12-letter words containing a, y, r, s
- asynchronous — An asynchronous electric machine is one in which the magnetic field and the rotation are not exactly the same.
- athrocytosis — the capability of a cell to receive and store matter
- attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
- avariciously — characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous.
- avascularity — the condition of having few blood vessels or of being without blood vessels
- axisymmetric — being symmetrical around an axis
- baby's-tears — a mosslike plant, Soleirolia (or Helxine) soleirolii, of the nettle family, native to Corsica and Sardinia, having small, roundish leaves and minute flowers.
- bald cypress — a tree, Taxodium distichum, of swampy areas of the southern U.S., having featherlike needles and cone-shaped projections growing up from the roots, yielding a hardwood used in construction, shipbuilding, etc.
- barley sugar — Barley sugar is a sweet made from boiled sugar.
- barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
- barratrously — In a barratrous manner.
- basic salary — base pay.
- bathyspheres — Plural form of bathysphere.
- beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
- bioastronomy — the branch of biology which deals with the study or the discovery of life forms on other planets or in space
- biscay green — a yellowish green.
- body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars
- body scanner — a machine using X-rays and a computer, used in medicine to look for signs of disease, or in security operations to look for drugs, weapons, etc
- bog rosemary — any of several species (genus Andromeda) of evergreen shrubs of the heath family, native to cold bogs of North America and Europe, with pink flowers and narrow leaves
- brachycerous — (of insects) having short antennae
- bradykinesia — abnormal slowness of physical movement, esp as an effect of Parkinson's disease
- breathalyser — a device for estimating the amount of alcohol in the breath: used in testing people suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol
- breathe easy — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
- breathlessly — without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.
- brushability — the quality of being brushable
- buck's party — a party for men only, esp one held for a man before he is married
- buzzards bay — arm of the Atlantic, on the SE coast of Mass., at the base of Cape Cod peninsula
- by reason of — If one thing happens by reason of another, it happens because of it.
- by-a-whisker — whiskers, a beard.
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- bypass ratio — the ratio of the amount of air that bypasses the combustion chambers of an aircraft gas turbine to that passing through them
- cadaverously — In a cadaverous manner.
- calcareously — in a calcareous manner
- caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
- canary grass — any of various grasses of the genus Phalaris, esp P. canariensis, that is native to Europe and N Africa and has straw-coloured seeds used as birdseed
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- capriciously — subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
- car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles
- caraway seed — the pungent aromatic one-seeded fruit of this plant, used in cooking and in medicine
- carbohydrase — a digestive enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates through hydrolysis
- carey street — (formerly) the street in which the London bankruptcy court was situated
- carriageways — Plural form of carriageway.
- carryings-on — wild, extravagant, or immoral behavior
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
- cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
- chaos theory — a theory, applied in various branches of science, that apparently random phenomena have underlying order
- charity sale — a sale in aid of charity
- charity shop — A charity shop is a shop that sells used goods cheaply and gives its profits to a charity.
- charity toss — a free shot given as a penalty for a foul