12-letter words containing a, o, e
- artiodactyle — (zoology) One of the Artiodactyla, a group of ungulates.
- asbestos mat — a heat-proof mat
- ascensionist — a person who has completed a mountain ascent, esp a notable one
- ascomycetous — belonging or pertaining to the Ascomycota.
- ash-coloured — silver-grey in colour
- aspect ratio — the ratio of width to height of the picture on a television or cinema screen
- assay groove — (in silverwork) a furrow left in a piece by the digging out of metal for assay.
- assay office — an organization that assays and monitors the purity of precious metals in a particular country
- assentaneous — having a tendency to agree, comply or acquiesce
- assertations — Plural form of assertation.
- assessorship — the occupation, post or duties of a person who assesses, advises, or estimates
- asseveration — the act of asseverating.
- assortedness — the position of being sorted, grouped or harmonized with, well or badly, or provided with a good or bad assortment or mixture
- assuefaction — the condition of being or becoming familiar with or used to something
- assumed bond — a bond issued by one corporation and assumed as an obligation by another.
- astigmometer — an apparatus for measuring the degree of astigmatism.
- astigmoscope — astigmatoscope.
- astonishable — (obsolete) Astonishing.
- astonishment — Astonishment is a feeling of great surprise.
- astrochemist — (chemistry, astronomy) A chemist or astronomer whose speciality is astrochemistry.
- astrogeology — the study of the structure, composition, and history of other planets and other bodies in the solar system
- asynchronies — a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
- at a low ebb — in a state or period of weakness, lack of vigour, or decline
- at the worst — bad or ill in the highest, greatest, or most extreme degree: the worst person.
- at wholesale — in large quantities
- atactostelic — Of or possessing an atactostele.
- atheological — having an aversion or resistance to theology
- atheoretical — having no connection with and not founded on theory
- atheromatous — a sebaceous cyst.
- atholl brose — a mixture of whisky and honey left to ferment before consumption
- atmospherics — Atmospherics are elements in something such as a piece of music or a book which create a certain atmosphere.
- atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
- atom smasher — accelerator (sense 3)
- atomic power — nuclear power.
- 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)
- attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
- au contraire — on the contrary
- auction sale — an instance of items being sold by auction
- auction site — a commercial website on which items are sold by internet auction
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- audio system — integrated equipment for producing amplified sound, as in a hi-fi or a mobile disco, or as a public-address system on stage
- 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
- auroral zone — the region surrounding the north or south geomagnetic pole in which the auroral phenomena take place.
- austronesian — of or relating to Austronesia, its peoples, or their languages
- authorizable — able to be authorized
- auto-erotism — the arousal and satisfaction of sexual excitement within or by oneself, as by masturbation.
- autoanalyzer — any of various automatic devices that test and analyze chemicals, blood, etc.
- autocatalyse — to cause an internal, self-produced, chemical reaction
- autocatalyze — To cause, or to undergo autocatalysis.