12-letter words containing s, i, t, e
- affamishment — (obsolete) starvation.
- affectations — Plural form of affectation.
- affirmatives — Plural form of affirmative.
- aforestation — Alternative spelling of afforestation.
- afrocentrism — centered on Africa or on African-derived cultures, as those of Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti: Afrocentric art.
- against time — in an effort to complete something in a limited period
- agglutinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agglutinate.
- aggregations — Plural form of aggregation.
- aggressivity — the state or quality of being aggressive
- aids-related — caused by or associated with the AIDS virus
- aiguillettes — Plural form of aiguillette.
- air disaster — a very serious air crash in which in a lot of people are killed or injured
- air mattress — an inflatable mattress or pad, as of plastic or rubber, used for camping, as an extra bed, etc.
- airtightness — the quality of being airtight
- alberti bass — a reiterated broken-chord figure used as an accompaniment, especially in 18th-century rococo keyboard music.
- algesiometer — an instrument for determining the sensitiveness of the skin to a painful stimulus.
- alkalimeters — Plural form of alkalimeter.
- allegoristic — writing or using allegory; interpreting in an allegorical sense.
- almightiness — The state or quality of being almighty.
- alphabetised — (British) Arranged in alphabetical order.
- alphabetiser — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of alphabetizer.
- alphabetizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabetize.
- alpine-style — of or in an ascent (esp in high mountains like the Himalayas) in which the climbers carry all their equipment with them in a single ascent from base to summit
- alstroemeria — any plant of the tuberous perennial liliaceous genus Alstroemeria, originally S American, grown for their brightly coloured orchid-like flowers
- altercations — Plural form of altercation.
- alternations — Plural form of alternation.
- alternatives — a choice limited to one of two or more possibilities, as of things, propositions, or courses of action, the selection of which precludes any other possibility: You have the alternative of riding or walking.
- amateurishly — In an amateurish or nonprofessional manner.
- ambidextrous — Someone who is ambidextrous can use both their right hand and their left hand equally skilfully.
- 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.
- ambitionless — without ambition, unambitious
- ambulatories — Plural form of ambulatory.
- amentiferous — bearing aments
- amphetamines — Plural form of amphetamine.
- anaesthetics — the science, study, and practice of anaesthesia and its application
- anaesthetise — anesthetize.
- anaesthetist — An anaesthetist is a doctor who specializes in giving anaesthetics to patients.
- anaesthetize — When a doctor or other trained person anaesthetizes a patient, they make the patient unconscious or unable to feel pain by giving them an anaesthetic.
- anapaestical — belonging to the form of poetry which uses a reversed dactyl consisting of two short syllables followed by a long one
- anathematise — Alternative spelling of anathematize.
- anathematism — A formula of words used to cast anathema upon heretics etc.
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
- anelasticity — the property of a substance which has a disproportionate relationship between stress and strain
- anemotropism — orientation in response to a current of air.
- anesthetists — Plural form of anesthetist.
- anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
- anesthetizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anesthetize.
- aneurysmatic — (medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal.
- angelologist — a person who studies angelology