12-letter words containing o, n, a, t
- alloantibody — an antibody that reacts with an antigen from a genetically different individual of the same species.
- almond paste — ground almond mixture
- alphitomancy — the use of barley meal as a means of divination.
- altercations — Plural form of altercation.
- alternations — Plural form of alternation.
- altiloquence — Pompous language; lofty speech.
- altitudinous — pertaining to altitude or height
- alton towers — a 19th-century Gothic Revival mansion with extensive gardens in NW central England, in Staffordshire: site of a large amusement park
- amalgamation — the action or process of amalgamating
- ambiposition — (linguistics) An adposition that can occur either before or after its complement.
- ambitionless — without ambition, unambitious
- ameliorating — Present participle of ameliorate.
- amelioration — the act or an instance of ameliorating or the state of being ameliorated
- amenhotep iv — died 1357? b.c, king of Egypt 1375?–1357?: reformer of ancient Egyptian religion (son of Amenhotep III).
- amentiferous — bearing aments
- amethopterin — (now rare) Methotrexate.
- amfebutamone — (former name) The drug bupropion.
- 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.
- aminomethane — (organic compound, often in combination) methylamine (or a derivative of it).
- 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.
- amortization — the process of amortizing a debt
- amortizement — a sloping top on a buttress, pillar, etc.
- 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.
- an iron fist — a cruel and unyielding attitude or approach
- 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.
- analogy test — a reasoning test in which the subject is required to supply the missing term in a relationship of the form “A is to B as Y is to ^^^.”.
- analyzations — Plural form of analyzation.
- anapodeictic — (rare, rhetoric) not able to be shown or proved by argument; undemonstrable.
- anastomosing — Present participle of anastomose.
- 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.
- and so forth — and so on; and other such things; et cetera
- and what not — and other things of all sorts
- andouillette — a French sausage made from pig intestines, smaller than an andouille
- androcentric — having or regarding man or the male sex as central or primary
- androgenetic — related to androgenesis
- androsterone — an androgenic steroid hormone produced in the testes. Formula: C19H30O2
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
- anemotropism — orientation in response to a current of air.
- angelo patri — Angelo [an-juh-loh] /ˈæn dʒəˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1965, U.S. educator and writer, born in Italy.