11-letter words containing t, e
- adversities — adverse or unfavorable fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress: Friends will show their true colors in times of adversity.
- advertently — attentive; heedful.
- advertisers — Plural form of advertiser.
- advertising — Advertising is the activity of creating advertisements and making sure people see them.
- advertizing — the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, on billboards, etc.: to get more customers by advertising.
- advertorial — An advertorial is an advertisement that uses the style of newspaper or magazine articles or television documentary programmes, so that it appears to be giving facts and not trying to sell a product.
- advice boat — a fast boat for conveying messages; dispatch boat.
- 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
- aegospotami — a river of ancient Thrace that flowed into the Hellespont. At its mouth the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians in 405 bc, ending the Peloponnesian War
- aeneolithic — Chalcolithic.
- aeolotropic — anisotropic
- aerial mast — a mast on which an aerial is mounted
- aerial root — a root that grows from the stem of a plant, above ground or above water
- aero-optics — the study of the effect of aircraft-induced and atmospheric disturbances on the efficiency of laser weapons
- aeroculture — a method of growing plants without soil by suspending them above sprays that constantly moisten the roots with water and nutrients.
- aerodonetic — Relating to aerodonetics.
- aeroelastic — capable of changing shape under aerodynamic forces
- aeronautics — Aeronautics is the science of designing and building aeroplanes.
- aerostatics — the study of gases in equilibrium and bodies held in equilibrium in gases
- aerostation — the science of operating lighter-than-air craft
- aerotropism — the growth of plants towards or away from a source of oxygen
- aesthetical — of or relating to aesthetics.
- aestivation — the act or condition of aestivating
- aetiologies — Plural form of aetiology.
- affectation — If you say that someone's attitude or behaviour is an affectation, you disapprove of the fact that it is not genuine or natural, but is intended to impress other people.
- affectingly — In a manner so as to affect.
- affectional — relating to or implying affection.
- affectioned — Simple past tense and past participle of affection.
- affectively — in an emotional manner
- affectivity — of, caused by, or expressing emotion or feeling; emotional.
- 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'.
- affluential — an affluent person who does not display his or her wealth in the form of material possessions
- afforcement — an increase in force or strength
- afforesting — Present participle of afforest.
- affricative — of, relating to, or denoting an affricate
- aforestated — Stated earlier in a document.
- afrocentric — centered on, emphasizing, or showing the influence of African or, sometimes, African-American history and culture
- after hours — occurring, engaged in, or operating after the normal or legal closing time for business: an after-hours drinking club.
- after-hours — You use after-hours to describe activities which happen after the end of the usual time for them.
- after-lunch — occurring after a midday meal
- after-party — a usually exclusive party that takes place after a performance or other event or after the main party: The screening of the premiere was followed by an afterparty.
- after-sales — relating to anything happening after something is sold
- after-shave — a lotion, usually astringent and perfumed, applied to the face after shaving
- afterburner — a device in the exhaust system of an internal-combustion engine for removing or rendering harmless potentially dangerous components in the exhaust gases
- aftercooler — a device for cooling compressed air or gases to reduce their volume or temperature.
- aftereffect — The aftereffects of an event, experience, or substance are the conditions which result from it.
- aftergrowth — any secondary growth of a crop after harvesting
- afterimages — Plural form of afterimage.
- aftermarket — The aftermarket is all the related products that are sold after an item, especially a car, has been bought.