12-letter words containing s, a, l, c
- antanaclasis — a form of speech in which a key word is repeated and used in a different, and sometimes contrary, way for a play on words, as in The craft of a politician is to appear before the public without craft.
- antibacklash — relating to the prevention of a violent backward reaction or movement
- antiblackism — a belief or type of behaviour which exhibits hostility towards Black people
- anticatalase — a substance that inhibits the enzymatic action of a catalase.
- anticatalyst — a substance that destroys or diminishes the activity of a catalyst
- anticlimaxes — Plural form of anticlimax.
- anticyclones — Plural form of anticyclone.
- antinucleons — Plural form of antinucleon.
- antipolitics — the rejection of party and electoral politics
- antisociable — Antisocial.
- antisocially — In an antisocial manner.
- aphoristical — Alternative form of aphoristic.
- apiculturist — beekeeping, especially on a commercial scale for the sale of honey.
- apocalyptist — the writer of the Apocalypse or a related work
- apostolicity — the quality of being apostolic
- apple sucker — a small homopterous insect, Psyllia mali, originally of Europe, that is a serious pest of apple crops.
- applications — Plural form of application.
- archeologist — archaeology.
- archesporial — the primitive cell, or group of cells, that give rise to the cells from which spores are derived.
- archiblastic — of, relating to, or derived from an archiblast.
- archipelagos — Plural form of archipelago.
- arctophilist — a collector of teddy bears
- argillaceous — (of sedimentary rocks and deposits) composed of very fine-grained material, such as clay, shale, etc
- aristolochia — any of various plants of the genus Aristolochia of the family Aristolochiaceae
- arms control — an agreement between two or more countries to reduce the number of weapons owned, with the aim of preventing war
- articulators — Plural form of articulator.
- artiodactyls — Plural form of artiodactyl.
- artistically — conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
- arts council — an organization that provides funding for a variety of arts activities
- asclepiadean — of or relating to a type of classical verse line consisting of a spondee, two or three choriambs, and an iamb
- ash-coloured — silver-grey in colour
- asphalt rock — a rock formation, usually of limestone or sandstone, containing large amounts of bitumens.
- astacologist — a person who investigates and analyses crayfish
- astrological — the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
- astronomical — If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large indeed.
- asymmetrical — Something that is asymmetrical has two sides or halves that are different in shape, size, or style.
- asymptotical — of or relating to an asymptote.
- at all costs — If you say that something must be avoided at all costs, you are emphasizing that it must not be allowed to happen under any circumstances.
- atactostelic — Of or possessing an atactostele.
- auction sale — an instance of items being sold by auction
- auscultating — Present participle of auscultate.
- auscultation — the diagnostic technique in medicine of listening to the various internal sounds made by the body, usually with the aid of a stethoscope
- auspiciously — promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.
- autistically — in an autistic manner or the manner of a person who has autism
- autocatalyse — to cause an internal, self-produced, chemical reaction
- autoeciously — in an autoecious manner
- avariciously — characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous.
- avascularity — the condition of having few blood vessels or of being without blood vessels
- aviculturist — A person who keeps and rears (breeds) birds.
- b-s particle — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.