12-Letter Words Containing A

Optimality

""OPTIMISE to make as effective as possible, also OPTIMIZE""

""OPTIMIZE to make as effective as possible, also OPTIMISE""

Oratorical

Orchestral

Gold casket marked and scored

Arranged to have the dart score put out

Arranged for gold casket getting evaluated

ORCHESTRATE to write an orchestra score for; -- of a musical composition.

Arranges music

Narrow passages for killer whales (wordplay)

Or that scorer, perhaps (wordplay)

Speaker reserves royal box for arranger

Speaker keeps royal box for the organiser

""Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order (Orchidace\'91) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type. They are mostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected appearance. About one hundred species occur in the United States, but several thousand in the tropics. Orchidace\'91) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type. They are mostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected appearance. About one hundred species occur in the United States, but several thousand in the tropics.""

Commonly encountered; usual. See Synonyms at common .

Organicity

Firm with The Irish Times, for one

Running over before Saigon train's off

Company talk about fantastic gains

""The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body. as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.""

""Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; said of the effect or impression produced by any substance on the organs of touch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a whole.""

Organology

Orientalism

Orientalist

ORIENTALIZE to render Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.

Orientalize

Orientation

Origination

By way of ornament.

Ornateness

Relating to the description of mountains

Pl. oropharynges (-f -r n j z) or oropharynxes The part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the epiglottis.

Oropharynx

Orthodontia

""Perpendicularly; at right angles; as, a curve cuts a set of curves orthogonally. as, a curve cuts a set of curves orthogonally.""

""ORTHOGRAPH An orthographic projection, sometimes partly in section, esp. of a building.""

The treatment of bone and muscle disorders

Rum do, as her topic is a medical speciality

Orthopteran

Devious colonialists making waves

Oscillogram

Device for recording electrical waves

Device for visualising, eg, fluctuations in current

Osmolality

Osmolarity

Action is so, if developing then hardening

Ostentation

Given to showy display

Gaudy and garish

Showy and vulgar

""OSTEOBLAST One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.""

OSTEOCLAST A myeloplax.

Of or pertaining to osteology.

""A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthy material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. Also called malacia. malacia.""

Osteopathy

""Producing bone; as, osteoplastic cells. as, osteoplastic cells.""

A tumor having the structure of a sacroma in which there is a deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.

Ostracoderm

OUTACHIEVE

OUTBALANCE To outweight; to exceed in weight or effect.

Outbargain

Outcavil

OUTDATED outdate

Left (a competitor) far behind

Leaves behind.

Excelled in military skill

In a bizarre way

Oddly - and in a foreign manner

Expense includes new food left in an odd way

Outmaneuver

OUTORGANIZE

Outorganize

""The process of facilitating a terminated employee's search for a new job by provision of professional services, such as counseling, paid for by the former employer.""

OUTPOPULATE

Outpopulate

Outpreach

In a shockingly bad manner

Outrival

OUTSPARKLE To exceed in sparkling.

Extending broadly

Ovariotomy

ABSTRACT to draw away

Way, way, way too prevalent

On a roll, Dutch worker produces too much

ACHIEVED achieve

Academic Type A personality

Hardly a slacker

*Person who constantly exceeds expectations

Overachieve

ACTIVITY the state of being active

Overanalyse

Overanalysie

ANALYZED analyze

Overanalyze

Overarousal

ARRANGED arrange

Overarrange

Overassert

Fell down

Overbalance

Overbleach

Overbleach

More than is required for six deliveries (wordplay)

Problem with space? Ring father going back to room for everybody!

Overcasting

Overcaution

A curious vote, sadly going for the ultra-safe option (wordplay)

Electrician's worry?

Electrician's worry (wordplay)

Ripping off

Overclaim

CLASSIFY to arrange in categories

Overclean

Overclear

Overcoach

Overcram

A civil rector sadly becoming too judgmental

Casanova loses the head with serious type that's hard to please

DECORATE to {adorn=v}

DOMINANT a controlling genetic character

DRAMATIC pertaining to {drama=n}

EDUCATED educate

Overeducate

EMPHASES emphasis

Promises have produced too much stress

Excessive stress

Excessive underlining

Excessively emphatic.

ENAMORED enamor

Take too seriously.

Rate too highly

Value too highly

Overexpand

Overexplain

Too well known

FATIGUED fatigue

Overfatigue

Overfavor

Overgarment

HANDLING the act of handling

Overharvest

""IDEALIZE to regard as perfect, also IDEALISE""

Find elevator potentially too big

Overinflate

ISSUANCE the act of {issuing=v}

Overlabor

Overlearn

LITERARY pertaining to books and writings

MANAGING manage

MANNERED having manners

Subdued Balls and Miliband welcoming upright head of state

Subdued

Overmatch

MATURITY the state of being {mature=adj}

MEDICATE to treat with medicine

OPERATED operate

Overoperate

""ORGANIZE to form into an organic whole, also ORGANISE""

ORNAMENT to {decorate=v}

PACKAGED package

Overpackage

Overpayment

Overpedal

PEDALLED pedal

To persuade or influence against one's inclination or judgment.

Overplan

Overplant

Put too many people into (a region)

Fill with too many people

The act of praising unduly; excessive praise.

Overprogram

REACHERS reacher

Aiming too high

Going too far.

Laying it on thick

Excessive response

Finish is about excitement and that's excessive for a comeback

REGULATE to control according to rule

RELIANCE confident or trustful dependence

SANGUINE to stain with blood

To saturate to excess.

Was more important than

Remaining fish on slate, perhaps, put in the shade

Outshone

Overslaugh

Overstaff

Too tense; exaggerated

Stretched to excess; exaggerated

TAXATION the process of taxing

Public showering is going too far in preparation for contest

Overtreat

Overvoltage

Overwater

Oxalacetate

OXALOACETATE

Denoting welding or cutting techniques using a very hot flame

It is used in blowpipes for cutting and welding materials at high temperatures

Oxygenation

Ozonization

Pachysandra

""The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.""

Pacificator

""A place where foodstuffs are processed and packed; as, they came from an apple packinghouse.as, they came from an apple packinghouse.""

Paddleboard

Paddlefish

Plural or third person singular

""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) sexual reproduction in an animal that retains its larval features See also neoteny paedogenetic   [ˌpiːdəʊdʒəˈnɛtɪk] , paedogenic adj PAEDOMORPHIC (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the resemblance of adult animals to the young of their ancestors: seen in the evolution of modern man, who shows resemblances to the young stages of australopithecines""

Adjective (-ic)

""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the resemblance of adult animals to the young of their ancestors: seen in the evolution of modern man, who shows resemblances to the young stages of australopithecines""

PAINLESS without pain

Painstaking

Members of the figwort family

Artist's tools

What had P. Rubens at his disposal (wordplay)

Pleasant-tasting quality

PALATALIZE To palatize.

PALATIAL resembling a {palace=n}

Fossils

Fossils

The branch of ecology that deals with the interaction between ancient organisms and their environment.

One skilled in paleography; a paleographist.

""The study and scholarly interpretation of earlier, especially ancient, writing and forms of writing.""

One of Thomas Jefferson's pursuits

Earth science that studies fossils

Fossils

A writer of palindromes.

""Birth 1 . the phase in the development of an organism in which its form and structure pass through the changes undergone in the evolution of the species. 2 . the morphological and structural changes that occur during insect development. Also palingenesia, palingenesy. ; palingenetic,""

China in first phase regeneration

The old man's low-down getting through punishment is reincarnation

""Of or pertaining to palingenesis: as, a palingenetic process. as, a palingenetic process.""

Palliative

Pallidness

Palpitation

Paltriness

Palynology