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.