12-letter words containing s, t, o
- aeroacoustic — Relating to aeroacoustics.
- aerodonetics — the study of soaring or gliding flight, esp the study of gliders
- aeroelastics — the study of aeroelastic phenomena.
- aerosiderite — a meteorite which is composed mainly of iron
- aesthesiogen — a substance that stimulates or produces sensation
- aethrioscope — an instrument which measures temperature changes caused by different conditions of the sky
- affectations — Plural form of affectation.
- affiliations — Plural form of affiliation.
- affirmations — Plural form of affirmation.
- afforestable — having the capacity to be turned into forest
- aforestation — Alternative spelling of afforestation.
- afro-asiatic — a family of languages of SW Asia and N Africa, consisting of the Semitic, ancient Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic subfamilies
- afro-british — of or relating to British people of African descent
- afrocentrism — centered on Africa or on African-derived cultures, as those of Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti: Afrocentric art.
- after a sort — to some extent
- after-school — After-school activities are those that are organized for children in the afternoon or evening after they have finished school.
- agglomerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agglomerate.
- aggravations — Plural form of aggravation.
- aggregations — Plural form of aggregation.
- aggrupations — Plural form of aggrupation.
- agnostically — a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience. Synonyms: disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever; doubter, skeptic, secularist, empiricist; heathen, heretic, infidel, pagan.
- agriproducts — Plural form of agriproduct.
- agroforester — a person who carries out agroforestry
- agroforestry — a method of farming integrating herbaceous and tree crops
- agroindustry — an activity combining agriculture and industry
- airbrush out — to remove evidence of (someone or something from photographs, books, or history)
- algesiometer — an instrument for determining the sensitiveness of the skin to a painful stimulus.
- allegoristic — writing or using allegory; interpreting in an allegorical sense.
- almond paste — ground almond mixture
- alpha boötis — Arcturus
- alstroemeria — any plant of the tuberous perennial liliaceous genus Alstroemeria, originally S American, grown for their brightly coloured orchid-like flowers
- altaltissimo — the apex of something
- altercations — Plural form of altercation.
- alternations — Plural form of alternation.
- altitudinous — pertaining to altitude or height
- alto-stratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a generally uniform gray sheet or layer, lighter in color than nimbostratus and darker than cirrostratus: of medium altitude, about 8000–20,000 feet (2450–6100 meters).
- alton towers — a 19th-century Gothic Revival mansion with extensive gardens in NW central England, in Staffordshire: site of a large amusement park
- ambidextrous — Someone who is ambidextrous can use both their right hand and their left hand equally skilfully.
- ambiposition — (linguistics) An adposition that can occur either before or after its complement.
- ambisextrous — Informal. sexually attracted to both sexes; bisexual. used by or suitable for either sex; unisex: ambisextrous hair styles.
- ambitionless — without ambition, unambitious
- ambulatories — Plural form of ambulatory.
- amentiferous — bearing aments
- amniotic sac — membrane around embryo or foetus
- 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
- amortisation — Alternative spelling of amortization.
- amphistomous — (of certain animals, such as leeches) having a sucker at either end of the body
- amphitropous — (of a plant ovule) partially inverted so that the base and the micropyle at the apex are the same distance from the funicle
- an iron fist — a cruel and unyielding attitude or approach
- anachronists — Plural form of anachronist.