12-letter words that end in ar
- evening star — Venus as seen after sunset
- evening wear — smart clothing designed for wearing at formal occasions during the evening
- external ear — the part of the ear consisting of the auricle and the auditory canal
- extranuclear — situated or occurring in part of a cell outside the nucleus
- falling star — an incandescent meteor; a shooting star.
- far and near — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- feather star — a free-swimming crinoid.
- flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
- float collar — A float collar is a part near the bottom of the casing string which catches the bottom plug and top plug, and which prevents mud from entering the casing.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- forward gear — a gear in a vehicle that is used when the vehicle is moving forward
- giant fulmar — either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes, of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
- green-collar — noting or pertaining to workers, jobs, or businesses that are involved in protecting the environment or solving environmental problems.
- grizzly bear — a large North American brown bear, Ursus (arctos) horribilis, with coarse, gray-tipped brown fur, once widespread in the western part of the continent as far south as northern Mexico but now restricted to some regions of Alaska, western Canada, and the U.S. Rocky Mountains: a threatened species except in Alaska.
- ground cedar — a ground pine, Lycopodium complanatum.
- gubernacular — relating to a gubernaculum
- havana cigar — any of various cigars hand rolled in Cuba, known esp for their high quality
- helical gear — a cylindrical gear wheel whose teeth follow the pitch surface in a helical manner.
- horse-collar — (especially in baseball) a score of zero.
- hyperosmolar — Of, pertaining to, or as a result of hyperosmolarity.
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.
- imparticular — (proscribed) in particular.
- in high gear — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- in the clear — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- infundibular — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
- interlaminar — composed of, or arranged in, laminae.
- interlobular — (anatomy) Between lobules.
- interlocular — having one or more locules.
- internal ear — the inner portion of the ear, involved in hearing and balance, consisting of a bony labyrinth that is composed of a vestibule, semicircular canals, and a cochlea and that encloses a membranous labyrinth. Compare ear1 (def 1).
- internuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- interstellar — Astronomy. situated or occurring between the stars: interstellar dust.
- intertubular — Between tubes or tubules.
- intralaminar — Within a lamina.
- intranuclear — existing or taking place within a nucleus.
- invert sugar — a mixture of the dextrorotatory forms of glucose and fructose, formed naturally in fruits and produced artificially in syrups or fondants by treating cane sugar with acids.
- jaunting car — a light, two-wheeled, one-horse cart, once common in Ireland, having two seats set back to back, with a perch in front for the driver.
- jubilee year — jubilee (def 5a).
- landing gear — the wheels, floats, etc., of an aircraft, upon which it lands and moves on ground or water.
- lantern gear — a gear mechanism including a lantern wheel.
- leather star — a starfish, Dermasterias imbricata, of the western coast of North America, having the body covered by a thick, leathery skin.
- live in fear — You can use expressions such as to live in fear and to live in terror to indicate that someone is always thinking about an unpleasant or frightening event, because they think that it might happen.
- macronuclear — Of or pertaining to a macronucleus.
- malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
- metacinnabar — a polymorph of cinnabar, black mercuric sulfide, HgS.
- microtubular — Of or pertaining to microtubules.
- morning star — a bright planet, especially Venus, seen in the east immediately before sunrise.
- multiangular — having many angles; polyangular.
- multilaminar — composed of, or arranged in, laminae.
- multilobular — having several or many lobules.
- multilocular — having or consisting of many cells or vesicles.