12-letter words containing o, r, a, i, u
- archesporium — archespore.
- archosaurian — belonging to or characteristic of the archosaurs
- argillaceous — (of sedimentary rocks and deposits) composed of very fine-grained material, such as clay, shale, etc
- arousability — to stimulate sexually.
- arseniferous — Lb geology Containing or producing arsenic.
- arsino group — the univalent group H 2 As−.
- 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.
- arts council — an organization that provides funding for a variety of arts activities
- astronautics — the science and technology of space flight
- astrotourist — a person who pays to travel into space as a form of recreation
- 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
- atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
- attributions — Plural form of attribution.
- au contraire — on the contrary
- auction room — a room in a building where auctions take place
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- auditorially — Anatomy, Physiology. pertaining to hearing, to the sense of hearing, or to the organs of hearing.
- australopith — (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus Australopithecus, from the Pleistocene period.
- austronesian — of or relating to Austronesia, its peoples, or their languages
- authorizable — able to be authorized
- auto-erotism — the arousal and satisfaction of sexual excitement within or by oneself, as by masturbation.
- autocratical — Autocratic.
- autocritique — the examination of factors guiding one's thoughts, beliefs and actions; self-criticism
- autodiallers — Plural form of autodialler.
- autographing — Present participle of autograph.
- autoinjector — A medical device designed to deliver a single dose of a particular, typically life-saving, drug.
- automorphism — the practice of seeing others as having the same characteristics as oneself
- autoreactive — (immunology, medicine) Acting against the organism by which it was produced.
- autorhythmic — That generates its own rhythm.
- autorickshaw — (in India) a light three-wheeled vehicle driven by a motorcycle engine
- autorotation — the continuous rotation of a body in an airflow, such as that of the rotor blades of a helicopter in an unpowered descent
- avariciously — characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous.
- barium oxide — a white or yellowish-white poisonous heavy powder used esp as a dehydrating agent. Formula: BaO
- barquisimeto — a city in NW Venezuela. Pop: 1 009 000 (2005 est)
- behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- biohazardous — a pathogen, especially one used in or produced by biological research.
- biomolecular — relating to a biomolecule
- bioturbation — the stirring of sediment by organisms
- black liquor — (in making wood pulp for paper) the liquor that remains after digestion.
- boar-hunting — the practice of hunting wild boars
- boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- boulevardier — (originally in Paris) a fashionable man, esp one who frequents public places
- brain tumour — a tumour that is situated in the brain
- bring around — If you bring someone around when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
- buenos aires — the capital of Argentina, a major port and industrial city on the Río de la Plata estuary: became capital in 1880; university (1821). Pop: 13 349 000 (2005 est)
- buffalo bird — a cowbird, Molothrus ater, of North America.