11-letter words starting with a
- abstentions — Plural form of abstention.
- abstentious — an act or instance of abstaining.
- abstinently — in an abstinent manner
- abstracting — thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.
- abstraction — An abstraction is a general idea rather than one relating to a particular object, person, or situation.
- abstractive — that abstracts or can abstract
- abstriction — the separation and release of a mature spore from a sporophore by the formation of a septum. This process occurs in some fungi
- absurdities — Plural form of absurdity.
- abu hanifah — 700–67 ad, Muslim theologian and teacher of jurisprudence
- abusiveness — using, containing, or characterized by harshly or coarsely insulting language: an abusive author; abusive remarks.
- academicals — traditional academic clothing; cap and gown
- academician — An academician is a member of an academy, usually one which has been formed to improve or maintain standards in a particular field.
- academicism — adherence to rules and traditions in art, literature, etc; conventionalism
- academicize — academize.
- acadian owl — saw-whet owl
- acanthocyte — an abnormal red blood cell having spiny projections, found in the blood of persons with abetalipoproteinemia and certain malabsorption disorders.
- acanthodian — any small, spiny-finned, sharklike fish of the extinct order Acanthodii, from the Paleozoic Era.
- acanthology — the study of spines, as in sea urchins or certain spiny-headed worms, particularly as they relate to taxonomic classification.
- acaroid gum — a red alcohol-soluble resin that exudes from various species of grass tree, esp Xanthorrhoea hastilis, and is used in varnishes, for coating paper, etc
- acarologist — a specialist in the study of mites and ticks
- acarophobia — a pathological belief that the skin is infested with mites or insects, often leading to self-mutilation in order to eliminate the infestation.
- acarpellous — (of flowers) having no carpels
- acatalectic — having the necessary number of feet or syllables, esp having a complete final foot
- acataleptic — not able to be understood or conceived.
- acaulescent — having no visible stem or a very short one
- accelerando — (to be performed) with increasing speed
- accelerants — Plural form of accelerant.
- accelerated — Simple past tense and past participle of accelerate.
- accelerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accelerate.
- accelerator — The accelerator in a car or other vehicle is the pedal which you press with your foot in order to make the vehicle go faster.
- accent mark — a mark used to indicate an accent, stress, etc., as for pronunciation or in musical notation. Compare diacritic (def 1).
- accentually — of or relating to accent or stress.
- accentuated — to give emphasis or prominence to.
- accentuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accentuate.
- accentuator — Electronics. a circuit or network inserted to provide less loss or greater gain to certain frequencies in an audio spectrum, as a preemphasis spectrum.
- acceptances — a list of horses accepted as starters in a race
- acceptation — the accepted meaning, as of a word, phrase, etc
- acceptingly — in an accepting manner
- acceptivity — the tendency to accept
- access code — a sequence of characters that allows the user access to a secure area or to a secure system
- access land — (in England and Wales) areas of the countryside which are open to the public
- access road — An access road is a road which enables traffic to reach a particular place or area.
- access time — Access time is the time that is needed to get information that is stored in a computer.
- accessional — (rare) Pertaining to accession; additional - Sir T. Browne.
- accessioned — Simple past tense and past participle of accession.
- accessorial — of or like an accessory; supplementary
- accessories — Accessories belong to a product category in fashion stores, which includes items such as scarves, hats, gloves, belts, and purses.
- accessorise — to fit or equip with accessories: to accessorize a car with special seat covers.
- accessorius — a muscle or nerve that has an augmenting action
- accessorize — To accessorize something such as a set of furniture or clothing means to add other things to it in order to make it look more attractive.