12-letter words containing a, e, g
- archaeologic — Pertaining to archaeology.
- archegoniate — having archegonia
- archeologist — archaeology.
- archipelagic — a large group or chain of islands: the Malay Archipelago.
- archipelagos — Plural form of archipelago.
- architecting — a person who engages in the profession of architecture.
- area bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped over the general area of a target.
- area manager — a manager of a business, organization, etc who has responsibility for a specific geographical area
- argillaceous — (of sedimentary rocks and deposits) composed of very fine-grained material, such as clay, shale, etc
- argle-bargle — argy-bargy
- arm's-length — lacking intimacy or friendliness, esp when possessing some special connection, such as previous closeness
- arming chest — a chest for holding armor and weapons.
- arpeggiation — the writing, playing or singing of arpeggios
- arraignments — Plural form of arraignment.
- arrangements — preparatory measures taken or plans made; preparations
- arseno group — the bivalent group −As=As−.
- arteriograms — Plural form of arteriogram.
- ascertaining — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- asking price — The asking price of something is the price which the person selling it says that they want for it, although they may accept less.
- asparaginase — an enzyme used in treating leukaemia
- aspiringness — the condition of being aspiring
- assay groove — (in silverwork) a furrow left in a piece by the digging out of metal for assay.
- assemblagist — a creative person or artist who is skilled in putting together works of art based on assemblage
- asseverating — Present participle of asseverate.
- astigmatizer — a cylindrical lens used in a rangefinder to draw out the point image of a point source into a line.
- astigmometer — an apparatus for measuring the degree of astigmatism.
- astigmoscope — astigmatoscope.
- astringently — In the manner of an astringent.
- astrogeology — the study of the structure, composition, and history of other planets and other bodies in the solar system
- atheological — having an aversion or resistance to theology
- attenborough — Sir David. born 1926, British naturalist and broadcaster; noted esp for his TV series Life on Earth (1978), The Living Planet (1983), The Life of Birds (1998), The Life of Mammals (2002), and First Life (2010)
- auger effect — the spontaneous emission of an electron instead of a photon by an excited ion as a result of a vacancy being filled in an inner electron shell
- auger shower — a shower of electrons, photons, etc. resulting from the collision of primary cosmic rays with atomic nuclei in the atmosphere
- augmentation — the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
- augmentative — tending or able to augment
- aurene glass — an iridescent American art glass colored gold and blue.
- autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
- autogenously — In an autogenous manner; spontaneously.
- average life — the average time that an unstable particle or nucleus survives before it decays.
- axel heiberg — the largest island belonging to the Sverdrup group in the Canadian Northwest Territories. 15,779 sq. mi. (40,868 sq. km).
- babingtonite — a rare, slightly magnetic, black or dark green silicate mineral, Ca2Fe2Si5O14OH, found in cavities in volcanic rock
- back passage — People sometimes refer to their rectum as their back passage.
- backbreaking — demanding great effort; exhausting
- backgrounded — Simple past tense and past participle of background.
- backgrounder — A backgrounder is a short article in a newspaper or magazine that provides background information about a particular subject.
- backpedaling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
- bacteriology — Bacteriology is the science and the study of bacteria.
- badger plane — a plane for finishing rabbets or the like.
- badger skunk — hog-nosed skunk (def 1).
- badger state — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.