11-Letter Words Starting with A

Act of desertion

Process of giving up completely

State of desertion

Short-term (wordplay)

Just like the BBC

Shortened

Abdication

Abdominal

Sorted alphabetically (like this puzzle's clues)

Unusual way to see crossword clues arranged

Rudimentary

On the surface

GROUCHY

The magic word!

Magic word - gibberish!

Spelling word (wordplay)

Process of shortening (a text)

Curtailment

Section of Battersea Bridge men tackled as contracted work

Abridgment

ABSOLUTIZE

Highly illogical situations

An RA, perhaps

Member of a teaching establishment

Member of the RA

Adherence to formal rules (in art or literature)

Speeding up (music)

Gradually increasing in speed (mus.)

Gradually increasing in speed, in music

Gave it the gas

Like some college courses

Speeded up

Emphasized

Accession

Sharps or flats in certain measures

Do something obliging (wordplay)

Provide lodging for (someone)

Provide shelter for

Escorted

Accordance

In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; followed by with or to. with or to.

Bungee jumping is fun

Thus

Accredit

Brought together into a group or crowd

""A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; called also antifebrine. antifebrine.""

Acetanilid

Achondrite

Of or pertaining to achondrite.

Acidimeter

A hydrometer used to determine the specific gravity of acid solutions.

Acidophile

ACIDOPHILE

ACIDULATE To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.

ACIDULATE To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.

Admit (the truth of something)

Admit the truth of (something)

Recognise current learning

Acridness

Acrylamide

Eg, films made from books

Rewritten compositions.

Certain plays.

The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special fitness.

ADDRESS to speak to

ADENOMA a tumor of glandular origin

Adeptness

Adiposity

Adjacency

""In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively. as, a word used adjectively.""

Termination of a meeting

Court suspension

Recess

""ADJUDICATE To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.""

Settles

He has decisive qualities

Settler of disagreement

Arbitrator

Adjunction

Solemn appeals

Claim settlements

Modifications

Adjutancy

ADMEASURE To measure.

Madison Avenue V.I.P.'s (wordplay)

Mass communication figures (wordplay)

Directs short note to members of the government

Pacific islands that draw in butterflies

Islands near New Guinea.

Islands N. of Bismarck Archipelago.

Admiration

Admittance

Admonisher

Reprimanding

Warnings

Youth has trouble with classes, I'd say

Time of your life (wordplay)

Concede ales drunk in teenage years!

Young people rambling see Scotland

We're young people, so let's dance madly

Young people

Noun denoting doctrine or practice

ADOPTION the act of {adopting=v}

One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption.

A girl, British one aflame with yen to show appeal to her man (wordplay)

Adrenaline

Adsorption

Adulterant

Energy in X, devalued

No longer pure

Made impure

Debases or dilutes

Uses water maybe to dilute a trusted ale naughtily

Doctors

One who adulterates or corrupts.

Adultness

A silly sailor making sketch

Overshadowing a stupid sailor

Faint sketch; outline

Act of overshadowing

Shadow a non-speaking part

Faintly representing; typical.

Promotion in rank

Result of a bye

Commercial/truck/concrete

""ADVANTAGE Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position. as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.""

Of or pertaining to adventitia.

Adventitia

Fortune hunters.

Breathtaking enterprises will take society in. How about Becky Sharp (wordplay)

""ADVENTURE That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.""

Dame ruins TV set in hazardous practice (wordplay)

""ADVENTURE That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.""

Boldly enterprising

Daring

In the manner of an adverb.

Combative as a driver, a wild person yet to pass test

Combative

Mostly negative sign from opponents

Advisers are represented on opposing sides

Sign supporting mostly inauspicious opponents

Adjective (-ive)

State of opposition

Adversity

Advertence

Advertent

Advertiser

Commercial world (wordplay)

Classified line of business (wordplay)

Putting in a plug (wordplay)

The act of {advertising=v}

Client-sponsored article

Client-sponsored article *

Advisement

Advocation

Relating to air in motion.

Having a drag-reducing shape

Streamlined academy in row sadly with week to go

""The medical study and treatment of physiological and psychological disorders associated with atmospheric or space flight. Also called aerospace medicine , aviation medicine .""

AEROSOLIZE

Disposed.

Very knowledgeable person (variant spelling)

A devotee of Death in the Afternoon (wordplay)

Amateur accepted loud fuss about timeless romance

Aficionada

They go to the plaza de toros.

Fans of a heartless romance, drink up

Experts in their fields

Afterworld

AGGRADE to fill (a stream bed) with sediment

Gardenias, good on both sides, could be made to look larger

Aggrandise

""AGGRANDIZE To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress. as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress.""

""One who aggrandizes, or makes great.""

Aggrandize

Aggrieved

Delivering in flight, as military supplies

A steroid hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex that regulates the salt and water balance in the body.

Twelve-syllable line of verse

Aid external examination of precious stone

A green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone

ALKALINIZE

Allantoid

ALLEGORISE

""ALLEGORIZE To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people. as, to allegorize the history of a people.""

Began the same way

Produced 'Love's Labours Lost', say, fully performed many times

Allograft

""Of or pertaining to height; as, altitudinal measurements. as, altitudinal measurements.""

United, as corporations or labor unions

Amantadine

Envoys in residence

High-ranking diplomats

Dillon, Allison, Coe, etc.

Ambuscader

""AMBUSCADE A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.""

Old-time area (anagram) - made better

Made better

Improved a red meat stew by putting oil back in

Medium-dry sherry

Kind of sherry

I am no tall fizzy party drink

Amphiploid

AMPHIPLOID

Amygdaloid

AMYLOID a hard protein deposit

A disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma.

""Pl. anadiploses (-s z) Rhetorical repetition at the beginning of a phrase of the word or words with which the previous phrase ended; for example, He is a man of loyalty loyalty always firm.""

""A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent." as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."""

ANASTOMOSE Styptic. <mark>

Andalusite

Androgyny

Of indeterminate sex

Hermaphrodite

Grandson you get fussed about, showing male and female characteristics

Anecdotage

Anecdotal

""Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes.""

Anecdotist

Makes censorious remarks

Utterly destroyed

Destroyed completely

Wiped out

Proclaimed a religious woman third-rate, ab'orred on the radio

""ANODIZE to give a protective coat, also ANODISE""

Made an enemy of

The act or state of going before in time; precedence.

Nouns that pronouns relate to.

What pronouns refer to

One thrown off by ancient steed, surprisingly they came first

The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.

ANTHERIDIA

What's in spore mud in the air could convey

Anthropoid

Expected; opposite of unanticipated and unexpected.unanticipated and unexpected.

Antidotal

DUMPING the selling of large quantities of goods below market price

Word with prefix anti-

Antimonide

Radical fighter (wordplay)

Beta carotene, for one

Substance such as vitamin C or E

Antipodean

RADICAL a group of atoms that act as a unit in chemical compounds

STUDENT a person formally engaged in learning

SUBSIDY a grant or contribution of money

SUICIDE to kill oneself intentionally

Type of drug that can counteract glandular activity

TYPHOID an infectious disease

Stimulant of desire

Substance that makes you hot

Something that stimulates desire

APOSTATISE

""APOSTATIZE To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered.""

APPERCEIVE To perceive; to comprehend.

Ate in dapper-fashion, that could have been relevant

Worthy of being applauded.

APPLAUD to express approval by clapping the hands

Doled out

Became more valuable

Was grateful for

Caught her up, put on manacles

Understood to be arrested

Got arrested

Employed to learn a trade

Suitable; fit.

English word

Clerics on a sacred meandering around church

Shrewd dean's embracing company people in a higher office

See choir ceased performing

See core ideas changing about Church

Important church area

""The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke. Archduke.""

Archduchy

An archduchy.

The quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution.

ARPEGGIATE

Plural or third person singular

Plural or third person singular

""Pl. arthrodeses (-s z) The surgical fixation of a joint, ultimately resulting in bone fusion. Basically, the procedure is artificially induced ankylosis performed to relieve pain or provide support in a diseased or injured joint.""

Surgical fixation of joints.

""Any of numerous invertebrate animals of the phylum Arthropoda, including the insects, crustaceans, arachnids, and myriapods, that are characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and a segmented body to which jointed appendages are articulated in pairs.""

Clearly stated to be jointed

Put into words

Said to be segmented