12-letter words containing a, l, d, e
- endonuclease — An enzyme that cleaves a polynucleotide chain by separating nucleotides other than the two end ones.
- endoskeletal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
- endothelioma — Any of various mostly benign neoplasms derived from the endothelium of blood vessels or lymph channels.
- endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- enlargedness — the state of being enlarged
- enlisted man — military: male soldier
- epicycloidal — Of or pertaining to an epicycloid.
- epidemically — In the manner of an epidemic.
- episodically — In an episodic manner; in episodes.
- equilibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of equilibrate.
- etherealized — Simple past tense and past participle of etherealize.
- ethical code — an ethical code is a set of moral principles used to govern the conduct of a profession
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- evenhandedly — In an evenhanded manner.
- evidentially — In an evidential way; according to evidence.
- expediential — Governed by expediency; seeking advantage.
- expostulated — Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate.
- externalised — Simple past tense and past participle of externalise.
- externalized — Simple past tense and past participle of externalize.
- extraditable — (of a crime) rendering the offender liable to extradition
- extrapolated — Simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate.
- facial index — Craniometry. the ratio of the breadth of a face to its height.
- failed state — a nation in which the government has lost political authority and control and is unable to fulfill the basic responsibilities of a sovereign state.
- false friend — a word or expression in one language that, because it resembles one in another language, is often wrongly taken to have the same meaning, for example, the French agenda which means diary, not agenda
- false indigo — any of several North American shrubs belonging to the genus Amorpha, of the legume family, especially A. fruticosa, having compound leaves with pinnate leaflets and long, dense clusters of purplish flowers.
- false mildew — downy mildew (def 1).
- false-mildew — Also called false mildew. any fungus of the family Peronosporaceae, causing many plant diseases and producing a white, downy mass of conidiophores, usually on the under surface of the leaves of the host plant.
- falsehearted — Alternative spelling of false-hearted.
- familiarised — Simple past tense and past participle of familiarise.
- familiarized — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- fardel-bound — (of ruminants) having the food impacted in the third compartment of the stomach; costive; constipated.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
- fascinatedly — In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
- fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- federal case — a matter that falls within the jurisdiction of a federal court or a federal law-enforcement agency.
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
- federatively — from a federative point of view
- feel cheated — If you feel cheated, you feel that you have been let down or treated unfairly.
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- feldspathose — (mineralogy) Containing feldspar.
- fence lizard — either of two spiny lizards, Sceloporus undulatus and S. occidentalis, of the U.S. and northern Mexico, often seen on fences.
- fer de lance — a large pit viper, Bothrops atrox, of tropical America.
- fer-de-lance — a large pit viper, Bothrops atrox, of tropical America.
- ferulic acid — a compound, C 10 H 10 O 4 , found in small amounts in lants, that occurs in two isomers, one a yellow oily liquid and the other crystalline.
- fiddler crab — any small, burrowing crab of the genus Uca, characterized by one greatly enlarged claw in the male.