12-letter words containing n, a, s, t
- anthocyanins — Plural form of anthocyanin.
- anthologised — Simple past tense and past participle of anthologise.
- anthologiser — Alternative spelling of anthologizer.
- anthologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anthologize.
- anthophagous — That feeds on flowers.
- anthophilous — (esp of insects) frequenting flowers
- anti-british — opposed to anything characteristic of or relating to Britain
- anti-elitist — (of a person or class of persons) considered superior by others or by themselves, as in intellect, talent, power, wealth, or position in society: elitist country clubbers who have theirs and don't care about anybody else.
- anti-fascism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
- anti-judaism — the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the Talmud. Compare Conservative Jew, Orthodox Jew, Reform Jew.
- anti-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- anti-science — a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
- anti-semitic — Someone or something that is anti-Semitic is hostile to or prejudiced against Jewish people.
- anti-smoking — opposed to or promoting the discontinuance of the smoking of tobacco: an antismoking campaign launched by a health agency.
- anti-strophe — the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right.
- anti-zionist — a person who is opposed to Zionism
- antialiasing — a technique for smoothing out jagged lines in graphical computer output.
- antibacchius — a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, of which the first two are long and the third is short
- antibacklash — relating to the prevention of a violent backward reaction or movement
- antibarbarus — a list of words and sayings to be avoided in the classical usage of a language
- antiblackism — a belief or type of behaviour which exhibits hostility towards Black people
- antibusiness — opposed to business interests, particularly those of large-scale corporations
- anticatalase — a substance that inhibits the enzymatic action of a catalase.
- anticatalyst — a substance that destroys or diminishes the activity of a catalyst
- anticathexis — a change from one emotion to its opposite, as from hate to love.
- anticathodes — Plural form of anticathode.
- antichthones — the antipodes
- anticlimaxes — Plural form of anticlimax.
- anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
- anticyclones — Plural form of anticyclone.
- antidiabetes — Countering diabetes.
- antiepilepsy — (of a drug or treatment) acting against epilepsy
- antiestrogen — any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
- antifebriles — Plural form of antifebrile.
- antifeminism — the opposition to feminism
- antifeminist — a person, movement or action opposed to feminism
- antigonus ii — (Gonatus) c319–239 b.c, king of Macedonia 283–239 (son of Demetrius I).
- antigropelos — waterproof leggings used to protect against mud
- antihumanism — opposition to humanism
- antihysteric — acting to counter hysteria
- antimacassar — a cloth covering the back and arms of chairs, etc, to prevent soiling or as decoration
- antimosquito — acting against mosquitoes
- antinatalist — A supporter of antinatalism.
- antinepotism — opposed to or acting against nepotism
- antineutrons — Plural form of antineutron.
- antinovelist — a writer of antinovels
- antinucleons — Plural form of antinucleon.
- antiochus iv — ?215–164 bc, Seleucid king of Syria (175–164), who attacked the Jews and provoked the revolt of the Maccabees
- antioxidants — Plural form of antioxidant.
- antipetalous — standing before the petals of a plant