12-letter words containing an
- antiphonical — Alternative form of antiphonic.
- antiphrastic — relating to antiphrasis
- antiplatelet — Going against or destroying blood platelets.
- antipleasure — opposed to pleasure
- antipoaching — acting against or opposed to poaching
- antipolitics — the rejection of party and electoral politics
- antipredator — discouraging or protecting against predators
- antipruritic — acting against or preventing itching
- antipyretics — Plural form of antipyretic.
- antiquarians — Plural form of antiquarian.
- antique shop — a shop where antiques are sold
- antirachitic — preventing or curing rickets
- antirational — opposed to rationalism
- antireformer — One who opposes reform.
- antireligion — opposed to religion
- antiroll bar — a horizontal bar in the suspension system of some automotive vehicles, that stabilizes the body of the vehicle and thereby reduces sway, esp. during turns
- antiromantic — opposed to romanticism
- antiroyalism — Opposition to royals or royalism.
- antiroyalist — opposed to the monarchy
- antirrhinums — Plural form of antirrhinum.
- antisemitism — Alternative form of anti-Semitism.
- antisepalous — facing the sepals or calyx leaf
- antisociable — Antisocial.
- antisocially — In an antisocial manner.
- antispending — opposed to excessive governmental spending
- antispinward — (often science fiction) In a rotating reference frame, against the direction of spin.
- antistrophes — Plural form of antistrophe.
- antistrophic — Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.
- antistrophon — an argument that is retorted against an opponent
- antisway bar — stabilizer bar.
- 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.
- antitakeover — opposed to or acting against a takeover
- antitheistic — opposed to belief in god or gods
- antithetical — Something that is antithetical to something else is the opposite of it and is unable to exist with it.
- antithrombin — a substance that counteracts the action of thrombin, preventing the formation of blood clots
- antitumoural — acting against or upon tumours
- antitussives — Plural form of antitussive.
- antiviolence — opposed to or acting against violence in society
- anton sailer — Anton [ahn-tohn] /ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), ("Toni") 1935–2009, Austrian skier.
- antoninianus — an ancient Roman coin made either of silver or bronze and equal in value to two denarii
- antwerp blue — any of several iron-blue pigments, usually containing a considerable amount of extender.
- anuradhapura — a town in Sri Lanka: ancient capital of Ceylon; site of the sacred bo tree and place of pilgrimage for Buddhists. Pop: 53 151 (2001)
- 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
- anything but — You use anything but in expressions such as anything but quiet and anything but attractive to emphasize that something is not the case.
- 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 dance — a fast violent dance in French vaudeville, supposedly between a Parisian gangster and his girl
- apicomplexan — Describing protists of the phylum Apicomplexa.
- aplacophoran — solenogaster.
- aplanogamete — a nonmotile gamete or conjugating cell found in lower algae