12-letter words containing r, e
- antiperiodic — efficacious against recurring attacks of a disease
- antipleasure — opposed to pleasure
- antipredator — discouraging or protecting against predators
- antipyretics — Plural form of antipyretic.
- antireformer — One who opposes reform.
- antireligion — opposed to religion
- 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.
- antitakeover — opposed to or acting against a takeover
- anton sailer — Anton [ahn-tohn] /ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), ("Toni") 1935–2009, Austrian skier.
- antwerp blue — any of several iron-blue pigments, usually containing a considerable amount of extender.
- anzus treaty — Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, especially as associated in the mutual defense treaty (ANZUS Pact or ANZUS Treaty) of 1952.
- aortic valve — a semilunar valve between the aorta and the left ventricle of the heart that prevents the blood from flowing back into the left ventricle.
- apartmentize — to build apartments on or in: to apartmentize the downtown area.
- apeirophobia — The fear of infinity and/or of infinite things.
- aperiodicity — not periodic; irregular.
- apfelstrudel — apple strudel
- 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.
- apparentness — The state or quality of being apparent.
- appeal court — An appeal court is the same as a Court of Appeal.
- appendicular — relating to an appendage or appendicle
- apperceiving — Present participle of apperceive.
- apperception — the attainment of full awareness of a sensation or idea
- apperceptive — conscious perception.
- appercipient — having or using apperception
- appertaining — to belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc.; pertain or relate (usually followed by to): privileges that appertain to members of the royal family.
- apple brandy — an alcoholic liquor made with apples
- apple butter — a jam made from stewed spiced apples
- apple sucker — a small homopterous insect, Psyllia mali, originally of Europe, that is a serious pest of apple crops.
- appleknocker — Northern U.S. a rustic.
- appletviewer — (web, testing) A simplified web browser used for testing applets. You can't browse HTML with it but you can run applets to test them before embedding them in a web page.
- applied arts — arts that are put to practical use
- appraisement — the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
- appreciating — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- appreciation — Appreciation of something is the recognition and enjoyment of its good qualities.
- appreciative — An appreciative reaction or comment shows the enjoyment that you are getting from something.
- appreciators — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- appreciatory — appreciative.
- apprehending — Present participle of apprehend.
- apprehension — Apprehension is a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
- apprehensive — Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen.
- apprenticing — Present participle of apprentice.
- apprentisage — Obsolete form of apprenticeage.
- appressorium — a flattened hypha of a parasitic fungus that penetrates the host tissues
- approachable — If you describe someone as approachable, you think that they are friendly and easy to talk to.
- approachment — (archaic) approach.
- appropriable — that can be appropriated