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12-letter words containing s, e, n, a

  • assortedness — the position of being sorted, grouped or harmonized with, well or badly, or provided with a good or bad assortment or mixture
  • assuefaction — the condition of being or becoming familiar with or used to something
  • assumed bond — a bond issued by one corporation and assumed as an obligation by another.
  • assumed name — If you do something under an assumed name, you do it using a name that is not your real name.
  • astonishable — (obsolete) Astonishing.
  • astonishment — Astonishment is a feeling of great surprise.
  • astral plane — a plane of existence inhabited by astral bodies
  • astringently — In the manner of an astringent.
  • asynchronies — a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
  • at intervals — If something happens at intervals, it happens several times with gaps or pauses in between.
  • attendedness — The state or quality of being attended.
  • attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
  • auction sale — an instance of items being sold by auction
  • auction site — a commercial website on which items are sold by internet auction
  • aurene glass — an iridescent American art glass colored gold and blue.
  • austenitized — to form austenite in (a ferrous alloy) by heating.
  • austronesian — of or relating to Austronesia, its peoples, or their languages
  • autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
  • autochthones — Alternative spelling of autochthons.
  • autogenously — In an autogenous manner; spontaneously.
  • aversiveness — the condition of being characterized by aversion
  • avowableness — the quality or condition of being avowable
  • awe-stricken — filled with awe.
  • babe-in-arms — a young baby that has to be carried
  • backbenchers — Plural form of backbencher.
  • backboneless — lacking backbone; cowardly
  • backwardness — toward the back or rear.
  • backwoodsmen — Plural form of backwoodsman.
  • bacon-slicer — a machine for cutting bacon into slices
  • badger skunk — hog-nosed skunk (def 1).
  • badger-skunk — Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
  • bag snatcher — a thief whose main tactic is to grab women's handbags and run off with them
  • bairnsfather — Bruce. 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I
  • baker island — an island in the central Pacific near the equator, belonging to the U.S. 1 sq. mi. (2.6 sq. km).
  • baker's oven — an oven used esp for baking bread
  • baking sheet — A baking sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as biscuits or pies in an oven.
  • balinese cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, a plumed tail, blue eyes, large ears, and a dark mask, tail, and paws
  • ballanwrasse — a slow-growing fish (Labrus bergylta) found in rocky waters
  • ballast line — the level to which a vessel is immersed when in ballast.
  • balletomanes — Plural form of balletomane.
  • balloon seat — (on some 18th-century chairs) a seat having an outline resembling that of a bell.
  • banach space — a vector space on which a norm is defined that is complete.
  • bandersnatch — a fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, and appearing also in The Hunting of the Snark and Through the Looking-Glass
  • bandjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
  • bandoneonist — One who plays the bandoneon.
  • bank charges — penalties charged by a bank to a customer, for example when the customer's account is overdrawn or if a cheque is not honoured
  • bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
  • bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
  • banksia rose — a climbing rose, Rosa banksiae, native to China, having long, serrated leaves and white or yellow flowers.
  • bar sinister — the condition, implication, or stigma of being of illegitimate birth
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