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11-letter words starting with a

  • aberrancies — departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
  • aberrations — Plural form of aberration.
  • aberystwyth — a resort and university town in Wales, in Ceredigion on Cardigan Bay. Pop: 15 935 (2001)
  • abhominable — abominable.
  • abhorrences — Plural form of abhorrence.
  • abhorrently — causing repugnance; detestable; loathsome: an abhorrent deed.
  • abidingness — The state or quality abiding. (Mid 19th century.).
  • abiogenesis — the hypothetical process by which living organisms first arose on earth from nonliving matter
  • abiogenetic — (biology) Of or pertaining to abiogenesis, originated by abiogenesis.
  • abiological — not involving living organisms
  • abiotically — in a way that involves the absence of life or the absence of living forms
  • ablactation — the weaning of an infant
  • ablatitious — relating to the surgical removal of an organ, structure, or part
  • able rating — (esp in the Royal Navy) a rating who is qualified to perform certain duties of seamanship
  • able seaman — an ordinary seaman, esp one in the merchant navy, who has been trained in certain skills. Also called: able-bodied seaman
  • able-bodied — An able-bodied person is physically strong and healthy, rather than being weak or having a disability.
  • able-minded — not mentally handicapped
  • ablutionary — a cleansing with water or other liquid, especially as a religious ritual.
  • abney level — a surveying instrument consisting of a spirit level and a sighting tube, used to measure the angle of inclination of a line from the observer to another point
  • abnormalism — a belief that unusual conditions and circumstances are more important as causes of subsequent events than normal conditions
  • abnormality — An abnormality in something, especially in a person's body or behaviour, is an unusual part or feature of it that may be worrying or dangerous.
  • abnormalize — to make abnormal.
  • abolishable — Capable of being abolished. (First attested from the mid 17th century.).
  • abolishment — to do away with; put an end to; annul; make void: to abolish slavery.
  • abolitional — aiming to abolish something, esp slavery
  • abominating — Present participle of abominate.
  • abomination — If you say that something is an abomination, you think that it is completely unacceptable.
  • aboriginals — Plural form of aboriginal.
  • abortionist — An abortionist is someone who performs abortions, usually illegally.
  • aboukir bay — a bay on the N coast of Egypt, where the Nile enters the Mediterranean: site of the Battle of the Nile (1798), in which Nelson defeated the French fleet
  • aboundingly — In an abounding manner; in a manner that abounds; plentifully. (First attested from around (1350 to 1470.)).
  • above board — An arrangement or deal that is above board is legal and is being carried out honestly and openly.
  • above-named — used in a text to refer back to a person or thing that has already been named
  • aboveground — occurring, situated, etc. above or on the surface of the earth
  • abracadabra — Abracadabra is a word that someone says when they are performing a magic trick in order to make the magic happen.
  • abranchiate — having no gills
  • abridgement — a shortened or condensed form of a book, speech, etc., that still retains the basic contents: an abridgment of Tolstoy's War and Peace.
  • abscessions — Plural form of abscession.
  • abscondence — secret concealment or seclusion, or the action of absconding
  • abscondment — An act of absconding or escaping.
  • absente reo — in the absence of the defendant
  • absenteeism — Absenteeism is the fact or habit of frequently being away from work or school, usually without a good reason.
  • absentness' — not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
  • absolutions — Plural form of absolution.
  • absolutists — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
  • absolvitory — Of or pertaining to a dismissal or an acquittal.
  • absorbingly — In an absorbing manner. (First attested in the mid 19th century.).
  • absorptance — a measure of the ability of an object to absorb radiation, equal to the ratio of the absorbed radiant flux to the incident flux. For a layer of material the ratio of the flux absorbed between the entry and exit surfaces of the layer to the flux leaving the entry surface is the internal absorptance
  • absorptions — Plural form of absorption.
  • abstainment — (rare) An act of abstaining; an abstention.
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