12-letter words containing i, a
- (in) back of — at or to the rear of; behind
- (in) care of — at the address of
- (to) be fair — You use fair in expressions such as to be fair and let's be fair when you want to add a favourable comment about someone or something that you have just mentioned and to correct a false impression that you might have given.
- a devil of a — Devil can be used to emphasize what you think about someone or something. For example, if you say that someone is a devil of a nuisance, you mean that they are very annoying. If you say that something is a devil of a problem, you mean that it is a very difficult problem.
- a dirty word — If you say that an expression is a dirty word in a particular group of people, you mean it refers to an idea that they strongly dislike or disagree with.
- a dog's life — a wretched existence
- a fair shake — If you do not get a fair shake, you are not given a reasonable opportunity to succeed or to achieve something.
- a haute voix — aloud
- a l'ancienne — in or according to the old-fashioned manner or style.
- a l'anglaise — in the English manner
- a posteriori — relating to or involving inductive reasoning from particular facts or effects to a general principle
- a rough ride — If you say that someone faces a rough ride, you mean that things are going to be difficult for them because people will criticize them a lot or treat them badly.
- a roving eye — If you say that a man has a roving eye, you are criticizing him for continually paying attention to different women.
- a sore point — If something is a sore point with someone, it is likely to make them angry or embarrassed if you try to discuss it.
- a sticky end — an unpleasant death
- a thick skin — If you say that someone has a thick skin, you mean that they are able to listen to criticism about themselves without becoming offended.
- a-line dress — a dress that gradually becomes wider from top to bottom, similar to an A in shape
- abandon ship — If people abandon ship, they get off a ship because it is sinking.
- abbreviately — In an abbreviate way.
- abbreviating — Present participle of abbreviate.
- abbreviation — An abbreviation is a short form of a word or phrase, made by leaving out some of the letters or by using only the first letter of each word.
- abbreviatory — shortening
- abbreviature — an abbreviation
- abd-el-kadir — 1807?–83, Algerian leader.
- abdominalgia — (medical) Abdominal pain.
- abdul-medjid — 1823-61; sultan of Turkey (1839-61)
- abecedarians — Plural form of abecedarian.
- aberrational — characterized by aberration
- abietic acid — yellowish powder
- abirritation — to make less irritable; soothe.
- abirritative — to make less irritable; soothe.
- abjudication — (rare) Rejection by judicial sentence.
- abligurition — Prodigal expense for food.
- ablutophobia — Pathological fear of washing or bathing.
- abolitionary — Relating to or favoring abolition.
- abolitionism — the principle or policy of abolition, especially of slavery of blacks in the U.S.
- abolitionist — An abolitionist is someone who campaigns for the abolition of a particular system or practice.
- abolitionize — (esp. prior to the Civil War) to convert (persons, a region, a state, etc.) to abolitionism.
- abominations — Plural form of abomination.
- aboriginalia — objects from Aboriginal culture used as decorations, esp when they produce a distorted, sentimental view of Aborigines and Aboriginal history
- aboriginally — of, relating to, or typical of aborigines: aboriginal customs.
- abortionists — Plural form of abortionist.
- abortiveness — imperfect development; rudimentary nature
- abrasiveness — any material or substance used for grinding, polishing, etc., as emery, pumice, or sandpaper.
- abridgements — Plural form of abridgement.
- absentminded — so lost in thought that one does not realize what one is doing, what is happening, etc.; preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one's immediate surroundings.
- absinthiated — containing wormwood
- absolutistic — relating to absolutism or absolutists
- absorptional — Relating to absorption.
- absorptivity — a measure of the ability of a material to absorb radiation, equal to the internal absorptance of a homogeneous layer of the material under conditions in which the path of the radiation has unit length and the boundaries of the layer have no influence
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