11-letter words containing t, e
- afternoon's — the time from noon until evening.
- afternooner — a person or thing that appears, flourishes, etc., in the afternoon: One of radio's favorite afternooners is a soap opera.
- afterpieces — Plural form of afterpiece.
- afterschool — for students and taking place after they finish their day in school, usually in the late afternoon: He’s looking for an afterschool job. Is there afterschool tutoring in math?
- aftershaves — Plural form of aftershave.
- aftershocks — Plural form of aftershock.
- aftersupper — happening in the period of time between supper and bedtime
- aftertastes — Plural form of aftertaste.
- afterworlds — Plural form of afterworld.
- agapetus ii — died a.d. 955, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 946–955.
- agathodemon — Alternative spelling of agathodaemon.
- agglomerate — to form or be formed into a mass or cluster; collect
- agglutinate — to adhere or cause to adhere, as with glue
- aggravative — Tending to aggravate.
- aggregately — Collectively; in mass.
- aggregating — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
- aggregation — the act or process of aggregating
- aggregative — aggregating or tending to aggregate
- aggregators — Plural form of aggregator.
- aggregatory — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
- agonothetes — a person who presided over the ancient Olympic Games
- agriculture — Agriculture is farming and the methods that are used to raise and look after crops and animals.
- aguardiente — any inferior brandy or similar spirit, esp from Spain, Portugal, or South America
- ai-complete — (artificial intelligence, jargon) /A-I k*m-pleet'/ (MIT, Stanford: by analogy with "NP-complete") A term used to describe problems or subproblems in artificial intelligence, to indicate that the solution presupposes a solution to the "strong AI problem" (that is, the synthesis of a human-level intelligence). A problem that is AI-complete is, in other words, just too hard. See also gedanken.
- aiguillette — an ornamentation worn by certain military officers, consisting of cords with metal tips
- ailanthuses — Plural form of ailanthus.
- air attache — a commissioned officer or warrant officer of an air force serving on the staff of an ambassador or minister.
- air battery — a set of two or more air cells connected together to supply electricity.
- air current — a mass of air moving from one area to another
- air freight — freight transported by aircraft
- air hostess — An air hostess is a woman whose job is to look after the passengers in an aircraft.
- air shuttle — a shuttle service operated by aircraft, usually covering short routes with frequent flights
- air steward — a steward on an airliner
- air turbine — a small turbine driven by compressed air, esp one used as a starter for engines
- air-breathe — (of an engine, aircraft, missile, etc.) to take in air from the atmosphere to oxidize the fuel for combustion.
- aircraftmen — Plural form of aircraftman.
- alabastrine — a finely granular variety of gypsum, often white and translucent, used for ornamental objects or work, such as lamp bases, figurines, etc.
- alaska time — Alaska-Hawaii time.
- albategnius — Latin name of Battani.
- albatrosses — Plural form of albatross.
- albedometer — an instrument that measures the albedo of a surface.
- albert nile — a river in NW Uganda: part of the upper Nile River.
- albertville — former name of Kalemie.
- alcalescent — Alternative spelling of alkalescent.
- alchemistic — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
- aldermanity — the body of aldermen
- aldermaston — a village in S England, in West Berkshire unitary authority, Berkshire, SW of Reading: site of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and starting point of the Aldermaston marches (1958–63), organized by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Pop: 927 (2001)
- aldopentose — a monosaccharide with five carbon atoms
- aldosterone — the principal mineralocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex. A synthesized form is used in the treatment of Addison's disease. Formula: C21H27O5
- aldotetrose — (carbohydrate) Any aldose having four carbon atoms.