12-letter words containing i, l, o
- ambulatories — Plural form of ambulatory.
- ambulatorily — By or in terms of walking.
- ameliorating — Present participle of ameliorate.
- amelioration — the act or an instance of ameliorating or the state of being ameliorated
- ameliorative — Able to repair or ameliorate.
- amelioratory — tending to ameliorate
- amelogenesis — the production of enamel by ameloblasts
- aminophenols — Plural form of aminophenol.
- amiphenazole — A respiratory stimulant traditionally used as an antidote for barbiturate or opiate overdose, usually in combination with bemegride.
- amitotically — the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes.
- amphibiology — The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
- amphibiously — In the manner of an amphibian.
- amphibolitic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
- amphicoelous — (of the vertebrae of most fishes and some amphibians) concave at the anterior and posterior ends
- amphidiploid — a plant originating from hybridization between two species in which the chromosome number is the sum of the chromosome numbers of both parental species. It behaves as an independent species
- amygdaliform — almond-shaped.
- amygdaloidal — (of a volcanic rock) containing amygdales
- anachronical — Not in the correct date order. Chronologically incorrect.
- analogically — In an analogical manner; in the manner of an analogy.
- analyzations — Plural form of analyzation.
- anaplasmosis — a disease of cattle caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Anaplasma marginale, transmitted by bloodsucking flies and ticks.
- anapophysial — of or relating to an anapophysis.
- anatomically — of or relating to anatomy.
- anchor light — a 32-point light, visible from at least two miles away, shown at night near the bow and not more than 20 feet (6 meters) above the deck of a vessel lying at anchor.
- anchoritical — in the manner of or resembling an anchorite
- andouillette — a French sausage made from pig intestines, smaller than an andouille
- andragogical — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
- androclinium — clinandrium.
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
- anemophilous — (of flowering plants such as grasses) pollinated by the wind
- angelo patri — Angelo [an-juh-loh] /ˈæn dʒəˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1965, U.S. educator and writer, born in Italy.
- angelologist — a person who studies angelology
- angle of dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- anglo-celtic — of or relating to an inhabitant of Australia who was or whose ancestors were born in the British Isles
- anglo-gallic — noting or pertaining to the coins or series of coins issued by the English kings from Henry II to Henry VIII for their French domains.
- anglo-indian — An Anglo-Indian person is someone whose family is partly British and partly Indian.
- 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
- anguilliform — having the shape or form of an eel
- animal lover — a person who feels fondness for animals
- animalculous — a minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye, as an infusorian or rotifer.
- anisothermal — (thermodynamics) Of or pertaining to a system that is not in thermal equilibrium, that does not have a single fixed temperature.
- annexational — Of or pertaining to annexation.
- annie oakley — a free ticket; pass
- annihilation — the act of annihilating
- annihilatory — Causing annihilation.
- anthological — a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject: an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.
- anthologised — Simple past tense and past participle of anthologise.
- anthologiser — Alternative spelling of anthologizer.
- anthologized — to compile an anthology.