12-letter words containing c, u, i, a
- and counting — If you say and counting after a number or an amount of something, you mean that the number or amount is continuing to increase.
- androclinium — clinandrium.
- aneurysmatic — (medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal.
- angiocarpous — being or having fruit contained in a vessel such as a shell
- animalculism — the theory explaining psychological and pathological phenomena through animalcules
- animalculist — a person who subscribes to the theory of animalculism
- animalculous — a minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye, as an infusorian or rotifer.
- annunciating — Present participle of annunciate.
- annunciation — In Christianity, the Annunciation was the announcement by the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she was going to give birth to the son of God.
- annunciators — Plural form of annunciator.
- annunciatory — to announce.
- antebrachium — (anatomy) The forearm.
- anti-nuclear — opposed to military and industrial applications of nuclear energy and to technologies which produce radioactive waste products
- antibacchius — a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, of which the first two are long and the third is short
- antibrachium — (anatomy) alternative spelling of antebrachium.
- anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
- anticultural — against culture or civilization
- antidiuretic — (of a hormone, treatment, etc) acting on the kidneys to control water excretion
- antileukemic — acting against leukemia
- antineuritic — inflammation of a nerve.
- antinucleons — Plural form of antinucleon.
- antiochus iv — ?215–164 bc, Seleucid king of Syria (175–164), who attacked the Jews and provoked the revolt of the Maccabees
- antipruritic — acting against or preventing itching
- anuszkiewicz — Richard Joseph, born 1930, U.S. op-art painter.
- apiculturist — beekeeping, especially on a commercial scale for the sale of honey.
- appendicular — relating to an appendage or appendicle
- aquaintances — Plural form of aquaintance.
- archesporium — archespore.
- archipallium — (anatomy) The oldest region of the brain's pallium, often considered contiguous with the olfactory cortex, but varying among species. In humans, the archipallium makes up the hippocampus.
- architecture — Architecture is the art of planning, designing, and constructing buildings.
- archosaurian — belonging to or characteristic of the archosaurs
- argillaceous — (of sedimentary rocks and deposits) composed of very fine-grained material, such as clay, shale, etc
- articulately — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- articulating — Present participle of articulate.
- articulation — Articulation is the action of producing a sound or word clearly, in speech or music.
- articulative — relating to articulation
- articulators — Plural form of articulator.
- articulatory — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
- arts council — an organization that provides funding for a variety of arts activities
- assuefaction — the condition of being or becoming familiar with or used to something
- astronautics — the science and technology of space flight
- 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.
- audiological — Of, or pertaining to, audiology, or the study of hearing.
- auscultating — Present participle of auscultate.
- auscultation — the diagnostic technique in medicine of listening to the various internal sounds made by the body, usually with the aid of a stethoscope
- auspiciously — promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.