12-letter words containing a, u, t, o, i, n
- astoundingly — capable of overwhelming with amazement; stunningly surprising.
- astronautics — the science and technology of space flight
- astroturfing — a PR tactic used in politics and advertising in which actors are paid to display overt and apparently spontaneous grassroots support for a particular product, policy, or event
- attitudinous — (informal) Having a bold and possibly unfriendly attitude; sassy.
- attributions — Plural form of attribution.
- au contraire — on the contrary
- auction room — a room in a building where auctions take place
- auction sale — an instance of items being sold by auction
- auction site — a commercial website on which items are sold by internet auction
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- augmentation — the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
- auscultation — the diagnostic technique in medicine of listening to the various internal sounds made by the body, usually with the aid of a stethoscope
- austronesian — of or relating to Austronesia, its peoples, or their languages
- autoanalysis — Psychoanalysis. self-analysis.
- autoantibody — an antibody reacting with an antigen that is a part of the organism in which the antibody is formed
- autochthonic — pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous).
- autographing — Present participle of autograph.
- autohypnosis — the process or result of self-induced hypnosis
- autohypnotic — Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
- autoignition — Automotive. the spontaneous ignition of fuel when introduced into the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine, as a result either of glowing carbon in the chamber or of the heat of compression.
- autoimmunity — (pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder.
- autoinjector — A medical device designed to deliver a single dose of a particular, typically life-saving, drug.
- automatizing — Present participle of automatize.
- automobiling — (dated) present participle of automobile.
- autorotation — the continuous rotation of a body in an airflow, such as that of the rotor blades of a helicopter in an unpowered descent
- autoxidation — oxidation by exposure to atmospheric oxygen
- 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
- backsolution — The process or result of backsolving.
- bifunctional — having two functions
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- bioturbation — the stirring of sediment by organisms
- blastulation — the process of blastula formation
- boar-hunting — the practice of hunting wild boars
- boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- boatbuilding — Boatbuilding is the craft or industry of making boats.
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- brain tumour — a tumour that is situated in the brain
- 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.
- bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
- button quail — any small quail-like terrestrial bird of the genus Turnix, such as T. sylvatica (striped button quail), occurring in tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World: family Turnicidae, order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc)
- calculations — Plural form of calculation.
- calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- capitulation — the act of capitulating
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- catamountain — any of several wildcats, esp. the leopard or the European wildcat
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- causationism — the theory of universal causation