12-letter words containing a, t, i, o
- annunciatory — to announce.
- anorthositic — resembling or consisting of anorthosite
- antagonising — Present participle of antagonise.
- antagonistic — If a person is antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike towards them.
- antagonizing — to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of: His speech antagonized many voters.
- antananarivo — the capital of Madagascar, on the central plateau: founded in the 17th century by a Hova chief; university (1961). Pop: 1 808 000 (2005 est)
- anteposition — the position opposite a given part of a plant
- anteriorness — The state or quality of being anterior.
- antherozooid — Alternative form of antherozoid.
- anthocyanine — Alternative form of anthocyanin.
- anthocyanins — Plural form of anthocyanin.
- anthological — a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject: an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.
- anthologised — Simple past tense and past participle of anthologise.
- anthologiser — Alternative spelling of anthologizer.
- anthologized — to compile an anthology.
- anthologizer — an anthologist; a creator of an anthology
- anthologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anthologize.
- anthophilous — (esp of insects) frequenting flowers
- anthoxanthin — a yellow pigment found in plants
- anthrophonic — Relating to anthrophony.
- anthropodicy — An attempt, or argument attempting, to justify the existence of humanity as good (contrast theodicy).
- anthropoidal — Anthropoid.
- anti-foreign — the policy or practice of showing hostility toward foreigners, foreign customs, etc.
- anti-lebanon — a mountain range running north and south between Syria and Lebanon, east of the Lebanon Mountains. Highest peak: Mount Hermon, 2814 m (9232 ft)
- anti-smoking — opposed to or promoting the discontinuance of the smoking of tobacco: an antismoking campaign launched by a health agency.
- anti-strophe — the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right.
- anti-tumoral — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- anti-utopian — dystopia.
- anti-zionist — a person who is opposed to Zionism
- antiabortion — opposed to induced or surgical abortions
- antiandrogen — (steroid, pharmacology) Any substance that inhibits the release or the biological effects of an androgen.
- antiantibody — antibody that combines with another antibody.
- antibiotical — Of or pertaining to antibiotics.
- anticathodes — Plural form of anticathode.
- antichthones — the antipodes
- anticipation — Anticipation is a feeling of excitement about something pleasant or exciting that you know is going to happen.
- anticipatory — An anticipatory feeling or action is one that you have or do because you are expecting something to happen soon.
- anticlotting — of a nature that prevents blood clotting
- anticolonial — opposed to colonialism
- anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
- anticyclones — Plural form of anticyclone.
- anticyclonic — Of, relating to, or consisting of an anticyclone.
- antideuteron — the antimatter counterpart to the deuteron.
- antidilution — (of a provision or protection) acting to prevent a company from issuing equity at a low valuation
- antidogmatic — opposed to dogma
- antieconomic — against economic growth or wellbeing
- antielectron — an elementary particle with a positive charge, a positron
- antientropic — showing a tendency towards order
- antiestrogen — any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
- antifriction — intended to reduce friction