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