12-letter words containing o, n, a
- alimentation — sustenance; support
- alkalization — Alkalinization.
- alkaptonuria — excessive excretion of homogentisic acid in the urine, caused by a hereditary abnormality of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine.
- all kinds of — You can use all kinds of to emphasize that there are a great number and variety of particular things or people.
- allegorizing — Present participle of allegorize.
- alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
- alloantibody — an antibody that reacts with an antigen from a genetically different individual of the same species.
- almond green — a yellowish-green colour
- almond paste — ground almond mixture
- alongside of — at the side of; beside; adjoining
- alpha leonis — Regulus1
- 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
- amazon river — a river in N South America, flowing E from the Peruvian Andes through N Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean: the largest river in the world in volume of water carried. 3900 miles (6280 km) long.
- ambiposition — (linguistics) An adposition that can occur either before or after its complement.
- ambitionless — without ambition, unambitious
- amboina wood — the hard, heavy wood of a tree, Pterocarpus indicus, of southern Asia, having a curly or mottled grain.
- amboyna wood — the mottled, curled wood of an Asiatic, leguminous tree (Pterocarpus indicus), used in making furniture
- ameliorating — Present participle of ameliorate.
- amelioration — the act or an instance of ameliorating or the state of being ameliorated
- amelogenesis — the production of enamel by ameloblasts
- amenhotep iv — died 1357? b.c, king of Egypt 1375?–1357?: reformer of ancient Egyptian religion (son of Amenhotep III).
- amenorrhoeic — absence of the menses.
- amentiferous — bearing aments
- amethopterin — (now rare) Methotrexate.
- amfebutamone — (former name) The drug bupropion.
- aminobenzene — aniline (def 1).
- aminobenzoic — as in aminobenzoic acid
- 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).
- aminophenols — Plural form of aminophenol.
- amiphenazole — A respiratory stimulant traditionally used as an antidote for barbiturate or opiate overdose, usually in combination with bemegride.
- ammonium ion — the ion NH4+, formed from ammonia and present in aqueous solutions of ammonia and in many salts
- amnioscopies — Plural form of amnioscopy.
- 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.
- amourousness — Rare spelling of amorousness.
- 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
- an open book — a person or subject that is thoroughly understood
- an open mind — If you have an open mind, you avoid forming an opinion or making a decision until you know all the facts.