12-letter words containing i, a, t, r, c
- antiromantic — opposed to romanticism
- antistrophic — Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.
- aortic valve — a semilunar valve between the aorta and the left ventricle of the heart that prevents the blood from flowing back into the left ventricle.
- aortographic — relating to an aortography or aortography
- aperiodicity — not periodic; irregular.
- aphoristical — Alternative form of aphoristic.
- apiculturist — beekeeping, especially on a commercial scale for the sale of honey.
- apochromatic — (of a lens) almost free from spherical and chromatic aberration
- apothecaries — Plural form of apothecary.
- apparatchiks — a member of an apparat, especially in a Communist country.
- apperception — the attainment of full awareness of a sensation or idea
- apperceptive — conscious perception.
- appercipient — having or using apperception
- appreciating — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- appreciation — Appreciation of something is the recognition and enjoyment of its good qualities.
- appreciative — An appreciative reaction or comment shows the enjoyment that you are getting from something.
- appreciators — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- appreciatory — appreciative.
- apprenticing — Present participle of apprentice.
- apricot tart — a pastry case filled with apricots
- archaization — Process of becoming or turning something more archaic.
- archegoniate — having archegonia
- archeologist — archaeology.
- archetypical — Archetypical means the same as archetypal.
- archibenthos — the ocean bottom between the littoral and abyssal zones: from depths of approximately 200 feet (60 meters) to 3300 feet (1000 meters).
- archiblastic — of, relating to, or derived from an archiblast.
- architecting — a person who engages in the profession of architecture.
- architecture — Architecture is the art of planning, designing, and constructing buildings.
- archive site — (networking) (Or "FTP site", "FTP archive") An Internet host where program source, documents, e-mail or news messages are stored for public access via anonymous FTP, Gopher, web or other document distribution system. There may be several archive sites (mirrors) for, e.g., a Usenet newsgroup though one may be recognised as the main one. FTP servers were common on the Internet for about ten years but have been largely replaced by web servers since the invention of the World-Wide Web and its HTTP protocol. Some well-known archive sites included Imperial College, UK, UUNET, USA, GNU archive site. The archie service attempted to index the contents of FTP archives, foreshadowing the indexing of the web by Google and others.
- arctic daisy — a daisy, Chrysanthemum arcticum, of arctic regions, having asterlike heads of white or lilac flowers.
- arctic ocean — the ocean surrounding the North Pole, north of the Arctic Circle. Area: about 14 100 000 sq km (5 440 000 sq miles)
- arctophilist — a collector of teddy bears
- aristocratic — Aristocratic means belonging to or typical of the aristocracy.
- aristolochia — any of various plants of the genus Aristolochia of the family Aristolochiaceae
- aristophanic — 448?–385? b.c, Athenian comic dramatist.
- arithmetical — Arithmetical calculations, processes, or skills involve the addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division of numbers.
- arming chest — a chest for holding armor and weapons.
- aromatically — having an aroma; fragrant or sweet-scented; odoriferous.
- art director — a person responsible for the sets and costumes in a film
- arthropathic — disease of the joints.
- arthroscopic — the use of an arthroscope to diagnose an injury to or disease of a joint or to perform minor surgery on a joint.
- 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.
- artificially — made by human skill; produced by humans (opposed to natural): artificial flowers.
- artiodactyle — (zoology) One of the Artiodactyla, a group of ungulates.
- artiodactyls — Plural form of artiodactyl.