12-letter words containing a, s, t
- achromatopsy — Color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; daltonism, achromatopia.
- acoustic ohm — the unit of acoustic impedance, equal to the impedance of a medium in which a sound pressure of one dyne per square centimeter produces a velocity of one centimeter per second.
- acoustically — with reference to acoustics; from the standpoint of acoustics
- acoustimeter — a portable electronic device for measuring noise levels, especially those of traffic.
- acquirements — Plural form of acquirement.
- acquisitions — An asset or object bought or obtained, typically by a library or museum.
- acquittances — Plural form of acquittance.
- acrostically — In the manner of an acrostic.
- actabilities — Plural form of actability.
- actinic rays — light rays, esp. the violet and ultraviolet parts of the spectrum, that produce chemical changes, as in photography
- actinometers — Plural form of actinometer.
- actinomycins — Plural form of actinomycin.
- actinostelic — Of or possessing an actinostele.
- adaptiveness — in a state that has a capacity for adaptation
- adder's-meat — the greater stitchwort
- addictedness — the state of being addicted
- adelie coast — a part of Antarctica, between Wilkes Land and George V Land: the mainland section of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (claim suspended under the Antarctic Treaty)
- adenectomies — Plural form of adenectomy.
- adeodatus ii — Saint, died a.d. 676, pope 672–676.
- adequateness — the quality of being adequate
- adiapneustia — (medicine) defective perspiration; adiaphoresis.
- adjournments — Plural form of adjournment.
- adjudicators — Plural form of adjudicator.
- adjustmental — relating to adjustment
- administered — Simple past tense and past participle of administer.
- administrant — a person who administers
- administrate — to manage or direct (the affairs of a business, institution, etc)
- admonishment — to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
- adolescently — in an adolescent manner
- adrian quist — intoxicated; drunk
- adriatic sea — an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula
- adscititious — added or supplemental; additional
- adularescent — (of minerals, such as moonstone) having or emitting a milky or bluish iridescence
- adulteresses — Plural form of adulteress.
- adulterously — In a adulterous manner.
- advancements — Plural form of advancement.
- advantageous — If something is advantageous to you, it is likely to benefit you.
- adventitious — added or appearing accidentally or unexpectedly
- adventurists — Plural form of adventurist.
- adversatives — Plural form of adversative.
- advertisable — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- advertorials — Plural form of advertorial.
- advisability — proper to be suggested or recommended; desirable or wise, as a course of action: Is it advisable for me to write to him?
- aeroacoustic — Relating to aeroacoustics.
- aerodonetics — the study of soaring or gliding flight, esp the study of gliders
- aeroelastics — the study of aeroelastic phenomena.
- aerosiderite — a meteorite which is composed mainly of iron
- aesthesiogen — a substance that stimulates or produces sensation
- aesthetician — a student of aesthetics
- aestheticism — the doctrine that aesthetic principles are of supreme importance and that works of art should be judged accordingly