12-letter words containing ast
- counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- cut fastball — a fastball that breaks somewhat like a curve ball, due to increased pressure from the tip of the middle finger.
- cybercasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- cyberspastic — (humour) A person suffering from information overload while browsing the Internet or web. Compare webhead.
- dastardizing — Present participle of dastardize.
- demibastions — Plural form of demibastion.
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- devastations — Plural form of devastation.
- diastereomer — either of a pair of stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other.
- diastrophism — the process of movement and deformation of the earth's crust that gives rise to large-scale features such as continents, ocean basins, and mountains
- diploblastic — having two germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm, as the embryos of sponges and coelenterates.
- disastrously — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- distastefull — Archaic form of distasteful.
- dodecastylos — a dodecastyle building, as a classical temple.
- downcastness — The quality of being downcast.
- drillmasters — Plural form of drillmaster.
- duodecastyle — dodecastyle.
- dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
- dynastically — In a dynastic (or dynastical) way.
- east african — of or relating to East Africa or its inhabitants
- east anglian — an early English kingdom in SE Britain: modern Norfolk and Suffolk.
- east bengali — of or relating to East Bengal (now Bangladesh) or its inhabitants
- east chicago — a port in NW Indiana, on Lake Michigan, near Chicago.
- east detroit — a city in SE Michigan.
- east germany — a former country in central Europe: created in 1949 from the Soviet zone of occupied Germany established in 1945: reunited with West Germany in 1990. 41,827 sq. mi. (108,333 sq. km). Capital: East Berlin.
- east lansing — a city in S Michigan.
- east lothian — a historic county in SE Scotland.
- east prussia — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- east suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk county, in E England.
- easter bunny — rabbit: brings chocolate eggs
- easter daisy — a nearly stemless composite plant, Townsendia exscapa, of the Rocky Mountain regions, having stalkless purplish or white flowers in a rosette of narrow leaves.
- easterliness — The state of being easterly.
- eastern cape — a province of S South Africa; formed in 1994 from the E part of the former Cape Province: service industries, agriculture, and mining. Capital: Bhisho (formerly Bisho). Pop: 6 562 053 (2011 est). Area: 169 600 sq km (65 483 sq miles)
- eastern rite — the rite of an Eastern church, usually observed in the national language of the country where the church is located.
- eastern time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
- ecclesiastes — a book of the Bible. Abbreviation: Eccl., Eccles.
- ecclesiastic — a member of the clergy or other person in religious orders.
- elastic band — rubber strip for binding items together
- elasticities — Plural form of elasticity.
- enthusiastic — Having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
- entoplastral — relating to an entoplastron
- entoplastron — the median plate of a turtle's plastron
- ergastoplasm — endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
- euthanasiast — a person who advocates euthanasia
- everlastings — Plural form of everlasting.
- fantasticate — to make or render fantastic.
- fantasticism — the quality of being fantastic