12-letter words containing a, m, i, n
- appointments — Plural form of appointment.
- appraisement — the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
- aqua ammonia — a water solution of ammonia; ammonia water; ammonium hydroxide
- archiphoneme — an abstract linguistic unit representing two or more phonemes when the distinction between these has been neutralized: conventionally shown by a capital letter within slashes, as /T/ for /t/ and /d/ in German Rat and Rad
- area bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped over the general area of a target.
- arithmomania — an obsessive desire to count objects, or a fixation with numbers and calculations
- arm-twisting — persuasion
- armamentaria — the aggregate of equipment, methods, and techniques available to one for carrying out one's duties: The stethoscope is still an essential part of the physician's armamentarium.
- arming chest — a chest for holding armor and weapons.
- arraignments — Plural form of arraignment.
- arsphenamine — a drug containing arsenic, formerly used in the treatment of syphilis and related infections
- artilleryman — a serviceman who serves in an artillery unit
- artillerymen — Plural form of artilleryman.
- assimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- assimilation — an assimilating or being assimilated
- assimulating — Present participle of assimulate.
- assimulation — Obsolete form of assimilation.
- astonishment — Astonishment is a feeling of great surprise.
- astrodynamic — Pertaining to astrodynamics.
- astronomical — If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large indeed.
- asynchronism — a lack of synchronism; occurrence at different times
- auction room — a room in a building where auctions take place
- augmentation — the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
- augmentative — tending or able to augment
- autoimmunity — (pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder.
- automatizing — Present participle of automatize.
- automobiling — (dated) present participle of automobile.
- autumn olive — a spiny shrub (Elaeagnus umbellata) of the oleaster family, having leaves covered with silvery or brown scales
- avitaminosis — any disease caused by a vitamin deficiency in the diet
- avitaminotic — of or relating to avitaminosis
- ayuntamiento — (in Spain) a municipal council
- azithromycin — A macrolide antibiotic derived from erythromycin.
- babe-in-arms — a young baby that has to be carried
- baby monitor — a device that transmits sounds made by a baby to another room
- back molding — a molding, as a backband, applied to interior window and door trim to conceal the edge of the wall surface.
- bainqen lama — Tashi Lama.
- balletomania — passionate enthusiasm for ballet
- bandjarmasin — Banjarmasin
- bandjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
- bantamweight — A bantamweight is a boxer who weighs between 51 and 53.5 kilograms, or a wrestler who weighs between 52 and 57 kilograms. A bantamweight is heavier than a flyweight but lighter than a featherweight.
- barbarianism — a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person.
- barium enema — an injection into the rectum of a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, before X-raying the lower alimentary canal
- barnstorming — A barnstorming performance is full of energy and very exciting to watch.
- barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
- base jumping — a sport in which a participant parachutes from any of a variety of fixed objects such as high buildings, cliffs, etc
- basketmaking — The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
- be damned if — If someone says 'I'm damned if I'm going to do it' or 'I'll be damned if I'll do it', they are emphasizing that they do not intend to do something and think it is unreasonable for anyone to expect them to do it.
- beachcombing — The action of a beachcomber.
- bead molding — bead (def 12).
- bear in mind — to remember