12-Letter Words Starting with A

Shortening

Reducing

Primarily.

Abridgement

ABSOLUTIZE

Gaining speed

Increasing speed

ACCENTUATE To pronounce with an accent or with accents.

Accession

Accompany

""ACCUMULATE To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money. as, to accumulate a sum of money.""

Recognised information in a record

Admits information revealed in accounts

Admits information is revealed in the accounts

Acromegalic

Acromegaly

""ADJUDICATE To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.""

Making less pure

Debasing

Useful, beneficial

Data's vague on rambling being beneficial

Profitable

Advertising

(used with a sing. verb) The science of magnetic characteristics associated with atmospheric conditions.

AEROSOLIZE

A4 report considered to be premeditated

Conceived in advance

Premeditated

A later train (wordplay)

Item added later

Something added later

Agapanthus

Mortgage deal not usually collected

Agglomerate

Capable of being agglutinated.

""AGGLUTINATE To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.""

Agglutinate

""An antigen that stimulates the production of a particular agglutinin, such as an antibody.""

Aggradation

AGGRANDISE

Aggrandizer

""AGGRANDIZE To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress. as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress.""

Aggravation

Aggregation

Violently mix liver and eggs, say

""AGGRESSIVE Tending or disposed to aggress; having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of one's own ends at the expense of others or mindless of others' needs or desires; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation; an aggressive businessman; an aggressive basketball player; he was aggressive and imperious in his convictions; aggressive drivers. Opposite of unaggressive.as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation; an aggressive businessman; an aggressive basketball player; he was aggressive and imperious in his convictions; aggressive drivers. Opposite of unaggressive.""

Noun (-ment)

Agnosticism

Agoraphobia

Agoraphobic

English word

Agrarianism

Possibility of concurring

Texas A&M major

Barn, I guess, is deployed for farmers' market

Variant of agrochemical .

Lulu Craig art (anagram)

Related to farming

Relating to farming

Agriculture

""A chemical, such as a fertilizer, hormone, fungicide, insecticide or soil treatment, that improves the production of crops.""

Comparative adjective or agent noun

""A system of land use in which harvestable trees or shrubs are grown among or around crops or on pastureland, as a means of preserving or enhancing the productivity of the land.""

Aiguillette

Airfreight

AIRTIGHT impermeable to air

Algolagniac

ALKALINIZE

ALLEGORISE

Allegorizer

""ALLEGORIZE To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people. as, to allegorize the history of a people.""

Using repeated initial letters

Alloantigen

Allograft

Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might.

""AMALGAMATE To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.""

Union of diverse elements

Merger.

Merger

Amalgamator

Amblygonite

Causing improvement in or reducing the bad effects of an unfavorable condition.

Almond-shaped.

Anagogical

Rearranging the letters of a word or phrase

Like this puzzles four long answers, in relation to each other

In an analogical sense; in accordance with analogy; by way of similitude.

""Not astigmatic; free of astigmatism; -- pertaining to a lens or lens system, and used especially of a lens system which consists of a converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and opposite astigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free from astigmatism.""

ANASTOMOSE Styptic. <mark>

ANDROGEN a male sex hormone

ANDROGEN a male sex hormone

ANDROGEN a male sex hormone

Angelology

Person associated with (-ist)

Pl. angiogeneses (-s z ) The formation of new blood vessels.

Pl. angiogeneses (-s z ) The formation of new blood vessels.

Blood and Blood Vessels

Angiotensin

Anglerfish

Jagged edges

""Criticising vehemently and effectively; making light of; as, afire with annihilating invective.as, afire with annihilating invective.""

ANNUNCIATE To announce.

""Causing loss of appetite; as, an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug.as, an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug.""

Little colonizer in torment (wordplay)

Little colonizer in torment?

Stupid giant's action showing opposition

ANTAGONIZE To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.

""Pertaining to anthology; consisting of beautiful extracts from different authors, especially the poets.""

Anthologist

ANTHOLOGIZE compile an anthology.

ANTHOLOGIZE compile an anthology.

Anthologize

The study of man

Study of humankind

Study of human beings and their way of life

BURGLARY a felonious theft

ANTICIPATE To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

CLOTTING clot

DOGMATIC overbearing

""ESTROGEN a female sex hormone, also ESTRIOL, OESTRIOL, ESTRIN, OESTRIN, OESTROGEN, ESTRONE, OESTRONE, THEELIN, THEELOL""

GAMBLING the act of taking a chance

ANTIGENIC

GLOBULIN a simple protein

Plural of gerund noun

LYNCHING the act of lynching

""MAGNETIC a metal that attracts iron, also MAGNET""

POACHING encroachment

RELIGION belief in a higher power

SPENDING the act of spending

Examination of the aorta using x-rays following the injection of a radiopaque substance.

APOSTATISE

""APOSTATIZE To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered.""

APOTHEGM a pithy saying

APPERCEIVE To perceive; to comprehend.

Appertain

Appetizing

Embellishing musical note [2005]

Sharing out

Appraising

APPRECIATE To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.

Apprehend

Setting to work to learn from a master.

Arbitrageur

ARCHEGONIA

Archeology

Of a sea abounding in islands

Archipelago

""Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey.""

ARPEGGIATE

An A of A&E

Plans for a future event

Chord progressions, e.g

Stock in branch sent off for orders

Arteriogram

Stating clearly

Confirming seating in car trip

Working out in revolutionary Argentina (sic)

A carol about tried and tested type of working out, for sure

Aspergillum

ASPHYXIATE To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate.

""ASSEMBLAGE The act of assembling, or the state o<?/ being; association.""

""ASSEVERATE To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.""

Lovers' meetings

Gas is volatile, and countries have meetings

Son is against being involved in secret trysts

Taking in and understanding

Assuagement

Astigmatism

Astounding

American series on hospital department initially leaving you in a severe way

Study of extraterrestrial life

Of a pseudoscience

Like the supposed influence of planets and stars

AUDIOLOGIC

Audiologist

Working out meaning at increase

Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation.

Augustness

AUSCULTATE To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation.

Autecology

In an autogenous manner; spontaneously.

Autograft

Autography

Autograph

AUTOMATIZE same as automate.automate.

""AUTOMOBILE a self-propelled vehicle used for transporting passengers, suitable for use on a street or roadway. Many diferent models of automobiles have beenbuilt and sold commercially, possessing varied features such as a retractable roof (in a convertible), different braking systems, different propulsion systems, and varied styling. Most models have four wheels but some have been built with three wheels. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), and sometimes by steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from under 50 H. P. for earlier models to over 200 H. P. larger models or high-performance sports or racing cars. An automobile is commonly called a car or an auto, and generally in British usage, motor cars.convertible), different braking systems, different propulsion systems, and varied styling. Most models have four wheels but some have been built with three wheels. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), and sometimes by steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from under 50 H. P. for earlier models to over 200 H. P. larger models or high-performance sports or racing cars. An automobile is commonly called a car or an auto, and generally in British usage, motor cars.""

AUTOROTATE

Autosuggest

AUTOTOMIZE cause a body part to undergo autotomy.

AXIOMATIZE