12-letter words containing io
- antiperiodic — efficacious against recurring attacks of a disease
- antirational — opposed to rationalism
- antireligion — opposed to religion
- antiviolence — opposed to or acting against violence in society
- anxious seat — a bench near the preacher at revival meetings, for those with a troubled conscience who seek salvation
- aperiodicity — not periodic; irregular.
- apparitional — of or relating to an apparition or apparitions; ghostly, spectral
- appassionato — (to be performed) in an impassioned manner
- appellations — Plural form of appellation.
- apperception — the attainment of full awareness of a sensation or idea
- applications — Plural form of application.
- apportioning — Present participle of apportion.
- appositional — the act of placing together or bringing into proximity; juxtaposition.
- appreciation — Appreciation of something is the recognition and enjoyment of its good qualities.
- apprehension — Apprehension is a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
- approbations — approval; commendation.
- arbitrations — Plural form of arbitration.
- arborio rice — variety of round-grain rice used for making risotto
- arborization — a branching treelike appearance in certain fossils and minerals
- archaization — Process of becoming or turning something more archaic.
- archdiocesan — Relating to an archdiocese.
- archdioceses — Plural form of archdiocese.
- arpeggiation — the writing, playing or singing of arpeggios
- arteriograms — Plural form of arteriogram.
- arteriopathy — Any disease of the arteries.
- articulation — Articulation is the action of producing a sound or word clearly, in speech or music.
- artiodactyle — (zoology) One of the Artiodactyla, a group of ungulates.
- artiodactyls — Plural form of artiodactyl.
- ascensionist — a person who has completed a mountain ascent, esp a notable one
- aspect ratio — the ratio of width to height of the picture on a television or cinema screen
- asphyxiation — Asphyxiation is a lack of oxygen in blood, which causes suffocation.
- aspirational — If you describe someone as aspirational, you mean that they have strong hopes of moving to a higher social status.
- assertations — Plural form of assertation.
- asseveration — the act of asseverating.
- assibilation — (linguistics) A sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant, commonly the final phase of palatalization.
- assignations — Plural form of assignation.
- assimilation — an assimilating or being assimilated
- assimulation — Obsolete form of assimilation.
- associations — Plural form of association.
- assuefaction — the condition of being or becoming familiar with or used to something
- astrobiology — the branch of biology that investigates the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe
- attributions — Plural form of attribution.
- auction room — a room in a building where auctions take place
- auction sale — an instance of items being sold by auction
- auction site — a commercial website on which items are sold by internet auction
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- audio system — integrated equipment for producing amplified sound, as in a hi-fi or a mobile disco, or as a public-address system on stage
- audio-visual — Audio-visual equipment and materials involve both recorded sound and pictures.
- audiological — Of, or pertaining to, audiology, or the study of hearing.
- audiologists — Plural form of audiologist.