12-letter words containing a, n, d, r, o, i
- harrison red — a pigment consisting of a paratoluidine toner, characterized by its brilliant red color and tendency to bleed.
- horatian ode — an ode consisting of several stanzas all of the same form.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hydrodynamic — pertaining to forces in or motions of liquids.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydronically — in a hydronic manner; in a manner relating to a heating system that uses water
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hypochondria — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- idiosyncracy — Alternative spelling of idiosyncrasy.
- idiosyncrasy — A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.
- immoderation — lack of moderation.
- impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
- in danger of — liable to
- in good part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- in regard to — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
- in-and-outer — a person who is by turns in and out of a particular situation, condition, venture, investment, etc.
- incoordinate — not coordinate; not coordinated.
- incorporated — legally incorporated, as a company.
- indian cobra — a highly venomous cobra, Naja naja, common in India, having markings resembling a pair of spectacles on the back of the hood.
- indo-iranian — a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including the Indic and Iranian subgroups.
- indoctrinate — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- inordinately — not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
- inordination — inordinateness
- interpolated — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- interrogated — to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
- intimidators — Plural form of intimidator.
- intimidatory — to make timid; fill with fear.
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- irda control — (standard) (IrDA-C, formerly IrBUS) Infrared standard from IrDA. IrDA Control is a low speed communication standard that allows cordless peripherals such as keyboards, mice, game pads, and joysticks to interact with intelligent host devices. Host devices include PCs, home appliances, game machines, and television and web set-top boxes. IrDA Control supports data rates of 75 Kbps at up to 8 metres, and is designed to integrate with devices that use USB HID. Parts and products featuring IrDA Control are expected in 1998. See also IrDA Data, AIR.
- iron-hearted — cruel; heartless; unfeeling.
- jameson raid — an expedition into the Transvaal in 1895 led by Sir Leander Starr Jameson (1853–1917) in an unsuccessful attempt to topple its Boer regime
- jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
- jordan river — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
- leading role — prominent acting part
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- linux loader — (operating system) (LILO) A boot loader for Linux. LILO does not depend on a specific file system, it can boot Linux kernel images from floppy disks and hard disks and can even boot other operating systems. One of up to sixteen differernt images can be selected at boot time. Various parameters, such as the root device, can be set independently for each kernel. LILO can even be used as the master boot record.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
- machairodont — having sabre-like teeth; sabre-toothed