12-letter words containing u, a, e
- antwerp blue — any of several iron-blue pigments, usually containing a considerable amount of extender.
- anuszkiewicz — Richard Joseph, born 1930, U.S. op-art painter.
- anxious seat — a bench near the preacher at revival meetings, for those with a troubled conscience who seek salvation
- anzus treaty — Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, especially as associated in the mutual defense treaty (ANZUS Pact or ANZUS Treaty) of 1952.
- apache plume — a low shrub, Fallugia paradoxa, of the rose family, of southwestern North America, having white flowers and fruit heads of feathery tufts.
- apfelstrudel — apple strudel
- apocynaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Apocynaceae, a family of mostly tropical flowering plants with latex in their stems, including the dogbane, periwinkle, oleander, and some lianas
- appeal court — An appeal court is the same as a Court of Appeal.
- appendicular — relating to an appendage or appendicle
- applausively — in an applausive manner
- apple butter — a jam made from stewed spiced apples
- apple sucker — a small homopterous insect, Psyllia mali, originally of Europe, that is a serious pest of apple crops.
- appressorium — a flattened hypha of a parasitic fungus that penetrates the host tissues
- appurtenance — a secondary or less significant thing or part
- aquaintances — Plural form of aquaintance.
- arbitrageurs — Plural form of arbitrageur.
- arc spectrum — a spectrum formed from the light produced by an electric arc, characteristic of the gas or vapor through which the arc passes.
- arched truss — a truss having an archlike form but unlike a true arch in that it is free to move horizontally at its base, as in expanding or contracting because of temperature changes.
- archesporium — archespore.
- architecture — Architecture is the art of planning, designing, and constructing buildings.
- arenaviruses — Plural form of arenavirus.
- argillaceous — (of sedimentary rocks and deposits) composed of very fine-grained material, such as clay, shale, etc
- armour plate — a tough heavy steel, usually containing chromium, nickel, and molybdenum and often hardened on the surface, used for protecting warships, tanks, etc
- armourbearer — One who carries armor for another.
- armoured car — a fast lightly armed and armoured vehicle, mainly used for reconnaissance
- arquebusiers — harquebusier.
- arseniferous — Lb geology Containing or producing arsenic.
- arseniureted — combined with arsenic
- arseno group — the bivalent group −As=As−.
- arthur evans — Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- articulately — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- articulative — relating to articulation
- arts student — a person studying an arts subject
- as per usual — as usual
- ascomycetous — belonging or pertaining to the Ascomycota.
- ash-coloured — silver-grey in colour
- assaultively — in an assaultive manner
- assentaneous — having a tendency to agree, comply or acquiesce
- 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.
- assumptively — taken for granted.
- at a premium — If something is at a premium, it is wanted or needed, but is difficult to get or achieve.
- at a venture — at random; by chance
- atheromatous — a sebaceous cyst.
- 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.
- 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)
- attitudinize — to adopt a pose or opinion for effect; strike an attitude
- attributable — If something is attributable to an event, situation, or person, it is likely that it was caused by that event, situation or person.
- au contraire — on the contrary