12-letter words containing i, o, a
- apportioning — Present participle of apportion.
- appositeness — The state of being apposite.
- appositional — the act of placing together or bringing into proximity; juxtaposition.
- appreciation — Appreciation of something is the recognition and enjoyment of its good qualities.
- appreciators — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- appreciatory — appreciative.
- apprehension — Apprehension is a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
- appressorium — a flattened hypha of a parasitic fungus that penetrates the host tissues
- approbations — approval; commendation.
- appropriable — that can be appropriated
- appropriated — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- appropriates — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- appropriator — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- approximated — near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
- approximates — near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
- approximator — Something that approximates.
- apricot tart — a pastry case filled with apricots
- apron string — a string for tying an apron on
- aqua ammonia — a water solution of ammonia; ammonia water; ammonium hydroxide
- arbitrations — Plural form of arbitration.
- arborio rice — variety of round-grain rice used for making risotto
- arborization — a branching treelike appearance in certain fossils and minerals
- archaeologic — Pertaining to archaeology.
- archaic homo — collectively, the very robust, regionally differentiated human populations that lived in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa from 35,000 to 200,000 years ago.
- archaization — Process of becoming or turning something more archaic.
- archdiocesan — Relating to an archdiocese.
- archdioceses — Plural form of archdiocese.
- archegoniate — having archegonia
- archeologist — archaeology.
- archesporial — the primitive cell, or group of cells, that give rise to the cells from which spores are derived.
- archesporium — archespore.
- archibenthos — the ocean bottom between the littoral and abyssal zones: from depths of approximately 200 feet (60 meters) to 3300 feet (1000 meters).
- archilochian — denoting or relating to the 7th century bc Greek poet Archilochus or his verse, esp the iambic trimeters or trochaic tetrameters used by him
- archipelagos — Plural form of archipelago.
- archiphoneme — an abstract linguistic unit representing two or more phonemes when the distinction between these has been neutralized: conventionally shown by a capital letter within slashes, as /T/ for /t/ and /d/ in German Rat and Rad
- archosaurian — belonging to or characteristic of the archosaurs
- 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
- area bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped over the general area of a target.
- arfvedsonite — a type of hornblende with the composition Na3(Fe,Mg)4FeSi8O22(OH)2
- argillaceous — (of sedimentary rocks and deposits) composed of very fine-grained material, such as clay, shale, etc
- aria da capo — an operatic aria in three sections with the first and third sections alike and the middle section contrasting.
- ariel sharon — Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- aripiprazole — An antipsychotic drug used in the treatment of schizophrenia etc.
- aristocratic — Aristocratic means belonging to or typical of the aristocracy.
- aristolochia — any of various plants of the genus Aristolochia of the family Aristolochiaceae
- aristophanes — ?448–?380 bc, Greek comic dramatist, who satirized leading contemporary figures such as Socrates and Euripides. Eleven of his plays are extant, including The Clouds, The Frogs, The Birds, and Lysistrata
- aristophanic — 448?–385? b.c, Athenian comic dramatist.
- aristotelian — of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy
- arithmomania — an obsessive desire to count objects, or a fixation with numbers and calculations