12-letter words containing c, i, p, a
- 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.
- anapodeictic — (rare, rhetoric) not able to be shown or proved by argument; undemonstrable.
- anencephalic — born with no or only a partial brain
- anepigraphic — (of a coin, artifact, etc.) without a legend or inscription.
- angiocarpous — being or having fruit contained in a vessel such as a shell
- angiographic — relating to or using angiography
- anglophiliac — a strong admiration or enthusiasm for England, its people, and things English.
- anglophobiac — a person with a fear or dread of England or the English
- anisomorphic — differing in the semantic scope of terms referring to the real world: for instance, English and Russian are anisomorphic with regard to colour terms, English treating light blue and navy blue as shades of one colour but Russian treating these two shades as unrelated
- anthrophonic — Relating to anthrophony.
- anthropodicy — An attempt, or argument attempting, to justify the existence of humanity as good (contrast theodicy).
- anticipately — (dated) In anticipation, in advance; anticipatedly.
- anticipating — to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure.
- anticipation — Anticipation is a feeling of excitement about something pleasant or exciting that you know is going to happen.
- anticipative — inclined to anticipate; of or full of anticipation
- anticipatory — An anticipatory feeling or action is one that you have or do because you are expecting something to happen soon.
- antientropic — showing a tendency towards order
- antiparticle — any of a group of elementary particles that have the same mass and spin as their corresponding particle but have opposite values for all other nonzero quantum numbers. When a particle collides with its antiparticle, mutual annihilation occurs
- antipathetic — having or arousing a strong aversion
- antiperiodic — efficacious against recurring attacks of a disease
- antiphonical — Alternative form of antiphonic.
- antiphrastic — relating to antiphrasis
- antipoaching — acting against or opposed to poaching
- antipolitics — the rejection of party and electoral politics
- antipruritic — acting against or preventing itching
- antipyretics — Plural form of antipyretic.
- antistrophic — Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.
- aortographic — relating to an aortography or aortography
- apagogically — in an apagogical manner
- apalachicola — river in NW Fla., flowing from the Fla.-Ga. border southward into the Gulf of Mexico: 90 mi (145 km)
- aperiodicity — not periodic; irregular.
- aphoristical — Alternative form of aphoristic.
- aphrodisiacs — Plural form of aphrodisiac.
- apicomplexan — Describing protists of the phylum Apicomplexa.
- apiculturist — beekeeping, especially on a commercial scale for the sale of honey.
- apocalyptist — the writer of the Apocalypse or a related work
- apochromatic — (of a lens) almost free from spherical and chromatic aberration
- apodeictical — Apodeictic.
- apolitically — in an apolitical manner
- apostolicity — the quality of being apostolic
- apothecaries — Plural form of apothecary.
- apothegmatic — Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
- apparatchiks — a member of an apparat, especially in a Communist country.
- appendencies — attached or suspended; annexed.
- appendicitis — Appendicitis is an illness in which a person's appendix is infected and painful.
- appendicular — relating to an appendage or appendicle
- apperceiving — Present participle of apperceive.
- apperception — the attainment of full awareness of a sensation or idea
- apperceptive — conscious perception.