12-letter words containing a, u, d, i, e
- durante vita — during life.
- educationese — the jargon associated with the field of education.
- educationist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- eisteddfodau — Plural form of eisteddfod.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- equidistance — (uncountable) Equal distance.
- equilibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of equilibrate.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
- fatigue duty — any of the mainly domestic duties performed by military personnel, esp as a punishment
- fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- 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.
- figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
- fluid assets — assets that are in the form of cash or easily convertible into cash
- fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- flummadiddle — A baked main course pudding consisting of stale bread, pork fat, molasses, and spices including cinnamon and allspice. It was a part of early American cuisine, especially in New England.
- folie a deux — the sharing of delusional ideas by two people who are closely associated.
- formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- fountainhead — a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.
- furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
- fused silica — glass made entirely from silica, having a very low rate of thermal expansion.
- gesticulated — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- guanethidine — a potent adrenergic neuron blocking agent, C 10 H 22 N 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- guesstimated — Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
- gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
- happy medium — a course of action or condition that is between two extremes: Our climate is a happy medium between hot and cold.
- harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
- head-hunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- hydraulicked — (of an extracted mineral) excavated using water
- ill-favoured — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- in duplicate — in two copies, times two
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way