12-letter words containing a, p, o, r
- anchor plant — a South American shrub, Colletia cruciata, of the buckthorn family, having flattened green branches and yellowish-white flowers.
- anchorperson — the primary reporter on a news television broadcast
- anchovy pear — a Jamaican tree, Grias cauliflora, bearing edible fruits that taste like the mango: family Lecythidaceae
- anemotropism — orientation in response to a current of air.
- angelo patri — Angelo [an-juh-loh] /ˈæn dʒəˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1965, U.S. educator and writer, born in Italy.
- angiocarpous — being or having fruit contained in a vessel such as a shell
- angiographic — relating to or using angiography
- anisomorphic — differing in the semantic scope of terms referring to the real world: for instance, English and Russian are anisomorphic with regard to colour terms, English treating light blue and navy blue as shades of one colour but Russian treating these two shades as unrelated
- anisotropies — Plural form of anisotropy.
- anisotropism — the state of being anisotropic
- anthocarpous — resembling or pertaining to an anthocarp
- anthrophonic — Relating to anthrophony.
- anthropodicy — An attempt, or argument attempting, to justify the existence of humanity as good (contrast theodicy).
- anthropogeny — the genesis or development of the human race, especially as a subject of scientific study.
- anthropoglot — An animal with tongue similar to humans allowing human-like speech.
- anthropogony — the origin of the human species
- anthropoidal — Anthropoid.
- anthropology — Anthropology is the scientific study of people, society, and culture.
- anthroponomy — the science dealing with the laws regulating the development of the human organism in relation to other organisms and to environment.
- anthroponymy — the study of personal names.
- anthropotomy — the structure of the human body
- anti-strophe — the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right.
- anticipatory — An anticipatory feeling or action is one that you have or do because you are expecting something to happen soon.
- antientropic — showing a tendency towards order
- antigropelos — waterproof leggings used to protect against mud
- antiperiodic — efficacious against recurring attacks of a disease
- antipredator — discouraging or protecting against predators
- antistrophes — Plural form of antistrophe.
- antistrophic — Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.
- antistrophon — an argument that is retorted against an opponent
- aortographic — relating to an aortography or aortography
- apeirophobia — The fear of infinity and/or of infinite things.
- aperiodicity — not periodic; irregular.
- aphoristical — Alternative form of aphoristic.
- aphrodisiacs — Plural form of aphrodisiac.
- aplacophoran — solenogaster.
- apochromatic — (of a lens) almost free from spherical and chromatic aberration
- apocryphally — In an apocryphal manner.
- apostle bird — a gregarious grey-and-brown Australian nest-building bird, Struthidea cinerea
- apostrophise — to address by apostrophe.
- apostrophize — to address an apostrophe to
- apothecaries — Plural form of apothecary.
- apparitional — of or relating to an apparition or apparitions; ghostly, spectral
- appeal court — An appeal court is the same as a Court of Appeal.
- apperception — the attainment of full awareness of a sensation or idea
- appleknocker — Northern U.S. a rustic.
- appoggiatura — an ornament consisting of a nonharmonic note (short or long) preceding a harmonic one either before or on the stress
- apportioning — Present participle of apportion.
- appreciation — Appreciation of something is the recognition and enjoyment of its good qualities.
- appreciators — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.