12-letter words containing a, p, t, e, r, i
- appreciatory — appreciative.
- apprenticing — Present participle of apprentice.
- apprentisage — Obsolete form of apprenticeage.
- appropriated — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- appropriates — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- approximated — near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
- approximates — near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
- archetypical — Archetypical means the same as archetypal.
- aristophanes — ?448–?380 bc, Greek comic dramatist, who satirized leading contemporary figures such as Socrates and Euripides. Eleven of his plays are extant, including The Clouds, The Frogs, The Birds, and Lysistrata
- arpeggiation — the writing, playing or singing of arpeggios
- arsenopyrite — a white or grey metallic mineral consisting of a sulphide of iron and arsenic that forms monoclinic crystals with an orthorhombic shape: an ore of arsenic. Formula: FeAsS
- arteriopathy — Any disease of the arteries.
- aspect ratio — the ratio of width to height of the picture on a television or cinema screen
- at a premium — If something is at a premium, it is wanted or needed, but is difficult to get or achieve.
- at any price — If you want something at any price, you are determined to get it, even if unpleasant things happen as a result.
- 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.
- atomic power — nuclear power.
- attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
- azathioprine — a synthetic drug that suppresses the normal immune responses of the body and is administered orally during and after organ transplantation and also in certain types of autoimmune disease. Formula: C9H7N7O2S
- b-s particle — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- baptisteries — Plural form of baptistery.
- barbecue pit — a trench in which wood or charcoal is burned for barbecuing
- beamsplitter — Alternative spelling of beam splitter.
- beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
- biparentally — from a biparental point of view
- bipropellant — a rocket propellant consisting of two substances, usually a fuel and an oxidizer
- birth parent — a biological mother (birth mother) or biological father (birth father) a biological parent.
- bitter apple — colocynth
- blister pack — a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard
- brevipennate — (of flightless birds) short-winged
- bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
- buck private — a common soldier
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
- captive-bred — bred in captivity
- carpentering — a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
- carpet tiles — small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor
- carry permit — a license to carry a handgun on one's person.
- cash receipt — A cash receipt is a proof of purchase issued when the buyer has paid in cash.
- cataphoresis — electrophoresis
- caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
- caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
- chalcopyrite — a widely distributed yellow mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper and iron in tetragonal crystalline form: the principal ore of copper. Formula: CuFeS2
- chalk stripe — (on a fabric) a pattern of thin white lines on a dark ground.
- chalk-stripe — a stripe, as in the fabric of some suits, that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe
- chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.