11-letter words that end in e
- acute angle — an angle that is less than 90°
- acyl halide — any derivative of carboxylic acid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced by a halogen atom
- added value — In marketing, added value is something which makes a product more appealing to customers.
- addressable — possessing or capable of being reached by an address
- adipocerite — hatchettite.
- adjectivize — Grammar. to make into an adjective, as by adding a suffix: The noun mirth can be adjectivized by adding -ful or -less to form the adjectives mirthful and mirthless.
- adolescence — Adolescence is the period of your life in which you develop from being a child into being an adult.
- adumbrative — foreshadowing; sketchy; faintly indicative.
- advance fee — front money (def 3).
- advance-fee — money paid in advance, as for goods or services, to a commission agent or the like.
- adversative — (of a word, phrase, or clause) implying opposition or contrast. But and although are adversative conjunctions introducing adversative clauses
- advice line — An advice line is a service that you can telephone in order to get advice about something.
- advice note — a document sent by a supplier to a customer to inform him that goods he ordered have been dispatched. It usually gives details such as the quantity of goods and how they have been sent
- aelurophile — ailurophile.
- aelurophobe — ailurophobe.
- aerial mine — Military. a mine designed to be dropped from the air into water.
- aero engine — an engine for powering an aircraft
- aeroculture — a method of growing plants without soil by suspending them above sprays that constantly moisten the roots with water and nutrients.
- affiliative — to bring into close association or connection: The research center is affiliated with the university.
- affirmative — An affirmative word or gesture indicates that you agree with what someone has said or that the answer to a question is 'yes'.
- affranchise — to release from servitude or an obligation
- affranchize — (possibly nonstandard) alternative spelling of affranchise.
- affricative — of, relating to, or denoting an affricate
- after-shave — a lotion, usually astringent and perfumed, applied to the face after shaving
- agelasimine — (organic compound) Any of various adenine-related bicyclic diterpenoids isolated from the orange sponge Agelas mauritania, structurally related to the agelasines.
- agglomerate — to form or be formed into a mass or cluster; collect
- agglutinate — to adhere or cause to adhere, as with glue
- aggravative — Tending to aggravate.
- aggregative — aggregating or tending to aggregate
- aggrievance — Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance.
- agonic line — an imaginary line on the surface of the earth connecting points of zero magnetic declination
- agony uncle — a man who writes the replies to readers' letters in an agony column
- agriculture — Agriculture is farming and the methods that are used to raise and look after crops and animals.
- aguardiente — any inferior brandy or similar spirit, esp from Spain, Portugal, or South America
- ai-complete — (artificial intelligence, jargon) /A-I k*m-pleet'/ (MIT, Stanford: by analogy with "NP-complete") A term used to describe problems or subproblems in artificial intelligence, to indicate that the solution presupposes a solution to the "strong AI problem" (that is, the synthesis of a human-level intelligence). A problem that is AI-complete is, in other words, just too hard. See also gedanken.
- aiguillette — an ornamentation worn by certain military officers, consisting of cords with metal tips
- ailurophile — a person who likes cats
- ailurophobe — a person who dislikes or is afraid of cats
- air attache — a commissioned officer or warrant officer of an air force serving on the staff of an ambassador or minister.
- air passage — a space occupied or traversed by air.
- air service — the services performed by an airline, as flights between various destinations to transport passengers, freight, and mail.
- air shuttle — a shuttle service operated by aircraft, usually covering short routes with frequent flights
- air turbine — a small turbine driven by compressed air, esp one used as a starter for engines
- air vesicle — a large air-filled intercellular space in some aquatic plants
- air-breathe — (of an engine, aircraft, missile, etc.) to take in air from the atmosphere to oxidize the fuel for combustion.
- 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.
- albendazole — An antiparasitic anthelmintic used especially against the larvae of tapeworms.
- albert nile — a river in NW Uganda: part of the upper Nile River.
- albertville — former name of Kalemie.