in the urine
- albuminuric — related to the state of albuminuria
- albuquerque — a city in central New Mexico, on the Rio Grande. Pop: 471 856 (2003 est)
- alcyonarian — any of various colonial anthozoans of the subclass Alcyonaria with eight tentacles and other body parts in branches or segments of eight
- aldermanity — the body of aldermen
- 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.
- alendronate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of alendronic acid.
- alessandria — a town in NW Italy, in Piedmont. Pop: 85 438 (2001)
- aleuromancy — (in ancient times) the use of flour as a means of divination.
- alexander i — c. 1080–1124, king of Scotland (1107–24), son of Malcolm III
- alexander v — 1340?–1410, Cretan ecclesiastic: pope 1409–10.
- alexandrian — of or relating to Alexander the Great
- alexandrina — a female given name, form of Alexandra.
- alexandrine — a line of verse having six iambic feet, usually with a caesura after the third foot
- alexandrite — a green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone
- alfilerilla — Alt form alfilaria.
- alford plea — Law. a pleading of guilty in a plea bargain in which the defendant maintains his or her innocence.
- alfred lunt — Alfred, 1893–1977, U.S. actor (husband of Lynn Fontanne).
- algesimeter — an instrument for determining the sensitiveness of the skin to a painful stimulus.
- algin fiber — an alkali-soluble fiber produced by injecting a fine stream of alkaline algin into an aqueous solution of a metallic salt, used chiefly in the manufacture of fine threads.
- algorithmic — a set of rules for solving a problem in a finite number of steps, as for finding the greatest common divisor.
- aliturgical — designating those days on which the celebration of certain liturgies, especially the Eucharist, is forbidden.
- alkali rock — any igneous rock with a marked preponderance of alkali and a low percentage of silica.
- alkalimeter — an apparatus for determining the concentration of alkalis in solution
- alkalimetry — determination of the amount of alkali or base in a solution, measured by an alkalimeter or by volumetric analysis
- alkyd resin — any synthetic resin made from a dicarboxylic acid, such as phthalic acid, and diols or triols: used in paints and adhesives
- alkyl group — any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula C n H 2n+1 , derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons, as the methyl group, CH 3 −, or ethyl group, C 2 H 5 −.
- all aboard! — a warning to passengers to board a vehicle, ship, etc
- all-dressed — (of a hot dog, hamburger, etc) served with all available garnishes
- all-nighter — an entertainment, such as a pop concert or film screening, that lasts all night
- 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.
- all-rounder — Someone who is an all-rounder is good at a lot of different skills, academic subjects, or sports.
- all-terrain — designed to travel on all types of ground, including rough ground
- all-weather — All-weather sports take place on an artificial surface instead of on grass.
- allegorical — An allegorical story, poem, or painting uses allegory.
- allegorized — Simple past tense and past participle of allegorize.
- allegorizer — a person who talks in or explains by means of allegories
- allegrettos — Plural form of allegretto.