12-letter words containing o, r, a, t, e
- agroforester — a person who carries out agroforestry
- agroforestry — a method of farming integrating herbaceous and tree crops
- airport code — a three-letter abbreviation of the names of the world's major airports, used especially as an identifier for routing baggage.
- algesiometer — an instrument for determining the sensitiveness of the skin to a painful stimulus.
- all the more — All is used in structures such as all the more or all the better to mean even more or even better than before.
- all together — in chorus, in unison
- allegoristic — writing or using allegory; interpreting in an allegorical sense.
- alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
- alstroemeria — any plant of the tuberous perennial liliaceous genus Alstroemeria, originally S American, grown for their brightly coloured orchid-like flowers
- altercations — Plural form of altercation.
- alternations — Plural form of alternation.
- alto-relievo — high relief
- alto-rilievo — alto-relievo
- alton towers — a 19th-century Gothic Revival mansion with extensive gardens in NW central England, in Staffordshire: site of a large amusement park
- ambidextrous — Someone who is ambidextrous can use both their right hand and their left hand equally skilfully.
- ambisextrous — Informal. sexually attracted to both sexes; bisexual. used by or suitable for either sex; unisex: ambisextrous hair styles.
- ambrettolide — a colorless liquid, C 16 H 28 O 2 , having a strong musky odor, used as a fixative in the manufacture of perfume.
- ambulatories — Plural form of ambulatory.
- ameliorating — Present participle of ameliorate.
- amelioration — the act or an instance of ameliorating or the state of being ameliorated
- ameliorative — Able to repair or ameliorate.
- amelioratory — tending to ameliorate
- amentiferous — bearing aments
- amethopterin — (now rare) Methotrexate.
- 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
- amor patriae — love of one's country; patriotism
- amortizement — a sloping top on a buttress, pillar, etc.
- amperometric — relating to or involving the measurement of an electric current
- amphotericin — an amphoteric antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces nodosus and used in the treatment of fungal infections.
- anaerobiotic — anaerobic
- 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
- 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.
- anisothermal — (thermodynamics) Of or pertaining to a system that is not in thermal equilibrium, that does not have a single fixed temperature.
- anisotropies — Plural form of anisotropy.
- anorthoclase — a variety of microcline, rich in sodium and sometimes having a play of color: sometimes considered a variety of orthoclase.
- anotherguess — of a different type or kind; different
- ansate cross — ankh
- anteriorness — The state or quality of being anterior.
- antherozooid — Alternative form of antherozoid.
- anthologiser — Alternative spelling of anthologizer.
- anthologizer — an anthologist; a creator of an anthology
- anthropogeny — the genesis or development of the human race, especially as a subject of scientific study.
- anti-foreign — the policy or practice of showing hostility toward foreigners, foreign customs, etc.
- anti-strophe — the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right.
- antiandrogen — (steroid, pharmacology) Any substance that inhibits the release or the biological effects of an androgen.
- anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
- antideuteron — the antimatter counterpart to the deuteron.