12-letter words containing in
- and counting — If you say and counting after a number or an amount of something, you mean that the number or amount is continuing to increase.
- androclinium — clinandrium.
- androscoggin — a river flowing from NE New Hampshire through SW Maine into the Kennebec River. 171 miles (275 km) long.
- angiotensins — Plural form of angiotensin.
- anglo-indian — An Anglo-Indian person is someone whose family is partly British and partly Indian.
- angra mainyu — the evil spirit who contends against Spenta Mainyu.
- annihilating — to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly: The heavy bombing almost annihilated the city.
- annoyingness — causing annoyance; irritatingly bothersome: annoying delays.
- annunciating — Present participle of annunciate.
- answer print — a motion-picture film print composed of picture and sound, used for evaluation.
- antagonising — Present participle of antagonise.
- antagonizing — to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of: His speech antagonized many voters.
- antenna gain — (radio) The factor by which a radio antenna of a given shape focusses the emitted power into a smaller beamwidth compared with an omnidirectional antenna.
- anthelmintic — killing or ejecting intestinal worms
- anthocyanine — Alternative form of anthocyanin.
- anthocyanins — Plural form of anthocyanin.
- anthoxanthin — a yellow pigment found in plants
- anti-dumping — designating or of laws, tariffs, etc. that ban or counteract the dumping of goods by a foreign manufacturer
- anti-smoking — opposed to or promoting the discontinuance of the smoking of tobacco: an antismoking campaign launched by a health agency.
- anti-vitamin — any substance that interferes with the action of a vitamin.
- antialiasing — a technique for smoothing out jagged lines in graphical computer output.
- antibullying — Opposed to or acting against bullying.
- antibusiness — opposed to business interests, particularly those of large-scale corporations
- anticipating — to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure.
- anticlotting — of a nature that prevents blood clotting
- antifeminine — opposed to or discriminating against women or feminine characteristics or behaviour
- antifeminism — the opposition to feminism
- antifeminist — a person, movement or action opposed to feminism
- antigambling — opposed to gambling
- antiglobulin — a serum containing an antibody specific to an immunoglobulin
- antilynching — opposed to lynching, acting against lynching
- antiminority — Opposing an ethnic minority, or ethnic minorities in general.
- antinarcotic — Opposing or countering narcotics.
- antinatalist — A supporter of antinatalism.
- antinational — opposed to one's nation; unpatriotic
- antinepotism — opposed to or acting against nepotism
- antineuritic — inflammation of a nerve.
- antineutrino — the antiparticle of a neutrino; a particle having oppositely directed spin to a neutrino, that is, spin in the direction of its momentum
- antineutrons — Plural form of antineutron.
- antinovelist — a writer of antinovels
- antinucleons — Plural form of antinucleon.
- antinutrient — a substance that interferes with the utilization of one or more nutrients by the body, as oxalate and phytate, which prevent calcium absorption.
- antipoaching — acting against or opposed to poaching
- antirrhinums — Plural form of antirrhinum.
- antispending — opposed to excessive governmental spending
- antispinward — (often science fiction) In a rotating reference frame, against the direction of spin.
- antithrombin — a substance that counteracts the action of thrombin, preventing the formation of blood clots
- antoninianus — an ancient Roman coin made either of silver or bronze and equal in value to two denarii
- 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.
- apostatizing — Present participle of apostatize.