12-letter words containing i, o, u
- arousability — to stimulate sexually.
- arseniferous — Lb geology Containing or producing arsenic.
- arsino group — the univalent group H 2 As−.
- articulation — Articulation is the action of producing a sound or word clearly, in speech or music.
- 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
- assimulation — Obsolete form of assimilation.
- assuefaction — the condition of being or becoming familiar with or used to something
- astoundingly — capable of overwhelming with amazement; stunningly surprising.
- astronautics — the science and technology of space flight
- astrotourist — a person who pays to travel into space as a form of recreation
- astroturfing — a PR tactic used in politics and advertising in which actors are paid to display overt and apparently spontaneous grassroots support for a particular product, policy, or event
- atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
- attitudinous — (informal) Having a bold and possibly unfriendly attitude; sassy.
- attributions — Plural form of attribution.
- 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.
- audio system — integrated equipment for producing amplified sound, as in a hi-fi or a mobile disco, or as a public-address system on stage
- audio-visual — Audio-visual equipment and materials involve both recorded sound and pictures.
- audiological — Of, or pertaining to, audiology, or the study of hearing.
- audiologists — Plural form of audiologist.
- audiovisuals — Plural form of audiovisual.
- auditorially — Anatomy, Physiology. pertaining to hearing, to the sense of hearing, or to the organs of hearing.
- augmentation — the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
- 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.
- australopith — (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus Australopithecus, from the Pleistocene period.
- austronesian — of or relating to Austronesia, its peoples, or their languages
- authorizable — able to be authorized
- auto-erotism — the arousal and satisfaction of sexual excitement within or by oneself, as by masturbation.
- autoanalysis — Psychoanalysis. self-analysis.
- autoantibody — an antibody reacting with an antigen that is a part of the organism in which the antibody is formed
- autochthonic — pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous).
- autocratical — Autocratic.
- autocritique — the examination of factors guiding one's thoughts, beliefs and actions; self-criticism
- autodiallers — Plural form of autodialler.
- autodidactic — a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.
- autoeciously — in an autoecious manner
- autofellatio — Oral stimulation of one's own penis.
- autographing — Present participle of autograph.
- autohypnosis — the process or result of self-induced hypnosis
- autohypnotic — Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
- autoignition — Automotive. the spontaneous ignition of fuel when introduced into the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine, as a result either of glowing carbon in the chamber or of the heat of compression.
- autoimmunity — (pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder.
- autoinjector — A medical device designed to deliver a single dose of a particular, typically life-saving, drug.
- automaticity — the condition of being automatic, or the degree of this