12-letter words containing a, c, e, n, t
- aesthetician — a student of aesthetics
- affectations — Plural form of affectation.
- affectedness — assumed artificially; unnatural; feigned: affected sophistication; an affected British accent.
- 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.
- 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.
- agranulocyte — a white blood cell without granules in its cytoplasm
- albert canal — ship canal in Belgium, from Liège to Antwerp: 81 mi (131 km)
- altercations — Plural form of altercation.
- altiloquence — Pompous language; lofty speech.
- amber nectar — beer
- ambitendency — ambivalence, especially when acted out; a tendency to contradictory behavior arising from conflicting impulses.
- 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
- announcement — An announcement is a statement made to the public or to the media which gives information about something that has happened or that will happen.
- anorthoclase — a variety of microcline, rich in sodium and sometimes having a play of color: sometimes considered a variety of orthoclase.
- ansate cross — ankh
- antebrachial — Lb anatomy relating to the forearm.
- antebrachium — (anatomy) The forearm.
- antecedental — preceding; prior: an antecedent event.
- antecedently — in an antecedent manner
- antechambers — Plural form of antechamber.
- 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
- antiallergic — An antiallergic substance prevents or relieves allergies.
- anticatalase — a substance that inhibits the enzymatic action of a catalase.
- anticathexis — a change from one emotion to its opposite, as from hate to love.
- anticathodes — Plural form of anticathode.
- antichthones — the antipodes
- anticipately — (dated) In anticipation, in advance; anticipatedly.
- anticipative — inclined to anticipate; of or full of anticipation
- anticlerical — opposed to the power and influence of the clergy, esp in politics
- anticlimaxes — Plural form of anticlimax.