12-letter words containing l, a, o, u
- ankylosaurus — a plant-eating dinosaur of the Cretaceous period that had a tail resembling a club and a body covering of thick scales
- announceable — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- anthophilous — (esp of insects) frequenting flowers
- anti-tumoral — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- antidilution — (of a provision or protection) acting to prevent a company from issuing equity at a low valuation
- antiglobulin — a serum containing an antibody specific to an immunoglobulin
- antinucleons — Plural form of antinucleon.
- antipetalous — standing before the petals of a plant
- antisepalous — facing the sepals or calyx leaf
- antitumoural — acting against or upon tumours
- appeal court — An appeal court is the same as a Court of Appeal.
- argillaceous — (of sedimentary rocks and deposits) composed of very fine-grained material, such as clay, shale, etc
- armour plate — a tough heavy steel, usually containing chromium, nickel, and molybdenum and often hardened on the surface, used for protecting warships, tanks, etc
- arousability — to stimulate sexually.
- 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
- ash-coloured — silver-grey in colour
- assault boat — a portable boat used for landing troops on beaches and for crossing rivers.
- assimulation — Obsolete form of assimilation.
- astoundingly — capable of overwhelming with amazement; stunningly surprising.
- at all hours — If you say that something happens at all hours of the day or night, you disapprove of it happening at the time that it does or as often as it does.
- auction sale — an instance of items being sold by auction
- 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.
- auroral zone — the region surrounding the north or south geomagnetic pole in which the auroral phenomena take place.
- 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.
- authorizable — able to be authorized
- autoallogamy — the ability of some plants of a species to cross-pollinate and others to self-pollinate
- autoanalysis — Psychoanalysis. self-analysis.
- autoanalyzer — any of various automatic devices that test and analyze chemicals, blood, etc.
- autocatalyse — to cause an internal, self-produced, chemical reaction
- autocatalyze — To cause, or to undergo autocatalysis.
- autochthonal — Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous.
- autocomplete — a feature of a word processor, email program, web browser, etc., that automatically predicts the remaining characters in a word or phrase based on what has been typed or input before: If you supply the information, your browser will be able to use autocomplete to fill out online forms.
- autocratical — Autocratic.
- autodiallers — Plural form of autodialler.
- autoeciously — in an autoecious manner
- autofellatio — Oral stimulation of one's own penis.
- autogenously — In an autogenous manner; spontaneously.
- automobiling — (dated) present participle of automobile.
- automobilism — the use of automobiles, or the practices associated with them
- automobilist — Driver; person who uses a motor vehicle such as car, van or truck.
- automobility — the use of motor cars