12-letter words containing a, c, e, i, t
- adriatic sea — an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula
- aerification — an act of combining with air.
- aeroacoustic — Relating to aeroacoustics.
- aerodonetics — the study of soaring or gliding flight, esp the study of gliders
- aeroelastics — the study of aeroelastic phenomena.
- aeromagnetic — of magnetism in the atmosphere
- aeronautical — Aeronautical means involving or relating to the design and construction of aeroplanes.
- aesthetician — a student of aesthetics
- aestheticism — the doctrine that aesthetic principles are of supreme importance and that works of art should be judged accordingly
- aestheticist — a person devoted to aesthetics and the pursuit of beauty
- aestheticize — make aesthetic
- aethrioscope — an instrument which measures temperature changes caused by different conditions of the sky
- aetiological — of or relating to aetiology
- affectations — Plural form of affectation.
- affectionado — Misspelling of aficionado.
- affectionate — If you are affectionate, you show your love or fondness for another person in the way that you behave towards them.
- afflictively — in a distressing, troublesome, or afflictive manner
- african time — unpunctuality
- afrocentrism — centered on Africa or on African-derived cultures, as those of Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti: Afrocentric art.
- agamogenetic — Of or pertaining to agamogenesis.
- airport code — a three-letter abbreviation of the names of the world's major airports, used especially as an identifier for routing baggage.
- allegoristic — writing or using allegory; interpreting in an allegorical sense.
- allelopathic — relating to or characterized by allelopathy
- alphabetical — Alphabetical means arranged according to the normal order of the letters in the alphabet.
- altercations — Plural form of altercation.
- altiloquence — Pompous language; lofty speech.
- ambitendency — ambivalence, especially when acted out; a tendency to contradictory behavior arising from conflicting impulses.
- amperometric — relating to or involving the measurement of an electric current
- amphithecium — the outer layer of cells of the sporophyte of mosses and liverworts that develops into the outer parts of the spore-bearing capsule
- amphotericin — an amphoteric antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces nodosus and used in the treatment of fungal infections.
- anaerobiotic — anaerobic
- anaesthetics — the science, study, and practice of anaesthesia and its application
- analphabetic — not in alphabetical order
- anapaestical — belonging to the form of poetry which uses a reversed dactyl consisting of two short syllables followed by a long one
- anapodeictic — (rare, rhetoric) not able to be shown or proved by argument; undemonstrable.
- androcentric — having or regarding man or the male sex as central or primary
- androgenetic — related to androgenesis
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
- anelasticity — the property of a substance which has a disproportionate relationship between stress and strain
- aneurysmatic — (medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal.
- anglo-celtic — of or relating to an inhabitant of Australia who was or whose ancestors were born in the British Isles
- antebrachial — Lb anatomy relating to the forearm.
- antebrachium — (anatomy) The forearm.
- anthelic arc — a rare halo occurring at the sun's elevation but in the opposite part of the sky.
- anthelmintic — killing or ejecting intestinal worms
- anthocyanine — Alternative form of anthocyanin.
- anti-nuclear — opposed to military and industrial applications of nuclear energy and to technologies which produce radioactive waste products
- anti-science — a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
- anti-semitic — Someone or something that is anti-Semitic is hostile to or prejudiced against Jewish people.
- antiacademic — opposed to education