12-letter words containing o, c, t, n, a
- afrocentrism — centered on Africa or on African-derived cultures, as those of Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti: Afrocentric art.
- agamogenetic — Of or pertaining to agamogenesis.
- agnostically — a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience. Synonyms: disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever; doubter, skeptic, secularist, empiricist; heathen, heretic, infidel, pagan.
- agranulocyte — a white blood cell without granules in its cytoplasm
- alcaptonuria — Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria.
- alphitomancy — the use of barley meal as a means of divination.
- altercations — Plural form of altercation.
- altiloquence — Pompous language; lofty speech.
- aminobutyric — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to any of several isomeric univalent radicals in which a hydrogen atom of a butyric radical is replaced by an amino group.
- amniotic sac — membrane around embryo or foetus
- amphictyonic — of or relating to an amphictyon or an amphictyony.
- amphotericin — an amphoteric antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces nodosus and used in the treatment of fungal infections.
- anachronists — Plural form of anachronist.
- anacolouthon — Alternative spelling of anacoluthon (A break in sequence, that occurs when the scheme of a sentence is changed in its course. Incoherence in a sentence.).
- anaerobiotic — anaerobic
- analog watch — a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial.
- anapodeictic — (rare, rhetoric) not able to be shown or proved by argument; undemonstrable.
- anatomically — of or relating to anatomy.
- anchor light — a 32-point light, visible from at least two miles away, shown at night near the bow and not more than 20 feet (6 meters) above the deck of a vessel lying at anchor.
- anchor plant — a South American shrub, Colletia cruciata, of the buckthorn family, having flattened green branches and yellowish-white flowers.
- anchor watch — a deck watch maintained by the crew of a ship at anchor.
- anchoritical — in the manner of or resembling an anchorite
- and counting — If you say and counting after a number or an amount of something, you mean that the number or amount is continuing to increase.
- androcentric — having or regarding man or the male sex as central or primary
- androgenetic — related to androgenesis
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
- anglo-celtic — of or relating to an inhabitant of Australia who was or whose ancestors were born in the British Isles
- animatronics — a branch of film and theatre technology that combines traditional puppetry techniques with electronics to create lifelike animated effects
- anisocytosis — (medicine) Significant size variation of blood cells.
- announcement — An announcement is a statement made to the public or to the media which gives information about something that has happened or that will happen.
- annunciation — In Christianity, the Annunciation was the announcement by the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she was going to give birth to the son of God.
- annunciators — Plural form of annunciator.
- annunciatory — to announce.
- anorthoclase — a variety of microcline, rich in sodium and sometimes having a play of color: sometimes considered a variety of orthoclase.
- anorthositic — resembling or consisting of anorthosite
- ansate cross — ankh
- antagonistic — If a person is antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike towards them.
- anthocarpous — resembling or pertaining to an anthocarp
- anthocyanine — Alternative form of anthocyanin.
- anthocyanins — Plural form of anthocyanin.
- anthological — a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject: an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.
- anthrophonic — Relating to anthrophony.
- anthropodicy — An attempt, or argument attempting, to justify the existence of humanity as good (contrast theodicy).
- antibiotical — Of or pertaining to antibiotics.
- anticathodes — Plural form of anticathode.
- antichthones — the antipodes
- anticipation — Anticipation is a feeling of excitement about something pleasant or exciting that you know is going to happen.
- anticipatory — An anticipatory feeling or action is one that you have or do because you are expecting something to happen soon.
- anticlotting — of a nature that prevents blood clotting
- anticolonial — opposed to colonialism