12-letter words containing n, a, s, t
- arm's-length — lacking intimacy or friendliness, esp when possessing some special connection, such as previous closeness
- arm-twisting — persuasion
- arming chest — a chest for holding armor and weapons.
- arms control — an agreement between two or more countries to reduce the number of weapons owned, with the aim of preventing war
- arraignments — Plural form of arraignment.
- arrangements — preparatory measures taken or plans made; preparations
- arseniureted — combined with arsenic
- arsenopyrite — a white or grey metallic mineral consisting of a sulphide of iron and arsenic that forms monoclinic crystals with an orthorhombic shape: an ore of arsenic. Formula: FeAsS
- arson attack — an attack when property is set fire to
- arthur evans — Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- arts council — an organization that provides funding for a variety of arts activities
- arts student — a person studying an arts subject
- ascensionist — a person who has completed a mountain ascent, esp a notable one
- ascertaining — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- asphyxiating — to produce asphyxia in.
- asphyxiation — Asphyxiation is a lack of oxygen in blood, which causes suffocation.
- aspirational — If you describe someone as aspirational, you mean that they have strong hopes of moving to a higher social status.
- assassinated — Simple past tense and past participle of assassinate.
- assassinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assassinate.
- assassinator — a person who assassinates
- assentaneous — having a tendency to agree, comply or acquiesce
- assertations — Plural form of assertation.
- asseverating — Present participle of asseverate.
- asseveration — the act of asseverating.
- assibilation — (linguistics) A sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant, commonly the final phase of palatalization.
- assignations — Plural form of assignation.
- assimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- assimilation — an assimilating or being assimilated
- assimulating — Present participle of assimulate.
- assimulation — Obsolete form of assimilation.
- associations — Plural form of association.
- assortedness — the position of being sorted, grouped or harmonized with, well or badly, or provided with a good or bad assortment or mixture
- assuefaction — the condition of being or becoming familiar with or used to something
- astanga yoga — a revived ancient form of yoga that involves a fast and powerful series of movements
- astonishable — (obsolete) Astonishing.
- astonishment — Astonishment is a feeling of great surprise.
- astoundingly — capable of overwhelming with amazement; stunningly surprising.
- astral plane — a plane of existence inhabited by astral bodies
- astringently — In the manner of an astringent.
- astrodynamic — Pertaining to astrodynamics.
- astronautics — the science and technology of space flight
- astronomical — If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large indeed.
- 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
- at intervals — If something happens at intervals, it happens several times with gaps or pauses in between.
- at long last — finally, after difficulty, delay, or irritation
- athos, mount — autonomous monastic district occupying the tip of the easternmost prong of the Chalcidice peninsula, NE Greece: 130 sq mi (337 sq km); pop. 1,500
- atorvastatin — a statin, (C 33 H 34 FN 2 O 5) 2 ·Ca 3 H 2 O, used in the prevention and treatment of heart disease.
- attendedness — The state or quality of being attended.
- attitudinous — (informal) Having a bold and possibly unfriendly attitude; sassy.
- attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.