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12-letter words containing t, h, r, a

  • archiblastic — of, relating to, or derived from an archiblast.
  • architecting — a person who engages in the profession of architecture.
  • architecture — Architecture is the art of planning, designing, and constructing buildings.
  • archive site — (networking)   (Or "FTP site", "FTP archive") An Internet host where program source, documents, e-mail or news messages are stored for public access via anonymous FTP, Gopher, web or other document distribution system. There may be several archive sites (mirrors) for, e.g., a Usenet newsgroup though one may be recognised as the main one. FTP servers were common on the Internet for about ten years but have been largely replaced by web servers since the invention of the World-Wide Web and its HTTP protocol. Some well-known archive sites included Imperial College, UK, UUNET, USA, GNU archive site. The archie service attempted to index the contents of FTP archives, foreshadowing the indexing of the web by Google and others.
  • arctophilist — a collector of teddy bears
  • aristolochia — any of various plants of the genus Aristolochia of the family Aristolochiaceae
  • aristophanes — ?448–?380 bc, Greek comic dramatist, who satirized leading contemporary figures such as Socrates and Euripides. Eleven of his plays are extant, including The Clouds, The Frogs, The Birds, and Lysistrata
  • aristophanic — 448?–385? b.c, Athenian comic dramatist.
  • arithmetical — Arithmetical calculations, processes, or skills involve the addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division of numbers.
  • arithmomania — an obsessive desire to count objects, or a fixation with numbers and calculations
  • arm's-length — lacking intimacy or friendliness, esp when possessing some special connection, such as previous closeness
  • armada chest — an iron or iron-bound strongbox of the 17th or 18th century.
  • arming chest — a chest for holding armor and weapons.
  • aromatherapy — Aromatherapy is a type of treatment which involves massaging the body with special fragrant oils.
  • array theory — (theory)   A theory developed by Trenchard More Jr. and used as the basis for the NIAL language. Papers are available from the IBM Cambridge Scientific Center, Cambridge MA.
  • arteriopathy — Any disease of the arteries.
  • arthrobacter — a genus of rod-shaped or spherical bacteria found in the soil.
  • arthrography — the X-ray examination of a joint after injection of a contrast medium into the joint space
  • arthropathic — disease of the joints.
  • arthroplasty — surgical repair of a diseased joint
  • arthroscopes — Plural form of arthroscope.
  • arthroscopic — the use of an arthroscope to diagnose an injury to or disease of a joint or to perform minor surgery on a joint.
  • arthrospores — an isolated vegetative cell that has passed into a resting state, occurring in bacteria and not regarded as a true spore.
  • arthrotomies — Plural form of arthrotomy.
  • arthur evans — Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
  • artzybasheff — Boris Mikhailovich [bawr-is mi-kahy-luh-vich,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs mɪˈkaɪ lə vɪtʃ,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1965, U.S. illustrator and writer, born in Russia.
  • asphalt rock — a rock formation, usually of limestone or sandstone, containing large amounts of bitumens.
  • astrochemist — (chemistry, astronomy) A chemist or astronomer whose speciality is astrochemistry.
  • astrophysics — Astrophysics is the study of the physical and chemical structure of the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.
  • at a stretch — with some difficulty; by making a special effort
  • at all hours — If you say that something happens at all hours of the day or night, you disapprove of it happening at the time that it does or as often as it does.
  • at the press — being printed
  • at the ready — If you have something at the ready, you have it in a position where it can be quickly and easily used.
  • at the worst — bad or ill in the highest, greatest, or most extreme degree: the worst person.
  • at this rate — If you say that at this rate something bad or extreme will happen, you mean that it will happen if things continue to develop as they have been doing.
  • atharva-veda — the fourth and latest Veda, largely consisting of priestly spells and incantations
  • atheoretical — having no connection with and not founded on theory
  • atheromatous — a sebaceous cyst.
  • atholl brose — a mixture of whisky and honey left to ferment before consumption
  • athrocytosis — the capability of a cell to receive and store matter
  • athwartships — from one side to the other of a vessel at right angles to the keel
  • atmospherics — Atmospherics are elements in something such as a piece of music or a book which create a certain atmosphere.
  • atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
  • atom smasher — accelerator (sense 3)
  • attenborough — Sir David. born 1926, British naturalist and broadcaster; noted esp for his TV series Life on Earth (1978), The Living Planet (1983), The Life of Birds (1998), The Life of Mammals (2002), and First Life (2010)
  • attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
  • australopith — (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus Australopithecus, from the Pleistocene period.
  • autapomorphy — (cladistics) A derived trait that is unique to a particular taxon.
  • authorizable — able to be authorized
  • autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
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