12-letter words containing a, t, e, l, i, r
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- for all time — forever, for eternity
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- fort laramie — a city in SE Wyoming.
- fraternalism — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- fraternality — Brotherliness.
- frenetically — In a frenetic manner.
- fritillaries — Plural form of fritillary.
- full trailer — a trailer supported entirely by its own wheels.
- gallivanters — Plural form of gallivanter.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- generability — capable of being generated or produced.
- generalities — Plural form of generality.
- generational — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- generatively — capable of producing or creating.
- genital wart — one of a cluster of warts occurring in the genital and anal areas and spread mainly by sexual contact, sometimes affecting the cervix in women and associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer.
- geocentrical — Alternative form of geocentric.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- giant killer — sb who defeats a larger opponent
- giant-killer — A giant-killer is a sportsman, sportswoman, or team that unexpectedly beats a much stronger opponent.
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- 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)
- gradeability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
- great circle — a circle on a spherical surface such that the plane containing the circle passes through the center of the sphere. Compare small circle.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
- halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
- halotrichite — a mineral, iron alum, isomorphous with pickeringite, occurring in the form of yellowish fibers.
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
- heliotherapy — treatment of disease by means of sunlight.
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hellgrammite — the aquatic larva of a dobsonfly, used as bait in fishing.
- hereditarily — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- heritability — capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- hermetically — so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.