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12-letter words containing s, t, e, r

  • alarm system — a set of electronic devices that trigger an alarm
  • albert speer — Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
  • 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.
  • alphabetiser — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of alphabetizer.
  • alstroemeria — any plant of the tuberous perennial liliaceous genus Alstroemeria, originally S American, grown for their brightly coloured orchid-like flowers
  • altar server — server (def 5).
  • 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.
  • alton towers — a 19th-century Gothic Revival mansion with extensive gardens in NW central England, in Staffordshire: site of a large amusement park
  • 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.
  • ambulatories — Plural form of ambulatory.
  • amentiferous — bearing aments
  • among others — used to indicate that there are several more people like the one or ones mentioned, but that you do not intend to mention them all
  • androsterone — an androgenic steroid hormone produced in the testes. Formula: C19H30O2
  • anemotropism — orientation in response to a current of air.
  • aneurysmatic — (medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal.
  • angst-ridden — characterized by a feeling of dread or anxiety
  • angularities — Plural form of angularity.
  • anisothermal — (thermodynamics) Of or pertaining to a system that is not in thermal equilibrium, that does not have a single fixed temperature.
  • anisotropies — Plural form of anisotropy.
  • anorthoclase — a variety of microcline, rich in sodium and sometimes having a play of color: sometimes considered a variety of orthoclase.
  • anotherguess — of a different type or kind; different
  • ansate cross — ankh
  • answer print — a motion-picture film print composed of picture and sound, used for evaluation.
  • antechambers — Plural form of antechamber.
  • anteriorness — The state or quality of being anterior.
  • anthologiser — Alternative spelling of anthologizer.
  • anti-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
  • anti-strophe — the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right.
  • anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
  • antiestrogen — any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
  • antifebriles — Plural form of antifebrile.
  • antigropelos — waterproof leggings used to protect against mud
  • antihysteric — acting to counter hysteria
  • antineutrons — Plural form of antineutron.
  • antipleasure — opposed to pleasure
  • antipyretics — Plural form of antipyretic.
  • antistrophes — Plural form of antistrophe.
  • antisymmetry — the correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane, line, or point; regularity of form or arrangement in terms of like, reciprocal, or corresponding parts.
  • anton sailer — Anton [ahn-tohn] /ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), ("Toni") 1935–2009, Austrian skier.
  • anzus treaty — Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, especially as associated in the mutual defense treaty (ANZUS Pact or ANZUS Treaty) of 1952.
  • apfelstrudel — apple strudel
  • apostle bird — a gregarious grey-and-brown Australian nest-building bird, Struthidea cinerea
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