12-letter words containing s
- antoninianus — an ancient Roman coin made either of silver or bronze and equal in value to two denarii
- 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.
- apfelstrudel — apple strudel
- aphoristical — Alternative form of aphoristic.
- aphrodisiacs — Plural form of aphrodisiac.
- apiculturist — beekeeping, especially on a commercial scale for the sale of honey.
- apocalyptist — the writer of the Apocalypse or a related work
- 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
- apostatizing — Present participle of apostatize.
- apostle bird — a gregarious grey-and-brown Australian nest-building bird, Struthidea cinerea
- apostolicity — the quality of being apostolic
- apostrophise — to address by apostrophe.
- apostrophize — to address an apostrophe to
- apothecaries — Plural form of apothecary.
- apotheosized — Simple past tense and past participle of apotheosize.
- apparatchiks — a member of an apparat, especially in a Communist country.
- apparentness — The state or quality of being apparent.
- appassionato — (to be performed) in an impassioned manner
- appellations — Plural form of appellation.
- appellatives — Plural form of appellative.
- appendencies — attached or suspended; annexed.
- appendicitis — Appendicitis is an illness in which a person's appendix is infected and painful.
- appetisement — appetite or hunger
- appetisingly — Alternative spelling of appetizingly.
- applausively — in an applausive manner
- apple sucker — a small homopterous insect, Psyllia mali, originally of Europe, that is a serious pest of apple crops.
- apple-polish — to curry favor with someone, especially in an obsequious or flattering manner.
- applications — Plural form of application.
- applied arts — arts that are put to practical use
- appointments — Plural form of appointment.
- appositeness — The state of being apposite.
- appositional — the act of placing together or bringing into proximity; juxtaposition.
- appraisement — the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
- appraisingly — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- appreciators — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- apprehension — Apprehension is a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
- apprehensive — Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen.
- apprentisage — Obsolete form of apprenticeage.
- appressorium — a flattened hypha of a parasitic fungus that penetrates the host tissues
- approbations — approval; commendation.
- appropriates — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- approximates — near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
- apron string — a string for tying an apron on
- aquaintances — Plural form of aquaintance.
- araeosystyle — (of columned buildings) having an alternately very wide and very narrow intercolumniation
- aran islands — a group of three islands in the Atlantic, off the W coast of the Republic of Ireland: Aranmore or Inishmore (the largest), Inishmaan, and Inisheer. Pop: 1280 (2002). Area: 46 sq km (18 sq miles)
- araneomorphs — Plural form of araneomorph.
- arbitrageurs — Plural form of arbitrageur.