12-letter words containing a, n, d, r, o, i
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- endometrioma — An ovarian cyst caused by endometriosis.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- eradications — Plural form of eradication.
- exheredation — A disinheriting; disherison.
- extraditions — Plural form of extradition.
- extrordinary — Misspelling of extraordinary.
- falling door — flap door (def 1).
- faradization — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
- fare-dodging — the practice of trying to travel on public transport without paying the fare
- ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
- fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridation — the addition of fluorides to the public water supply to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
- footdragging — the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- foreordained — to ordain or appoint beforehand.
- foreordinate — foreordain.
- forked chain — branched chain.
- fort madison — a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- four-in-hand — a long necktie to be tied in a slipknot with the ends left hanging.
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gladiatorian — (dated) Of or relating to gladiators or to combat in general; gladiatorial.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- gold farming — the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
- golden ratio — the ratio of two lengths, equal in value to (1 + √5)/2, and given by b/a = (b + a)/b; it is the reciprocal of the golden section and also equal to (1 + golden section)
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
- gordian knot — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
- gordian worm — nematomorph.
- gormandising — Present participle of gormandise.
- gormandizers — gourmandise1 .
- gormandizing — Present participle of gormandize.
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- haemosiderin — Alternative form of hemosiderin.
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- hard-working — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- harmonichord — a musical instrument resembling an upright piano intended to fuse the sound of a violin with the functionality of a piano, the tone therefore produced using friction rather than through striking