12-letter words containing a, p
- aeroplankton — the tiny plants, animals, and bacteria living and floating in the air
- aethrioscope — an instrument which measures temperature changes caused by different conditions of the sky
- affine group — the group of all affine transformations of a finite-dimensional vector space.
- aggrupations — Plural form of aggrupation.
- agp graphics — Accelerated Graphics Port
- agrippina ii — a.d. 16?–59? mother of the Roman emperor Nero and sister of Caligula.
- agriproducts — Plural form of agriproduct.
- aichmophobia — the fear of pointed objects, esp needles, pins, etc
- aide-de-camp — An aide-de-camp is an officer in the armed forces who helps an officer of higher rank.
- ailurophiles — Plural form of ailurophile.
- ailurophilia — a liking for cats, as by cat fanciers.
- ailurophilic — relating to ailurophilia
- ailurophobes — Plural form of ailurophobe.
- ailurophobia — an abnormal fear of cats
- ailurophobic — relating to ailurophobia
- aiming point — the point at which a gun or bombsight is aimed in order to strike a desired target, often a point in advance of or behind the actual target.
- air pressure — the force of air pressing down on an area
- air purifier — a device which removes pollutants and allergens from the air
- airpocalypse — (informal) The presence of dense smog in many parts of China.
- airport code — a three-letter abbreviation of the names of the world's major airports, used especially as an identifier for routing baggage.
- albert speer — Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- alcaptonuria — Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria.
- alexipharmac — an antidote
- alexipharmic — acting as an antidote
- alice palmer — Alice Elvira, 1855–1902, U.S. educator.
- alkaptonuria — excessive excretion of homogentisic acid in the urine, caused by a hereditary abnormality of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine.
- all shook up — shaken, upset
- all-powerful — An all-powerful person or organization has the power to do anything they want.
- allelomorphs — Plural form of allelomorph.
- allelopathic — relating to or characterized by allelopathy
- allomorphism — variation in the crystalline form of a chemical compound
- allotropical — (chemistry, rare) Of or pertaining to an element that exhibits allotropy.
- almond paste — ground almond mixture
- alpha boötis — Arcturus
- alpha female — strong woman
- alpha leonis — Regulus1
- alpha rhythm — the normal bursts of electrical activity from the cerebral cortex of a drowsy or inactive person, occurring at a frequency of 8 to 12 hertz and detectable with an electroencephalograph
- alphabetical — Alphabetical means arranged according to the normal order of the letters in the alphabet.
- alphabetised — (British) Arranged in alphabetical order.
- alphabetiser — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of alphabetizer.
- alphabetized — (North America) Arranged in alphabetical order.
- alphabetizer — to put or arrange in alphabetical order.
- alphabetizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabetize.
- alphamerical — relating to alphanumeric characters
- alphanumeric — (of a character set, code, or file of data) consisting of alphabetical and numerical symbols
- alphaviruses — Plural form of alphavirus.
- alphitomancy — the use of barley meal as a means of divination.
- alpine-style — of or in an ascent (esp in high mountains like the Himalayas) in which the climbers carry all their equipment with them in a single ascent from base to summit
- 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.
- ambiposition — (linguistics) An adposition that can occur either before or after its complement.