12-letter words containing a, r, n, t, l
- anthropology — Anthropology is the scientific study of people, society, and culture.
- anti-leaguer — a person who opposed the League of Nations or U.S. participation in it.
- anti-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- anti-nuclear — opposed to military and industrial applications of nuclear energy and to technologies which produce radioactive waste products
- anti-radical — opposed to radicalism or radicals.
- anti-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- anti-tumoral — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- antiallergic — An antiallergic substance prevents or relieves allergies.
- antiburglary — intended to prevent burglary
- anticlerical — opposed to the power and influence of the clergy, esp in politics
- anticultural — against culture or civilization
- antielectron — an elementary particle with a positive charge, a positron
- antifebriles — Plural form of antifebrile.
- antigropelos — waterproof leggings used to protect against mud
- antiliterate — opposed to literacy, acting against literacy
- antimalarial — effective in the treatment of malaria
- antimaterial — Lb particle physics Composed of antimatter.
- antimilitary — opposed to the military
- antiparallel — parallel but pointing in the opposite direction
- antiparticle — any of a group of elementary particles that have the same mass and spin as their corresponding particle but have opposite values for all other nonzero quantum numbers. When a particle collides with its antiparticle, mutual annihilation occurs
- antipleasure — opposed to pleasure
- antirational — opposed to rationalism
- antireligion — opposed to religion
- antiroll bar — a horizontal bar in the suspension system of some automotive vehicles, that stabilizes the body of the vehicle and thereby reduces sway, esp. during turns
- antiroyalism — Opposition to royals or royalism.
- antiroyalist — opposed to the monarchy
- antitumoural — acting against or upon tumours
- anton sailer — Anton [ahn-tohn] /ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), ("Toni") 1935–2009, Austrian skier.
- antwerp blue — any of several iron-blue pigments, usually containing a considerable amount of extender.
- apparitional — of or relating to an apparition or apparitions; ghostly, spectral
- aristotelian — of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy
- arm's-length — lacking intimacy or friendliness, esp when possessing some special connection, such as previous closeness
- arms control — an agreement between two or more countries to reduce the number of weapons owned, with the aim of preventing war
- articulating — Present participle of articulate.
- articulation — Articulation is the action of producing a sound or word clearly, in speech or music.
- artilleryman — a serviceman who serves in an artillery unit
- artillerymen — Plural form of artilleryman.
- arts council — an organization that provides funding for a variety of arts activities
- aspirational — If you describe someone as aspirational, you mean that they have strong hopes of moving to a higher social status.
- astral plane — a plane of existence inhabited by astral bodies
- astringently — In the manner of an astringent.
- astronomical — If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large indeed.
- at intervals — If something happens at intervals, it happens several times with gaps or pauses in between.
- atrabilarian — Characterized by melancholy or glum; atrabilarious; atrabilious.
- attractingly — in a manner that attracts
- australasian — Australasian means belonging or relating to Australasia or to its people.
- autoanalyzer — any of various automatic devices that test and analyze chemicals, blood, etc.
- avuncularity — the condition of being an uncle
- ball control — the skill of controlling the ball in a game such as football or tennis
- ball turning — the turning of arms or legs on furniture to make them resemble a continuous row of balls.