12-letter words containing a, r, e, n, d, t
- donationware — (Internet) A variant of freeware that offers an option to its user to donate money to the program's author.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- down-hearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- drapetomania — (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).
- drawn butter — melted butter, clarified and often seasoned with herbs or lemon juice.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- drying agent — A drying agent is used in an absorption column (= a tall vessel) to remove water from fractions.
- durante vita — during life.
- duty manager — A duty manager is a person who is in charge at a particular time.
- dwarf planet — a spherical celestial body revolving about the sun, similar to a planet but not large enough to gravitationally clear its orbital region of most or all other celestial bodies. Pluto is a dwarf planet.
- dye transfer — a photographic printing method by which a full-color image is produced by the printing of separate cyan, magenta, and yellow images from individual gelatin relief matrices.
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- earth almond — chufa.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- egg and dart — a design for enriching an ovolo or echinus, consisting of a closely set, alternating series of oval and pointed forms.
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- enarthrodial — Relating to an enarthrosis.
- enculturated — Simple past tense and past participle of enculturate.
- endangerment — The act of putting someone into danger, or the condition of being in danger.
- endeavorment — Act of endeavouring; effort.
- endocarditic — Having or relating to endocarditis.
- endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.
- endometrioma — An ovarian cyst caused by endometriosis.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- eradications — Plural form of eradication.
- exheredation — A disinheriting; disherison.
- exterminated — Simple past tense and past participle of exterminate.
- externalised — Simple past tense and past participle of externalise.
- externalized — Simple past tense and past participle of externalize.
- extraditions — Plural form of extradition.
- extramundane — Outside or beyond the physical world.
- extrordinary — Misspelling of extraordinary.
- face-centred — (of a crystal) having a lattice point at the centre of each face of each unit cell as well as at the corners
- fainthearted — lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
- fire hydrant — a hydrant for use in extinguishing fires.
- flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
- fore and aft — situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
- fore-and-aft — located along or parallel to a line from the stem to the stern.