11-Letter Words That Start With: AMPH
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| amphictyony | 11 | 26 | nounn | |||||
noun • an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center | ||||||||
| amphiphilic | 11 | 25 | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • (of a molecule) Being a detergent: having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic (or lipophilic) groups. • (of a protein, especially an alpha helix) Having one surface consisting of hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite surface consisting of hydrophobic (or lipophilic) ones. | ||||||||
| amphioxuses | 11 | 25 | ||||||
noun • The lancelet, particularly of the genus Branchiostoma. | ||||||||
| amphipathic | 11 | 25 | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • Describing a molecule, such as a detergent, which has both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups. • Of the surface(s) on a protein, particularly an alpha helix, where one surface of the alpha helix has hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite face has hydrophobic (or lipophilic) amino acids. | ||||||||
| amphibrachs | 11 | 25 | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta). • A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica). | ||||||||
| amphibology | 11 | 24 | nounn | |||||
noun • an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes | ||||||||
| amphiploidy | 11 | 24 | nounn | |||||
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| amphiphiles | 11 | 23 | nounn | |||||
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| amphimacers | 11 | 22 | nounn | |||||
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| amphiploids | 11 | 21 | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
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