12-letter words starting with a
- accessioning — the act of coming into the possession of a right, title, office, etc.: accession to the throne.
- accessorised — Simple past tense and past participle of accessorise.
- accessorized — Simple past tense and past participle of accessorize.
- acciaccatura — a small grace note melodically adjacent to a principal note and played simultaneously with or immediately before it
- accidentally — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
- acclamations — Plural form of acclamation.
- acclimatised — Simple past tense and past participle of acclimatise.
- acclimatized — adapted or accustomed to a new climate or environment
- acclimatizer — An agent that acclimatizes itself or others.
- acclimatizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclimatize.
- accommodable — having the ability to be accommodated
- accommodated — to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige: to accommodate a friend by helping him move to a new apartment.
- accommodates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accommodate.
- accommodator — a person or thing that accommodates
- accomodating — Misspelling of accommodating.
- accomodation — Misspelling of accommodation.
- accompaniest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of accompany.
- accompanists — Plural form of accompanist.
- accompanying — provided at the same time as something else as an extra or addition; supplementary
- accompanyist — accompanist.
- accomplished — If someone is accomplished at something, they are very good at it.
- accomplisher — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
- accomplishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accomplish.
- according as — to the degree that; in proportion as
- according to — If someone says that something is true according to a particular person, book, or other source of information, they are indicating where they got their information.
- accordionist — a person who plays the accordion, especially with skill.
- accouchement — childbirth or the period of confinement
- account book — a booklet in which all the transactions that take place in a bank account or a company's accounts are recorded
- accouplement — a timber joist or beam that serves as a tie or support
- accouterment — an accoutering or being accoutered
- accoutrement — Accoutrements are all the things you have with you when you travel or when you take part in a particular activity.
- accreditable — having the ability to be accredited
- accretionary — Of, pertaining to, or in the form of an accretion.
- accrual rate — the percentage rate at which interest accrues on a mortgage, loan, etc
- acculturated — Simple past tense and past participle of acculturate.
- acculturates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acculturate.
- accumulating — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
- accumulation — An accumulation of something is a large number of things which have been collected together or acquired over a period of time.
- accumulative — If something is accumulative, it becomes greater in amount, number, or intensity over a period of time.
- accumulators — Plural form of accumulator.
- accurateness — The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
- accursedness — The quality of being accursed.
- accusatorial — containing or implying blame or strong criticism
- accustomises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accustomise.
- accustrement — the process of equipping with accoutrements
- acenaphthene — (organic compound) A hydrocarbon, found in coal tar, derived from naphthalene by the addition of a short aliphatic bridge.
- acenesthesia — loss of the physical awareness of one's body.
- acepromazine — an orange-colored oil, C19H22N2OS, used as a tranquilizer, esp. to immobilize large animals, and to relieve nausea
- acetaldehyde — a colourless volatile pungent liquid, miscible with water, used in the manufacture of organic compounds and as a solvent and reducing agent. Formula: CH3CHO
- acetic ether — a colorless, volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , having a fragrant, fruitlike odor: used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of perfumes, flavorings, and confections, and as a solvent for paints, varnishes, and lacquers.