12-letter words containing m, a, s
- affirmations — Plural form of affirmation.
- affirmatives — Plural form of affirmative.
- afrikanerism — a word, term, or usage peculiar to or originating among Afrikaners.
- afrocentrism — centered on Africa or on African-derived cultures, as those of Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti: Afrocentric art.
- against time — in an effort to complete something in a limited period
- agamogenesis — asexual reproduction, such as fission or parthenogenesis
- agglomerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agglomerate.
- air embolism — the presence in the tissues and blood of a gas, such as air or nitrogen bubbles, caused by an injection of air or, in the case of nitrogen, by an abrupt and substantial reduction in the ambient pressure
- air mattress — an inflatable mattress or pad, as of plastic or rubber, used for camping, as an extra bed, etc.
- air ministry — (in England) the department of government administering all civil and military matters concerning aviation.
- aircraftsman — a person holding the rank of noncommissioned officer in the RAF.
- alalcomeneus — the first man: he reared Athena and reconciled Zeus and Hera.
- alarm signal — a signal warning of danger
- alarm system — a set of electronic devices that trigger an alarm
- algesiometer — an instrument for determining the sensitiveness of the skin to a painful stimulus.
- alhambresque — like the Alhambra, especially in richness of ornamentation
- alkalimeters — Plural form of alkalimeter.
- all the same — nevertheless; yet
- allegrissimo — (music) A direction in musical notation indicating that the musical piece should be played very fast and lively.
- allelomorphs — Plural form of allelomorph.
- allhallowmas — All Saints' Day.
- allman style — indent style
- allomorphism — variation in the crystalline form of a chemical compound
- almightiness — The state or quality of being almighty.
- almond paste — ground almond mixture
- alstroemeria — any plant of the tuberous perennial liliaceous genus Alstroemeria, originally S American, grown for their brightly coloured orchid-like flowers
- altaltissimo — the apex of something
- amateurishly — In an amateurish or nonprofessional manner.
- ambartsumian — Viktor A(mazaspovich). 1908–96, Armenian astrophysicist, renowned for his description of radio sources as explosions in the core of galaxies
- ambassadress — a woman ambassador
- ambidextrous — Someone who is ambidextrous can use both their right hand and their left hand equally skilfully.
- ambiposition — (linguistics) An adposition that can occur either before or after its complement.
- ambisextrous — Informal. sexually attracted to both sexes; bisexual. used by or suitable for either sex; unisex: ambisextrous hair styles.
- ambisinister — clumsy or unskillful with both hands.
- ambisyllabic — (of a single speech sound or cluster) shared phonetically by two contiguous syllables, as the single n -sound of any or the pl -cluster of grappling.
- ambitionless — without ambition, unambitious
- ambulatories — Plural form of ambulatory.
- amdahl's law — (parallel) (Named after Gene Amdahl) If F is the fraction of a calculation that is sequential, and (1-F) is the fraction that can be parallelised, then the maximum speedup that can be achieved by using P processors is 1/(F+(1-F)/P).
- amelogenesis — the production of enamel by ameloblasts
- amenableness — The state or quality of being amenable.
- amentiferous — bearing aments
- americanisms — a custom, trait, belief, etc., peculiar to the United States of America or its citizens.
- americanness — of or relating to the United States of America or its inhabitants: an American citizen.
- amicableness — The state or quality of being amicable.
- aminophenols — Plural form of aminophenol.
- amissibility — the quality of being amissible
- amnioscopies — Plural form of amnioscopy.
- amniotic sac — membrane around embryo or foetus
- among others — used to indicate that there are several more people like the one or ones mentioned, but that you do not intend to mention them all
- amortisation — Alternative spelling of amortization.