12-letter words containing a, s
- adelie coast — a part of Antarctica, between Wilkes Land and George V Land: the mainland section of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (claim suspended under the Antarctic Treaty)
- adenectomies — Plural form of adenectomy.
- adenosarcoma — a complex tumor containing both glandular and connective tissues.
- adenoviruses — Plural form of adenovirus.
- adeodatus ii — Saint, died a.d. 676, pope 672–676.
- adequateness — the quality of being adequate
- adhesiolysis — Lb surgery The cutting or removal of adhesion or scar tissue.
- adhesiveness — coated with glue, paste, mastic, or other sticky substance: adhesive bandages.
- adiaphoresis — absence or reduction of perspiration.
- adiapneustia — (medicine) defective perspiration; adiaphoresis.
- adjournments — Plural form of adjournment.
- adjudicators — Plural form of adjudicator.
- adjustmental — relating to adjustment
- administered — Simple past tense and past participle of administer.
- administrant — a person who administers
- administrate — to manage or direct (the affairs of a business, institution, etc)
- admonishment — to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
- adolescences — the transitional period between puberty and adulthood in human development, extending mainly over the teen years and terminating legally when the age of majority is reached; youth.
- adolescently — in an adolescent manner
- adorableness — very attractive or delightful; charming: What an adorable hat!
- adrian quist — intoxicated; drunk
- adrianopolis — Edirne
- adriatic sea — an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula
- adscititious — added or supplemental; additional
- adularescent — (of minerals, such as moonstone) having or emitting a milky or bluish iridescence
- adulteresses — Plural form of adulteress.
- adulterously — In a adulterous manner.
- advancements — Plural form of advancement.
- advantageous — If something is advantageous to you, it is likely to benefit you.
- adventitious — added or appearing accidentally or unexpectedly
- adventurists — Plural form of adventurist.
- adversaryism — an attitude, as in labor-management negotiations, that any opposition to demands indicates an unwillingness of one side to cooperate and bargain in good faith.
- adversatives — Plural form of adversative.
- advertisable — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- advertorials — Plural form of advertorial.
- advisability — proper to be suggested or recommended; desirable or wise, as a course of action: Is it advisable for me to write to him?
- aeroacoustic — Relating to aeroacoustics.
- aerodonetics — the study of soaring or gliding flight, esp the study of gliders
- aerodynamics — Aerodynamics is the study of the way in which objects move through the air.
- aeroelastics — the study of aeroelastic phenomena.
- aeroembolism — an embolism of air bubbles often caused by surgery, induced abortion, or decompression sickness
- aeroneurosis — a functional disorder of aeroplane pilots characterized by anxiety and various psychosomatic disturbances, caused by insufficient oxygen at high altitudes and the emotional tension of flying
- aerosiderite — a meteorite which is composed mainly of iron
- aerosol bomb — a metal receptacle, containing an inert gas under pressure, that sprays an insecticide, disinfectant, or the like when the gas is released by opening a valve.
- aesthesiogen — a substance that stimulates or produces sensation
- aesthetician — a student of aesthetics
- aestheticism — the doctrine that aesthetic principles are of supreme importance and that works of art should be judged accordingly
- aestheticist — a person devoted to aesthetics and the pursuit of beauty
- aestheticize — make aesthetic
- aethrioscope — an instrument which measures temperature changes caused by different conditions of the sky