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12-letter words containing a, l, n, c

  • american elk — elk (def 2).
  • american elm — an elm, Ulmus americana, of North America, cultivated for shade and ornament: state tree of Massachusetts, Nebraska, and North Dakota.
  • amicableness — The state or quality of being amicable.
  • anachronical — Not in the correct date order. Chronologically incorrect.
  • anacolouthon — Alternative spelling of anacoluthon (A break in sequence, that occurs when the scheme of a sentence is changed in its course. Incoherence in a sentence.).
  • anaglyphical — Alternative form of anaglyphic.
  • analog clock — a clock that represents time by the position of hands on a dial.
  • analog watch — a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial.
  • analogically — In an analogical manner; in the manner of an analogy.
  • analphabetic — not in alphabetical order
  • analytically — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
  • anapaestical — belonging to the form of poetry which uses a reversed dactyl consisting of two short syllables followed by a long one
  • anaphylactic — exaggerated allergic reaction to a foreign protein resulting from previous exposure to it.
  • anarchically — In an anarchic manner; in the manner of anarchy.
  • anatomically — of or relating to anatomy.
  • anchor light — a 32-point light, visible from at least two miles away, shown at night near the bow and not more than 20 feet (6 meters) above the deck of a vessel lying at anchor.
  • anchor plant — a South American shrub, Colletia cruciata, of the buckthorn family, having flattened green branches and yellowish-white flowers.
  • anchoritical — in the manner of or resembling an anchorite
  • andragogical — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
  • androclinium — clinandrium.
  • anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
  • anelasticity — the property of a substance which has a disproportionate relationship between stress and strain
  • anencephalic — born with no or only a partial brain
  • anglo-celtic — of or relating to an inhabitant of Australia who was or whose ancestors were born in the British Isles
  • anglo-french — of or relating to England and France
  • anglo-gallic — noting or pertaining to the coins or series of coins issued by the English kings from Henry II to Henry VIII for their French domains.
  • anglophiliac — a strong admiration or enthusiasm for England, its people, and things English.
  • 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.
  • animalculism — the theory explaining psychological and pathological phenomena through animalcules
  • animalculist — a person who subscribes to the theory of animalculism
  • animalculous — a minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye, as an infusorian or rotifer.
  • annihilistic — Relating to annihilation.
  • announceable — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
  • anorthoclase — a variety of microcline, rich in sodium and sometimes having a play of color: sometimes considered a variety of orthoclase.
  • antanaclasis — a form of speech in which a key word is repeated and used in a different, and sometimes contrary, way for a play on words, as in The craft of a politician is to appear before the public without craft.
  • antarafacial — (chemistry) Of a chemical reaction, involving two simultaneous changes in bonding to opposite faces of a common centre (or related centres) of a molecular fragment.
  • antebrachial — Lb anatomy relating to the forearm.
  • antecedental — preceding; prior: an antecedent event.
  • antecedently — in an antecedent manner
  • 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
  • anthological — a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject: an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.
  • anti-nuclear — opposed to military and industrial applications of nuclear energy and to technologies which produce radioactive waste products
  • anti-radical — opposed to radicalism or radicals.
  • antiallergic — An antiallergic substance prevents or relieves allergies.
  • 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
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