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

Shortens a word

Turns a registered nurse into a RN (wordplay)

Creator of short sentences (wordplay)

Sorted alphabetically (like this puzzle's clues)

Unusual way to see crossword clues arranged

Rudimentary

Aberrancy

They're irregular

Sailor in tears or suffering disorders

Abhorrence

Broth nearly spilt in a repugnant way

In an awful way

So as to inspire loathing

Plural or third person singular

""The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis. abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis.""

Abiogenist

Abnegation

Capable of being abolished.

The action of putting an end to (a practice)

On the surface

GROUCHY

Abreaction

Process of shortening (a text)

Curtailment

Section of Battersea Bridge men tackled as contracted work

Abridgment

It leaves one classless (wordplay)

(Practice of) staying away from work

Practice of staying away from work

ABSOLUTIZE

Absolutize

Absorbance

The ratio of absorbed to incident radiation.

No-votes (wordplay)

Third column in Congressional tallies

Characterized by abstinence; selfrestraining.

Abstinence

With abstinence.

Abstracter

Abstract

Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature.

Highly illogical situations

Mistreatment

Insults

An RA, perhaps

Member of a teaching establishment

Member of the RA

Adherence to formal rules (in art or literature)

""Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse. as, an acatalectic verse.""

""Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.""

Speeding up (music)

Gradually increasing in speed (mus.)

Gradually increasing in speed, in music

Accelerant

Gave it the gas

Like some college courses

Speeded up

Increases speed

Part of an auto.

Driver's foot pedal

Cycling race, clear to pedal

In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.

Emphasized

Stresses

Acceptance

Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.

Accepting

Accessary

Pertaining to accession; additional.

Accession

Supplementary

They're both before and after the fact.

Accomplices in case? Scores I suspect

Jewelry and a handbag, for example

ACCESSORISE

Make sure you match

Sharps or flats in certain measures

Hawkish marine, left motherless after accident, has another depression

Adapt to a new environment

Get one used to new conditions

Get used to weather

""To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants.""

Acclivity

Do something obliging (wordplay)

Provide lodging for (someone)

Provide shelter for

Escorted

Plays along with

Goes along with current organisations

Goes with.

Fellow criminals from cosmic place, disorderly

Abettors

Accordance

Accoucheur

Like a good math teacher (wordplay)

Obliged (to answer?)

Required to justify oneself

Getting in gear

Accredit

Accruement

Assimilate a different way of life, perhaps

Socialize

Brought together into a group or crowd

Hoards

Direct objects of verbs.

ACERBIC {sour=adj}

Acetabulum

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

Acetanilid

ACETYLATE receive substitution of an acetyl group; of chemical compounds

ACETYLATE receive substitution of an acetyl group; of chemical compounds

ACETYLATE receive substitution of an acetyl group; of chemical compounds

Feat in armour

Thing that is accomplished

Something accomplished by effort

Achondrite

To deprive of color; to make achromatic.

Acidimeter

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

Acidophile

Admit (the truth of something)

Admit the truth of (something)

Recognise current learning

Acoelomate

Consenting (to something) without protest

Submissive

Right away, obtains a bit of money, as one falling into line

Giving in

""The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.""

Desiring possessions

Grasping

Covetous

The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.

Acridness

Bright orange-red dye

Having a subterminal centromere

""A chronic disease of adults marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by overactivity of the pituitary gland.""

Acropetal

Fortified heights in ancient Greece

Acrylamide

Actinolite

An instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun's rays.

The measurement of the force of solar radiation.

""Pl. actinomyces Any of various filamentous, mostly anaerobic microorganisms of the genus Actinomyces, which includes the causative agents of actinomycosis.""

Facts and whatnot

Shiatsu

Complementary medicine using needles

Therapy which needs needles

Method of treatment with needles

Acuteness

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

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.

Admittance

Admonisher

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

Adrenaline

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

Faintly representing; typical.

Promotion in rank

Result of a bye

Commercial/truck/concrete

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

Aeciospore

Aepyornis

Aerenchyma

AEROBIC requiring free oxygen

""The study of the sources, dispersion, and effects of airborne biological materials, such as pollen, spores, and microorganisms.""

AEROBRAKE

Relating to air in motion.

Having a drag-reducing shape

Streamlined academy in row sadly with week to go

Adjective (-ic)

Aerogramme

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

Gen. Doolittle's forte.

Science of flying

Study of flight

AERONOMIC

Aeronomist

AEROSOLIZE

Aerosolize

Aerostatic

AESTHETIC

AESTIVATE

Torpid state during the hot season

Aetiology

A change of face tint giving unnatural appearance

Deliberate pretence of kindness, embracing volunteers

In an affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions.

""Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature. as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.""

Disposed.

In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally.

AFFECTIVE Tending to affect; affecting.

Affirmance

What to latch onto, with 'the' ...

What to latch onto, with "the" ...

What to latch onto, with "the"...

Affluency

Afforest

""AFFRICATE A combination of a stop, or explosive, with an immediately following fricative or spirant of corresponding organic position, as pf in german Pfeffer, pepper, z (= ts) in German Zeit, time.pf in german Pfeffer, pepper, z (= ts) in German Zeit, time.""

Afterbirth

Part of a jet engine increasing thrust

Pollution-control device

Jet power booster

Result following on

Persisting change

Secondary consequence

Afterimage

Like car accessories

Afterpiece

Aftershave

Dessert wines give us minor tremors

Small earthquakes that follow major earthquakes

Aftertaste

Afterworld

Botany The asexual formation of embryos and seeds without the occurrence of fertilization.

AGELESS never growing old