12-letter words containing a, l, s, t
- allman style — indent style
- almightiness — The state or quality of being almighty.
- almond paste — ground almond mixture
- alpha boötis — Arcturus
- alphabetised — (British) Arranged in alphabetical order.
- alphabetiser — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of alphabetizer.
- alphabetizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabetize.
- alpine-style — of or in an ascent (esp in high mountains like the Himalayas) in which the climbers carry all their equipment with them in a single ascent from base to summit
- alstroemeria — any plant of the tuberous perennial liliaceous genus Alstroemeria, originally S American, grown for their brightly coloured orchid-like flowers
- altaltissimo — the apex of something
- altar server — server (def 5).
- altercations — Plural form of altercation.
- alternations — Plural form of alternation.
- alternatives — a choice limited to one of two or more possibilities, as of things, propositions, or courses of action, the selection of which precludes any other possibility: You have the alternative of riding or walking.
- altitudinous — pertaining to altitude or height
- alto-stratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a generally uniform gray sheet or layer, lighter in color than nimbostratus and darker than cirrostratus: of medium altitude, about 8000–20,000 feet (2450–6100 meters).
- alton towers — a 19th-century Gothic Revival mansion with extensive gardens in NW central England, in Staffordshire: site of a large amusement park
- amateurishly — In an amateurish or nonprofessional manner.
- ambitionless — without ambition, unambitious
- ambulatories — Plural form of ambulatory.
- amissibility — the quality of being amissible
- amphiblastic — (of animal ova) showing complete but unequal cleavage after fertilization
- analogy test — a reasoning test in which the subject is required to supply the missing term in a relationship of the form “A is to B as Y is to ^^^.”.
- analyzations — Plural form of analyzation.
- anapaestical — belonging to the form of poetry which uses a reversed dactyl consisting of two short syllables followed by a long one
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
- anelasticity — the property of a substance which has a disproportionate relationship between stress and strain
- angelologist — a person who studies angelology
- angularities — Plural form of angularity.
- animalculist — a person who subscribes to the theory of animalculism
- anisothermal — (thermodynamics) Of or pertaining to a system that is not in thermal equilibrium, that does not have a single fixed temperature.
- annihilistic — Relating to annihilation.
- anorthoclase — a variety of microcline, rich in sodium and sometimes having a play of color: sometimes considered a variety of orthoclase.
- antanaclasis — a form of speech in which a key word is repeated and used in a different, and sometimes contrary, way for a play on words, as in The craft of a politician is to appear before the public without craft.
- anthologised — Simple past tense and past participle of anthologise.
- anthologiser — Alternative spelling of anthologizer.
- anthologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anthologize.
- anthophilous — (esp of insects) frequenting flowers
- anti-elitist — (of a person or class of persons) considered superior by others or by themselves, as in intellect, talent, power, wealth, or position in society: elitist country clubbers who have theirs and don't care about anybody else.
- anti-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- antialiasing — a technique for smoothing out jagged lines in graphical computer output.
- antibacklash — relating to the prevention of a violent backward reaction or movement
- antiblackism — a belief or type of behaviour which exhibits hostility towards Black people
- anticatalase — a substance that inhibits the enzymatic action of a catalase.
- anticatalyst — a substance that destroys or diminishes the activity of a catalyst
- anticlimaxes — Plural form of anticlimax.
- anticyclones — Plural form of anticyclone.
- antiepilepsy — (of a drug or treatment) acting against epilepsy
- antifebriles — Plural form of antifebrile.
- antigropelos — waterproof leggings used to protect against mud