12-letter words containing a, u, t, m
- ascomycetous — belonging or pertaining to the Ascomycota.
- assimulating — Present participle of assimulate.
- assimulation — Obsolete form of assimilation.
- assumability — a mortgage loan or a feature of such that allows the buyer of a property to assume or take on the existing mortgage from the property seller
- assumptively — taken for granted.
- at a premium — If something is at a premium, it is wanted or needed, but is difficult to get or achieve.
- atheromatous — a sebaceous cyst.
- athos, mount — autonomous monastic district occupying the tip of the easternmost prong of the Chalcidice peninsula, NE Greece: 130 sq mi (337 sq km); pop. 1,500
- atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
- auction room — a room in a building where auctions take place
- audio system — integrated equipment for producing amplified sound, as in a hi-fi or a mobile disco, or as a public-address system on stage
- augmentation — the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
- augmentative — tending or able to augment
- autapomorphy — (cladistics) A derived trait that is unique to a particular taxon.
- auto-erotism — the arousal and satisfaction of sexual excitement within or by oneself, as by masturbation.
- autoallogamy — the ability of some plants of a species to cross-pollinate and others to self-pollinate
- autocomplete — a feature of a word processor, email program, web browser, etc., that automatically predicts the remaining characters in a word or phrase based on what has been typed or input before: If you supply the information, your browser will be able to use autocomplete to fill out online forms.
- autoimmunity — (pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder.
- automaticity — the condition of being automatic, or the degree of this
- automatizing — Present participle of automatize.
- automobiling — (dated) present participle of automobile.
- automobilism — the use of automobiles, or the practices associated with them
- automobilist — Driver; person who uses a motor vehicle such as car, van or truck.
- automobility — the use of motor cars
- automorphism — the practice of seeing others as having the same characteristics as oneself
- autonomously — Government. self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only. pertaining to an autonomy, or a self-governing community.
- autorhythmic — That generates its own rhythm.
- autotoxaemia — autointoxication.
- autumn olive — a spiny shrub (Elaeagnus umbellata) of the oleaster family, having leaves covered with silvery or brown scales
- ayuntamiento — (in Spain) a municipal council
- bach trumpet — a modern small three-valved trumpet for playing clarino passages in Bach's music
- backcourtman — any of the players stationed in the backcourt; a guard
- banquet room — A banquet room is a room in a hotel where large formal meals for many people can be held.
- barquisimeto — a city in NW Venezuela. Pop: 1 009 000 (2005 est)
- bay rum tree — a tropical American myrtaceous tree, Pimenta racemosa, that yields an oil used in making bay rum
- beaumontague — a cement-like substance used to fill in and hide cracks and holes in woodwork and metalwork
- beauty cream — a cosmetic cream
- bequeathment — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- birth trauma — an emotional shock caused by being born.
- blabbermouth — a person who talks too much or indiscreetly
- bottom quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 4.7 to 5.3 GeV/c2, a negative charge that is 1⁄3 the charge of an electron, zero charm, and zero strangeness
- brain tumour — a tumour that is situated in the brain
- breastsummer — a girder extending across a large opening in a building to support the wall above, used primarily over shop-fronts
- bud mutation — a variation produced by a genetic alteration in the bud such that the seeds produced by the resulting growth perpetuate the change in succeeding generations.
- bull mastiff — a large powerful breed of dog with a short usually fawn or brindle coat, developed by crossing the bulldog with the mastiff
- burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
- buy the farm — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- calamitously — In a calamitous manner.
- calceamentum — (in ancient Rome) a sandal, boot, shoe, or other type of footwear
- calumet city — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.