12-letter words containing a, t, l, n
- alexandretta — Iskenderun
- alienability — (uncountable) The quality of being alienable.
- alimentation — sustenance; support
- alimentative — nourishing; nutritive.
- alkalization — Alkalinization.
- alkaptonuria — excessive excretion of homogentisic acid in the urine, caused by a hereditary abnormality of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine.
- alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
- allman style — indent style
- alloantibody — an antibody that reacts with an antigen from a genetically different individual of the same species.
- almightiness — The state or quality of being almighty.
- almond paste — ground almond mixture
- 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
- 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.
- altiloquence — Pompous language; lofty speech.
- altitudinous — pertaining to altitude or height
- alton towers — a 19th-century Gothic Revival mansion with extensive gardens in NW central England, in Staffordshire: site of a large amusement park
- amalgamating — Present participle of amalgamate.
- amalgamation — the action or process of amalgamating
- ambitionless — without ambition, unambitious
- ambivalently — in an ambivalent manner
- ameliorating — Present participle of ameliorate.
- amelioration — the act or an instance of ameliorating or the state of being ameliorated
- amyl nitrite — a yellowish unstable volatile fragrant liquid used in medicine as a vasodilator and in perfumes. Formula: (CH3)2CHCH2CH2NO2
- anacolouthon — Alternative spelling of anacoluthon (A break in sequence, that occurs when the scheme of a sentence is changed in its course. Incoherence in a sentence.).
- analog watch — a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial.
- analogy test — a reasoning test in which the subject is required to supply the missing term in a relationship of the form “A is to B as Y is to ^^^.”.
- analphabetic — not in alphabetical order
- analytically — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- analyzations — Plural form of analyzation.
- anapaestical — belonging to the form of poetry which uses a reversed dactyl consisting of two short syllables followed by a long one
- anaphylactic — exaggerated allergic reaction to a foreign protein resulting from previous exposure to it.
- anatomically — of or relating to anatomy.
- anchor light — a 32-point light, visible from at least two miles away, shown at night near the bow and not more than 20 feet (6 meters) above the deck of a vessel lying at anchor.
- anchor plant — a South American shrub, Colletia cruciata, of the buckthorn family, having flattened green branches and yellowish-white flowers.
- anchoritical — in the manner of or resembling an anchorite
- and all that — You use and all that or and that to refer generally to everything else which is associated with what you have just mentioned.
- and the like — If you mention particular things or people and then add and the like, you are indicating that there are other similar things or people that can be included in what you are saying.
- andouillette — a French sausage made from pig intestines, smaller than an andouille
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
- anelasticity — the property of a substance which has a disproportionate relationship between stress and strain
- angelo patri — Angelo [an-juh-loh] /ˈæn dʒəˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1965, U.S. educator and writer, born in Italy.
- angelologist — a person who studies angelology
- anglo-celtic — of or relating to an inhabitant of Australia who was or whose ancestors were born in the British Isles
- angularities — Plural form of angularity.
- animal faith — nonrational belief in the existence of a fully knowable world outside the mind.
- animalculist — a person who subscribes to the theory of animalculism
- anisothermal — (thermodynamics) Of or pertaining to a system that is not in thermal equilibrium, that does not have a single fixed temperature.