12-letter words containing a, l, o, t
- agnostically — a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience. Synonyms: disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever; doubter, skeptic, secularist, empiricist; heathen, heretic, infidel, pagan.
- agranulocyte — a white blood cell without granules in its cytoplasm
- alcaptonuria — Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria.
- alcoholicity — the strength of an alcoholic liquor
- aldolization — the conversion of an aldehyde to aldol
- algesiometer — an instrument for determining the sensitiveness of the skin to a painful stimulus.
- alimentation — sustenance; support
- alkalization — Alkalinization.
- alkaptonuria — excessive excretion of homogentisic acid in the urine, caused by a hereditary abnormality of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine.
- all the more — All is used in structures such as all the more or all the better to mean even more or even better than before.
- all together — in chorus, in unison
- all---ottava — a direction (8va), placed above or below the staff to indicate that the passage covered is to be played one octave higher or lower respectively.
- allegoristic — writing or using allegory; interpreting in an allegorical sense.
- allelopathic — relating to or characterized by allelopathy
- alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
- alloantibody — an antibody that reacts with an antigen from a genetically different individual of the same species.
- allotropical — (chemistry, rare) Of or pertaining to an element that exhibits allotropy.
- allowability — The state of being allowable; legitimacy; permissibleness.
- almond paste — ground almond mixture
- alpha boötis — Arcturus
- alphitomancy — the use of barley meal as a means of divination.
- alstroemeria — any plant of the tuberous perennial liliaceous genus Alstroemeria, originally S American, grown for their brightly coloured orchid-like flowers
- altaltissimo — the apex of something
- altercations — Plural form of altercation.
- alternations — Plural form of alternation.
- altiloquence — Pompous language; lofty speech.
- altitudinous — pertaining to altitude or height
- alto-relievo — high relief
- alto-rilievo — alto-relievo
- alto-stratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a generally uniform gray sheet or layer, lighter in color than nimbostratus and darker than cirrostratus: of medium altitude, about 8000–20,000 feet (2450–6100 meters).
- alton towers — a 19th-century Gothic Revival mansion with extensive gardens in NW central England, in Staffordshire: site of a large amusement park
- alveolectomy — The surgical reshaping of the alveolar ridge to facilitate dental prosthesis.
- alveopalatal — articulated with the blade or front of the tongue approaching or touching the front of the hard palate near its junction with the alveolar ridge; having a primary palatal articulation and a secondary alveolar articulation.
- amalgamation — the action or process of amalgamating
- ambitionless — without ambition, unambitious
- 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.
- ameliorating — Present participle of ameliorate.
- amelioration — the act or an instance of ameliorating or the state of being ameliorated
- ameliorative — Able to repair or ameliorate.
- amelioratory — tending to ameliorate
- amitotically — the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes.
- amphibolitic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
- amygdalotomy — (surgery) Surgical removal of the amygdala.
- 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.).
- analog watch — a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial.
- analogy test — a reasoning test in which the subject is required to supply the missing term in a relationship of the form “A is to B as Y is to ^^^.”.
- analyzations — Plural form of analyzation.
- anatomically — of or relating to anatomy.