12-letter words containing n, a, r
- afrikanerism — a word, term, or usage peculiar to or originating among Afrikaners.
- afrocentrism — centered on Africa or on African-derived cultures, as those of Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti: Afrocentric art.
- after-dinner — immediately following dinner: an after-dinner speech.
- afterburners — Plural form of afterburner.
- afterburning — a process in which additional fuel is ignited in the exhaust gases of a jet engine to produce additional thrust
- agency nurse — a nurse employed by an agency, rather than by a hospital
- agent orange — a highly poisonous herbicide used as a spray for defoliation and crop destruction, esp by US forces during the Vietnam War
- aggrandising — Present participle of aggrandise.
- aggrandizing — Present participle of aggrandize.
- aggravations — Plural form of aggravation.
- aggregations — Plural form of aggregation.
- aggrievement — the state of being aggrieved
- aggrupations — Plural form of aggrupation.
- agranulocyte — a white blood cell without granules in its cytoplasm
- agribusiness — Agribusiness is the various businesses that produce, sell, and distribute farm products, especially on a large scale.
- agrippina ii — a.d. 16?–59? mother of the Roman emperor Nero and sister of Caligula.
- agrobusiness — the businesses collectively associated with the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products.
- agroindustry — an activity combining agriculture and industry
- aileron roll — a roll consisting of one or more rotations, usually controlled by the use of ailerons.
- air cylinder — a cylinder containing air, esp one fitted with a piston and used for damping purposes
- air division — an organizational unit smaller than an air force, usually composed of a headquarters and two or more wings
- air drilling — Air drilling is a drilling method in which compressed air or nitrogen is used to cool the drill bit and lift cuttings out of the wellbore.
- air layering — a method of propagating a plant by girdling or cutting part way into a stem or branch and packing the area with a moist medium, as sphagnum moss, stimulating root formation so that the stem or branch can be removed and grown as an independent plant.
- air ministry — (in England) the department of government administering all civil and military matters concerning aviation.
- air terminal — An air terminal is a building in which passengers wait before they get on to an aeroplane.
- aircraftsman — a person holding the rank of noncommissioned officer in the RAF.
- airtightness — the quality of being airtight
- alan shugart — Alan F. Shugart
- alant starch — inulin.
- alarm signal — a signal warning of danger
- alaska range — a mountain range in S central Alaska. Highest peak: Mount McKinley, 6194 m (20 320 ft)
- albert canal — ship canal in Belgium, from Liège to Antwerp: 81 mi (131 km)
- alcaptonuria — Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria.
- aldebaranium — (chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
- aldermanlike — resembling an alderman, esp in being pompous
- alexander ii — 1198–1249, king of Scotland (1214–49), son of William (the Lion)
- alexander iv — (Rinaldo Conti) died 1261, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1254–61.
- alexander vi — original name Rodrigo Borgia. 1431–1503, pope (1492–1503): noted for his extravagance and immorality as well as for his patronage of the arts; father of Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, with whom he is said to have committed incest
- alexanderson — Ernst F. W [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1878–1975, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- alexandretta — Iskenderun
- alexandrines — Plural form of alexandrine.
- alexandrinus — the Greek uncial codex, dating from the early 5th century a.d., originally containing the complete text of the Greek Old and New Testaments.
- alfred mahan — Alfred Thayer [they-er] /ˈθeɪ ər/ (Show IPA), 1840–1914, U.S. naval officer and writer on naval history.
- alice's fern — Hartford fern.
- alieni juris — under the control of another, as a lunatic or infant.
- alkaptonuria — excessive excretion of homogentisic acid in the urine, caused by a hereditary abnormality of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine.
- all-american — If you describe someone as an all-American boy or girl, you mean that they seem to have all the typical qualities that are valued by ordinary Americans, such as good looks and love of their country.
- allegorizing — Present participle of allegorize.
- allen wrench — a thin, L-shaped wrench with a hexagonal head at both ends, designed to fit the sockets of certain screws and bolts
- alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.