12-letter words containing o, l
- arousability — to stimulate sexually.
- art mobilier — small, movable art objects, especially primitive or prehistoric works of art.
- arthroplasty — surgical repair of a diseased joint
- articulation — Articulation is the action of producing a sound or word clearly, in speech or music.
- articulators — Plural form of articulator.
- articulatory — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
- artiodactyle — (zoology) One of the Artiodactyla, a group of ungulates.
- artiodactyls — Plural form of artiodactyl.
- arts council — an organization that provides funding for a variety of arts activities
- ash-coloured — silver-grey in colour
- 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.
- assault boat — a portable boat used for landing troops on beaches and for crossing rivers.
- assibilation — (linguistics) A sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant, commonly the final phase of palatalization.
- assimilation — an assimilating or being assimilated
- assimilators — Plural form of assimilator.
- assimilatory — characterized by assimilation; assimilating.
- assimulation — Obsolete form of assimilation.
- astacologist — a person who investigates and analyses crayfish
- astonishable — (obsolete) Astonishing.
- astoundingly — capable of overwhelming with amazement; stunningly surprising.
- 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.
- asymptotical — of or relating to an asymptote.
- at a low ebb — in a state or period of weakness, lack of vigour, or decline
- at all costs — If you say that something must be avoided at all costs, you are emphasizing that it must not be allowed to happen under any circumstances.
- 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 long last — finally, after difficulty, delay, or irritation
- at wholesale — in large quantities
- atactostelic — Of or possessing an atactostele.
- atheological — having an aversion or resistance to theology
- atheoretical — having no connection with and not founded on theory
- atholl brose — a mixture of whisky and honey left to ferment before consumption
- atomic clock — an extremely accurate clock in which an electrical oscillator is controlled by the natural vibrations of an atomic or molecular system such as caesium or ammonia
- auction sale — an instance of items being sold by auction
- audio-visual — Audio-visual equipment and materials involve both recorded sound and pictures.
- audiological — Of, or pertaining to, audiology, or the study of hearing.
- audiologists — Plural form of audiologist.
- audiovisuals — Plural form of audiovisual.
- auditorially — Anatomy, Physiology. pertaining to hearing, to the sense of hearing, or to the organs of hearing.
- auroral zone — the region surrounding the north or south geomagnetic pole in which the auroral phenomena take place.
- auscultation — the diagnostic technique in medicine of listening to the various internal sounds made by the body, usually with the aid of a stethoscope
- auspiciously — promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.
- australopith — (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus Australopithecus, from the Pleistocene period.
- authorizable — able to be authorized
- autoallogamy — the ability of some plants of a species to cross-pollinate and others to self-pollinate
- autoanalysis — Psychoanalysis. self-analysis.
- autoanalyzer — any of various automatic devices that test and analyze chemicals, blood, etc.