12-letter words containing s, a, b
- alpha boötis — Arcturus
- alphabetised — (British) Arranged in alphabetical order.
- alphabetiser — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of alphabetizer.
- alphabetizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabetize.
- ambartsumian — Viktor A(mazaspovich). 1908–96, Armenian astrophysicist, renowned for his description of radio sources as explosions in the core of galaxies
- ambassadress — a woman ambassador
- ambidextrous — Someone who is ambidextrous can use both their right hand and their left hand equally skilfully.
- ambiposition — (linguistics) An adposition that can occur either before or after its complement.
- ambisextrous — Informal. sexually attracted to both sexes; bisexual. used by or suitable for either sex; unisex: ambisextrous hair styles.
- ambisinister — clumsy or unskillful with both hands.
- ambisyllabic — (of a single speech sound or cluster) shared phonetically by two contiguous syllables, as the single n -sound of any or the pl -cluster of grappling.
- ambitionless — without ambition, unambitious
- ambulatories — Plural form of ambulatory.
- amenableness — The state or quality of being amenable.
- amicableness — The state or quality of being amicable.
- amissibility — the quality of being amissible
- amphibiously — In the manner of an amphibian.
- amphiblastic — (of animal ova) showing complete but unequal cleavage after fertilization
- amuse-bouche — an appetizer before a meal
- anabaptistic — relating to Anabaptists
- anaerobiosis — life in the absence of oxygen
- annie besant — Annie (Wood) 1847–1933, English theosophist.
- antechambers — Plural form of antechamber.
- anti-british — opposed to anything characteristic of or relating to Britain
- antibacchius — a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, of which the first two are long and the third is short
- antibacklash — relating to the prevention of a violent backward reaction or movement
- antibarbarus — a list of words and sayings to be avoided in the classical usage of a language
- antiblackism — a belief or type of behaviour which exhibits hostility towards Black people
- antibusiness — opposed to business interests, particularly those of large-scale corporations
- antidiabetes — Countering diabetes.
- antifebriles — Plural form of antifebrile.
- antisociable — Antisocial.
- antisway bar — stabilizer bar.
- apostle bird — a gregarious grey-and-brown Australian nest-building bird, Struthidea cinerea
- approbations — approval; commendation.
- arbitrageurs — Plural form of arbitrageur.
- arbitrations — Plural form of arbitration.
- arborescence — treelike in size and form.
- archibenthos — the ocean bottom between the littoral and abyssal zones: from depths of approximately 200 feet (60 meters) to 3300 feet (1000 meters).
- archiblastic — of, relating to, or derived from an archiblast.
- arousability — to stimulate sexually.
- arquebusiers — harquebusier.
- artzybasheff — Boris Mikhailovich [bawr-is mi-kahy-luh-vich,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs mɪˈkaɪ lə vɪtʃ,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1965, U.S. illustrator and writer, born in Russia.
- asbestos mat — a heat-proof mat
- aschoff body — any of the spindleshaped nodules found in heart tissue and associated with the myocarditis of rheumatic fever.
- ashurbanipal — died ?626 bc, king of Assyria (?668–?626): son of Esarhaddon. He built the magnificent palace and library at Nineveh
- ass-backward — the wrong way round; back to front; in the opposite order to what is considered normal
- assassin bug — any long-legged predatory, often blood-sucking, insect of the heteropterous family Reduviidae
- assault boat — a portable boat used for landing troops on beaches and for crossing rivers.
- assbackwards — in an order or way reverse from the usual: You've sewn the sleeve on assbackwards.