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11-letter words starting with a

  • amphithemis — a son of Apollo and Acacallis.
  • amphithuron — amphithyra (def 1).
  • amphithyron — amphithyra (def 1).
  • amphitricha — bacteria that have flagella at both ends
  • amphophilic — (cytology) That can be stained with either an acidic or basic dye.
  • amphoriskos — a miniature amphora.
  • ampitheater — Misspelling of amphitheater.
  • ampitheatre — Misspelling of amphitheatre.
  • amplexicaul — (of some sessile leaves, stipules, etc) having an enlarged base that encircles the stem
  • amplifiable — Capable of being amplified.
  • ampullosity — pretentious, turgid, or bombastic use of language
  • amputations — Plural form of amputation.
  • amur privet — a northern Chinese shrub, Ligustrum amurense, of the olive family, having hairy leaves and white flowers.
  • amusingness — the quality or state of being amusing
  • amusiveness — the quality of being amusive
  • amyloidosis — the deposition of amyloid in various tissues of the body, as occurs in certain chronic infections
  • 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.
  • anacamptics — The science of reflected light; catoptrics.
  • anacanthous — having no spines or thorns.
  • anachronism — You say that something is an anachronism when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
  • anachronist — A person who has anachronistic views or habits.
  • anachronize — To refer to, or put into, a wrong time.
  • anachronous — relating to anachronism; misplaced chronologically
  • anacoenosis — a figure of speech in which an appeal is made to one's listeners or opponents for their opinion or judgment as to the subject under discussion.
  • anacoloutha — Plural form of anacolouthon.
  • anacoluthia — lack of grammatical sequence, esp within a single sentence
  • anacoluthic — Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an anacoluthon.
  • anacoluthon — a construction that involves the change from one grammatical sequence to another within a single sentence; an example of anacoluthia
  • anacreontic — in the manner of the Greek lyric poet Anacreon (?572–?488 bc), noted for his short songs celebrating love and wine
  • anadiploses — Plural form of anadiplosis.
  • anadiplosis — repetition of the words or phrase at the end of one sentence, line, or clause at the beginning of the next
  • anaerobiont — an organism that can live anaerobically
  • 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.
  • anaglyptics — (arts) The art of carving or embossing in low relief.
  • anagnorises — Plural form of anagnorisis.
  • anagnorisis — (in Greek tragedy) the recognition or discovery by the protagonist of the identity of some character or the nature of his own predicament, which leads to the resolution of the plot; denouement
  • anagramming — a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: “Angel” is an anagram of “glean.”.
  • anal erotic — a person who experiences sexual gratification of the anal area
  • analeptics' — restoring; invigorating; giving strength after disease.
  • analogistic — a person who employs or argues from analogy.
  • analogizing — Present participle of analogize.
  • analogously — having analogy; corresponding in some particular: A brain and a computer are analogous.
  • analphabete — illiterate person
  • 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.
  • anamorphism — intense metamorphism of a rock in which high-density complex minerals are formed from simpler minerals of lower density
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