12-Letter Words Containing A

The act of making legal.

Legerdemain

Soldiers organise line in conflict

French soldiers

Legislation

Legislative

Ugliest Earls form law-making bodies

Legitimacy

Rightfully

With justification, run away with a friend to meet heartless lady

""LEGITIMATE Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir. as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir.""

The act of making legitimate.

To legitimate.

Legitimator

Lemongrass

Leopardess

Sort of insect to upset people, darn it!

Butterfly, for example

Butterfly or moth

Leprosarium

""Pl. leptocephali (-l ) One of the small, flat, transparent larvae of eels and certain other fishes, characterized by a long, narrow head.""

Leukoplakia

LEVITATION Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.

""Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left handed quartz crystals, etc.""

Lexicality

""LEXICALIZE To make into a word, coin into a word; as, The concept expressed by German "Gemuetlichkeit" is not lexicalized in English.as, The concept expressed by German "Gemuetlichkeit" is not lexicalized in English.""

The compiling of dictionaries

The compilation of dictionaries

Writing and compiling of dictionaries

LIBERALISE

""Pertaining to, or characterized by, liberalism; as, liberalistic opinions. as, liberalistic opinions.""

Liberality

Liberalizer

LIBERALIZE To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices.

Some third-party candidates

Libertinage

Lifeguard

Lifemanship

Lacking a centre of gravity (wordplay)

Delight model holding spirit and bubbly!

Carefree to match love of writer

Likability

Swift people (wordplay)

Swift race (wordplay)

Residents of imaginary country

""LIMITATION The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council. as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council.""

LIMNOLOGIC

Linebacking

Linecasting

""Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.""

Lionization

Process of becoming fluid

'Then, then (methinks) how sweetly flows / That - of her clothes' (Herrick)

Liquidambar

These are killing the business community? They're wind-ups!

LITERALIST One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter.

Literality

""LITERALIZE To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture. spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture.""

""Of, relating to, or dealing with literature: literary criticism.""

LITERATE one who can read and write

Lithograph

Type of printer

Of metal or stone surface printing

""Of or pertaining to the character of a rock, as derived from the nature and mode of aggregation of its mineral contents.""

Professional writers.

In the manner of a liturgy.

Livability

Livetrap

Lixiviation

""Act of localizing, or state of being localized.""

Locational

Fruit, sorted out, began to be put in trucks

Logicality

Logistical

Logistician

LOGNORMAL

Lounging around

Running lengthwise

New position for Mason Leghorn

Mahler song on travelling dock worker

Dock worker

In a loquacious manner.

They get the message out powerfully - these can affect one hearing things!

Lovability

Lubrication

Not usual crib (anagram) - learned works

Late night studies

Court dismissing last two tribunals after review and lots of study

Tepidity

Lymphoblast

""A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses.""

LYMPHOMA a type of {tumour=n}

""MACADAMIZE To cover, as a road, or street, parking lot, playground, or other flat area, with macadam, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.macadam, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.""

Having machicolations.

Plots involving high-speed races

Schemes - plotting

Foul weather gear

""MACROCYTE An abnormally large red blood cell, associated with pernicious anemia.""

An abnormal physiological condition characterized by the presence of macrocytes in the blood.

Macrofossil

Macrogamete

""Pl. macronuclei (-kl - ) The larger of two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans, which controls nonreproductive functions of the cell, such as metabolism.""

""Pl. macronuclei (-kl - ) The larger of two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans, which controls nonreproductive functions of the cell, such as metabolism.""

Having long wings.

Nice girl (wordplay)

Unmarried French woman

French girl; governess

Madreporian

Madreporite

Madrigalist

Magisterium

Magistracy

Magistracy.

How attraction may happen in delightful way, securing catch

Capable of magnetized.

""An automatic instrument for registering, by photography or otherwise, the states and variations of any of the terrestrial magnetic elements.""

Instrument for measuring earth's field

An instrument for measuring the magnitude and direction of a magnetic field.

The outer boundary of the magnetosphere.

Magnifical

Elaborately impressive quality

Elaborate and impressive quality

Splendour

Man, long quiet, getting drunk and boastful

Lofty quote naming suspect, criminal finally caught

The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.

Sounds like it's made in the old kitchen for some of those waiting

Mainstream

Can be justified

Maintenance

In a stately and sublime manner

Based on majority rule: "a naively uncomplicated premise of simple majoritarian democracy" (Saturday Review).

Malacology

One versed in the science of malacology.

Adjective (-ive)

MALAPERT an impudent person

Mozart was a child progeny, etc.

'Select words so ingeniously misapplied'

"Mozart was a child progeny," etc.

Malapropist

Malcontent.

Malediction

Malefaction

Maleficence

Malevolence

In a malevolent manner.

Malfeasance

Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation; abnormal or wrong conformation or structure.

Stops working for most stag parties

Malignancy

The quality or state of being malleable; opposed to friability and brittleness. friability and brittleness.

Provided with inadequate sustenance

With oil run out, abandoned after parent became short of food

Starved

Run into Tamil building for lack of food

Lack of adequate nourishment

Severe lack of proper food

Faulty contact between the upper and lower teeth when the jaw is closed.

Malodorous

Malposition

Malpractice

Bullying, say

Lament matter concerning bullying

Cruel behaviour

""Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.""

Mammalogist

MAMMOGRAPH

""MANAGEMENT The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as, the management of a family or of a farm; the management of state affairs. as, the management of a family or of a farm; the management of state affairs.""

Manageress

Managerial

Managership

Mandarinate

Mandarinism

Mandolinist

MANEUVER to perform a stratagem skilfully

Manfulness

Manifestant

Manifesto

Multiplicity.

""MANIPULATE To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus. as, to manipulate scientific apparatus.""

Osteopath's method

Osteopath's technique

Osteopathic technique

Inclined to control others

Machiavellian as a physiotherapist (wordplay)

Unscrupulously controlling

Manipulator

Of or pertaining to manipulation.

The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance.

Manorialism

Ho ho ho, maybe

Crime of unpremeditated killing

Bloke's mirth is killing

Mantelpiece

Curate involved with mad fun? It's artificial

Made

Fellow switched future car brand

Maker of goods

Fabricator makes things up presumably

Manufacture

Manumission

Maquiladora

Marathoning

MARGINALIZE

Marginalize

Margination

Margraviate

Mariculture

Markedness

Marketplace

Skill with rifle, crossbow etc

Skill in hitting a target

Skill in shooting

""Nautical A pointed metal spike, used to separate strands of rope or wire in splicing.""

Marlinspike

Marquessate

Marqueterie

Marquisette

Suitable to become a union member

Nubile (literally)

Marshalship

Marshiness

Spongy, gelatin-filled sweets

Toast one of these

Spongy sweets

Soft and yielding

MASCULINISE

Masculinise

MASCULINIZE

Masculinize

Space men, witches, clowns, etc.

Pretending

Mastectomy

The quality or state of being masterly; ability to control wisely or skillfully.

Teacher took care to get organised

Did the brainwork.

Was the genius controlling teacher resented (wordplay)

Owner scraps works of art

Best work in epic art seems different

*Works worth framing

One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.

A touch of genius (wordplay)

Well-timed act

Very clever move

Mastication

""MASTURBATE To achieve sexual gratification by stimulating one's own sexual organs, without the aid of a partner; -- typically to the point of orgasm.""

Onanism; selfpollution.

Masturbator

MASTURBATOR