12-letter words containing a, b, i, l
- alphabetizer — to put or arrange in alphabetical order.
- alphabetizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabetize.
- alterability — capable of being altered.
- ambisyllabic — (of a single speech sound or cluster) shared phonetically by two contiguous syllables, as the single n -sound of any or the pl -cluster of grappling.
- ambitionless — without ambition, unambitious
- ambivalently — in an ambivalent manner
- ambrettolide — a colorless liquid, C 16 H 28 O 2 , having a strong musky odor, used as a fixative in the manufacture of perfume.
- ambulatories — Plural form of ambulatory.
- ambulatorily — By or in terms of walking.
- amicableness — The state or quality of being amicable.
- amissibility — the quality of being amissible
- amphibiology — The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
- amphibiously — In the manner of an amphibian.
- amphiblastic — (of animal ova) showing complete but unequal cleavage after fertilization
- amphibolitic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
- analphabetic — not in alphabetical order
- anglophobiac — a person with a fear or dread of England or the English
- animal black — any of various black pigments, as boneblack or ivory black, obtained from calcined animal matter.
- antebrachial — Lb anatomy relating to the forearm.
- anti-lebanon — a mountain range running north and south between Syria and Lebanon, east of the Lebanon Mountains. Highest peak: Mount Hermon, 2814 m (9232 ft)
- anti-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- antibacklash — relating to the prevention of a violent backward reaction or movement
- antibiblical — Opposing or contradicting the Bible.
- antibiotical — Of or pertaining to antibiotics.
- antiblackism — a belief or type of behaviour which exhibits hostility towards Black people
- antibullying — Opposed to or acting against bullying.
- antiburglary — intended to prevent burglary
- antifebriles — Plural form of antifebrile.
- antigambling — opposed to gambling
- antiglobulin — a serum containing an antibody specific to an immunoglobulin
- antimetabole — the repetition of words in reverse order for emphasis
- antiroll bar — a horizontal bar in the suspension system of some automotive vehicles, that stabilizes the body of the vehicle and thereby reduces sway, esp. during turns
- antisociable — Antisocial.
- apostle bird — a gregarious grey-and-brown Australian nest-building bird, Struthidea cinerea
- apple blight — an aphid, Eriosoma lanigera, that is covered with a powdery waxy secretion and infests apple trees
- appropriable — that can be appropriated
- arabia felix — an ancient division of Arabia, in the S part: sometimes restricted to Yemen.
- arabian gulf — an arm of the Arabian Sea, between SW Iran and Arabia. 600 miles (965 km) long.
- archiblastic — of, relating to, or derived from an archiblast.
- arousability — to stimulate sexually.
- art mobilier — small, movable art objects, especially primitive or prehistoric works of art.
- ashurbanipal — died ?626 bc, king of Assyria (?668–?626): son of Esarhaddon. He built the magnificent palace and library at Nineveh
- assemblagist — a creative person or artist who is skilled in putting together works of art based on assemblage
- assibilation — (linguistics) A sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant, commonly the final phase of palatalization.
- assumability — a mortgage loan or a feature of such that allows the buyer of a property to assume or take on the existing mortgage from the property seller
- assurbanipal — Ashurbanipal
- astonishable — (obsolete) Astonishing.
- astrobiology — the branch of biology that investigates the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe
- atrabilarian — Characterized by melancholy or glum; atrabilarious; atrabilious.
- attributable — If something is attributable to an event, situation, or person, it is likely that it was caused by that event, situation or person.