12-letter words containing a, s, r
- agribusiness — Agribusiness is the various businesses that produce, sell, and distribute farm products, especially on a large scale.
- agriproducts — Plural form of agriproduct.
- agrobusiness — the businesses collectively associated with the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products.
- agroforester — a person who carries out agroforestry
- agroforestry — a method of farming integrating herbaceous and tree crops
- agroindustry — an activity combining agriculture and industry
- aids-related — caused by or associated with the AIDS virus
- ailurophiles — Plural form of ailurophile.
- ailurophobes — Plural form of ailurophobe.
- air disaster — a very serious air crash in which in a lot of people are killed or injured
- air division — an organizational unit smaller than an air force, usually composed of a headquarters and two or more wings
- air embolism — the presence in the tissues and blood of a gas, such as air or nitrogen bubbles, caused by an injection of air or, in the case of nitrogen, by an abrupt and substantial reduction in the ambient pressure
- air mattress — an inflatable mattress or pad, as of plastic or rubber, used for camping, as an extra bed, etc.
- air ministry — (in England) the department of government administering all civil and military matters concerning aviation.
- air observer — observer (def 3).
- air pressure — the force of air pressing down on an area
- air-sea base — a centre from which military aircraft and naval vessels operate
- airbrush out — to remove evidence of (someone or something from photographs, books, or history)
- aircraftsman — a person holding the rank of noncommissioned officer in the RAF.
- airpocalypse — (informal) The presence of dense smog in many parts of China.
- airtightness — the quality of being airtight
- alan shugart — Alan F. Shugart
- alant starch — inulin.
- alarm signal — a signal warning of danger
- alarm system — a set of electronic devices that trigger an alarm
- alaska range — a mountain range in S central Alaska. Highest peak: Mount McKinley, 6194 m (20 320 ft)
- 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.
- alberti bass — a reiterated broken-chord figure used as an accompaniment, especially in 18th-century rococo keyboard music.
- alexanderson — Ernst F. W [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1878–1975, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- alexandrines — Plural form of alexandrine.
- alexandrinus — the Greek uncial codex, dating from the early 5th century a.d., originally containing the complete text of the Greek Old and New Testaments.
- algesiometer — an instrument for determining the sensitiveness of the skin to a painful stimulus.
- alhambresque — like the Alhambra, especially in richness of ornamentation
- alice's fern — Hartford fern.
- alieni juris — under the control of another, as a lunatic or infant.
- alkali grass — a plant, Zigadenus elegans, of central and western North America, having tough, wiry, bluish-green leaves and greenish flowers.
- alkalimeters — Plural form of alkalimeter.
- allegoristic — writing or using allegory; interpreting in an allegorical sense.
- allegrissimo — (music) A direction in musical notation indicating that the musical piece should be played very fast and lively.
- allelomorphs — Plural form of allelomorph.
- allomorphism — variation in the crystalline form of a chemical compound
- allosauruses — Plural form of allosaurus.
- alluringness — The state or quality of being alluring.
- alphabetiser — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of alphabetizer.
- alphaviruses — Plural form of alphavirus.
- alstroemeria — any plant of the tuberous perennial liliaceous genus Alstroemeria, originally S American, grown for their brightly coloured orchid-like flowers
- altar server — server (def 5).
- altercations — Plural form of altercation.
- alternations — Plural form of alternation.
- alternatives — a choice limited to one of two or more possibilities, as of things, propositions, or courses of action, the selection of which precludes any other possibility: You have the alternative of riding or walking.