12-letter words containing l, r, a
- articulation — Articulation is the action of producing a sound or word clearly, in speech or music.
- articulative — relating to articulation
- articulators — Plural form of articulator.
- articulatory — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
- artificially — made by human skill; produced by humans (opposed to natural): artificial flowers.
- artillerists — Plural form of artillerist.
- artilleryman — a serviceman who serves in an artillery unit
- artillerymen — Plural form of artilleryman.
- artiodactyle — (zoology) One of the Artiodactyla, a group of ungulates.
- artiodactyls — Plural form of artiodactyl.
- artistically — conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
- arts council — an organization that provides funding for a variety of arts activities
- as per usual — as usual
- ash-coloured — silver-grey in colour
- ashurbanipal — died ?626 bc, king of Assyria (?668–?626): son of Esarhaddon. He built the magnificent palace and library at Nineveh
- asphalt rock — a rock formation, usually of limestone or sandstone, containing large amounts of bitumens.
- aspirational — If you describe someone as aspirational, you mean that they have strong hopes of moving to a higher social status.
- assimilators — Plural form of assimilator.
- assimilatory — characterized by assimilation; assimilating.
- assurbanipal — Ashurbanipal
- asteriskless — having no asterisk
- astral plane — a plane of existence inhabited by astral bodies
- astringently — In the manner of an astringent.
- astrobiology — the branch of biology that investigates the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe
- astrogeology — the study of the structure, composition, and history of other planets and other bodies in the solar system
- astrological — the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
- astronomical — If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large indeed.
- asymmetrical — Something that is asymmetrical has two sides or halves that are different in shape, size, or style.
- 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.
- at intervals — If something happens at intervals, it happens several times with gaps or pauses in between.
- atheoretical — having no connection with and not founded on theory
- atholl brose — a mixture of whisky and honey left to ferment before consumption
- atrabilarian — Characterized by melancholy or glum; atrabilarious; atrabilious.
- attractingly — in a manner that attracts
- attractively — In an attractive manner; with the power of attracting or drawing to.
- attributable — If something is attributable to an event, situation, or person, it is likely that it was caused by that event, situation or person.
- auditorially — Anatomy, Physiology. pertaining to hearing, to the sense of hearing, or to the organs of hearing.
- aurene glass — an iridescent American art glass colored gold and blue.
- auroral zone — the region surrounding the north or south geomagnetic pole in which the auroral phenomena take place.
- australasian — Australasian means belonging or relating to Australasia or to its people.
- australopith — (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus Australopithecus, from the Pleistocene period.
- autarkically — In an autarkic way.
- authorizable — able to be authorized
- autoanalyzer — any of various automatic devices that test and analyze chemicals, blood, etc.
- autocratical — Autocratic.
- autodiallers — Plural form of autodialler.
- avariciously — characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous.
- avascularity — the condition of having few blood vessels or of being without blood vessels
- average life — the average time that an unstable particle or nucleus survives before it decays.
- aviculturist — A person who keeps and rears (breeds) birds.