12-letter words containing r, e, s, i, t, a
- answer print — a motion-picture film print composed of picture and sound, used for evaluation.
- anteriorness — The state or quality of being anterior.
- anthologiser — Alternative spelling of anthologizer.
- anti-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, 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.
- anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
- antiestrogen — any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
- antifebriles — Plural form of antifebrile.
- antigropelos — waterproof leggings used to protect against mud
- antihysteric — acting to counter hysteria
- antineutrons — Plural form of antineutron.
- antipleasure — opposed to pleasure
- antipyretics — Plural form of antipyretic.
- antistrophes — Plural form of antistrophe.
- antisymmetry — the correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane, line, or point; regularity of form or arrangement in terms of like, reciprocal, or corresponding parts.
- anton sailer — Anton [ahn-tohn] /ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), ("Toni") 1935–2009, Austrian skier.
- apostle bird — a gregarious grey-and-brown Australian nest-building bird, Struthidea cinerea
- apostrophise — to address by apostrophe.
- apostrophize — to address an apostrophe to
- apothecaries — Plural form of apothecary.
- applied arts — arts that are put to practical use
- appraisement — the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
- appreciators — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- apprentisage — Obsolete form of apprenticeage.
- appropriates — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- approximates — near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
- arbitrageurs — Plural form of arbitrageur.
- archeologist — archaeology.
- archibenthos — the ocean bottom between the littoral and abyssal zones: from depths of approximately 200 feet (60 meters) to 3300 feet (1000 meters).
- archive site — (networking) (Or "FTP site", "FTP archive") An Internet host where program source, documents, e-mail or news messages are stored for public access via anonymous FTP, Gopher, web or other document distribution system. There may be several archive sites (mirrors) for, e.g., a Usenet newsgroup though one may be recognised as the main one. FTP servers were common on the Internet for about ten years but have been largely replaced by web servers since the invention of the World-Wide Web and its HTTP protocol. Some well-known archive sites included Imperial College, UK, UUNET, USA, GNU archive site. The archie service attempted to index the contents of FTP archives, foreshadowing the indexing of the web by Google and others.
- arfvedsonite — a type of hornblende with the composition Na3(Fe,Mg)4FeSi8O22(OH)2
- aristophanes — ?448–?380 bc, Greek comic dramatist, who satirized leading contemporary figures such as Socrates and Euripides. Eleven of his plays are extant, including The Clouds, The Frogs, The Birds, and Lysistrata
- aristotelian — of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy
- arming chest — a chest for holding armor and weapons.
- arraignments — Plural form of arraignment.
- arseniureted — combined with arsenic
- arsenopyrite — a white or grey metallic mineral consisting of a sulphide of iron and arsenic that forms monoclinic crystals with an orthorhombic shape: an ore of arsenic. Formula: FeAsS
- artaxerxes i — died 425 bc, king of Persia (465–425): son of Xerxes I
- arteriograms — Plural form of arteriogram.
- arthrotomies — Plural form of arthrotomy.
- artillerists — Plural form of artillerist.
- ascertaining — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- aspect ratio — the ratio of width to height of the picture on a television or cinema screen
- assertations — Plural form of assertation.
- asseverating — Present participle of asseverate.
- asseveration — the act of asseverating.
- asseverative — characterized by or relating to solemn declaration or affirmation
- asteriskless — having no asterisk
- astigmatizer — a cylindrical lens used in a rangefinder to draw out the point image of a point source into a line.
- astigmometer — an apparatus for measuring the degree of astigmatism.