12-letter words containing e, i, n
- agglutinogen — an antigen that reacts with or stimulates the formation of a specific agglutinin
- aggregations — Plural form of aggregation.
- aggrievement — the state of being aggrieved
- agribusiness — Agribusiness is the various businesses that produce, sell, and distribute farm products, especially on a large scale.
- agrobusiness — the businesses collectively associated with the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products.
- aileron roll — a roll consisting of one or more rotations, usually controlled by the use of ailerons.
- air cylinder — a cylinder containing air, esp one fitted with a piston and used for damping purposes
- air layering — a method of propagating a plant by girdling or cutting part way into a stem or branch and packing the area with a moist medium, as sphagnum moss, stimulating root formation so that the stem or branch can be removed and grown as an independent plant.
- air terminal — An air terminal is a building in which passengers wait before they get on to an aeroplane.
- airtightness — the quality of being airtight
- albumenizing — Present participle of albumenize.
- aldebaranium — (chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
- aldermanlike — resembling an alderman, esp in being pompous
- alexander ii — 1198–1249, king of Scotland (1214–49), son of William (the Lion)
- alexander iv — (Rinaldo Conti) died 1261, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1254–61.
- alexander vi — original name Rodrigo Borgia. 1431–1503, pope (1492–1503): noted for his extravagance and immorality as well as for his patronage of the arts; father of Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, with whom he is said to have committed incest
- alexandrines — Plural form of alexandrine.
- alexandrinus — the Greek uncial codex, dating from the early 5th century a.d., originally containing the complete text of the Greek Old and New Testaments.
- alice's fern — Hartford fern.
- alienability — (uncountable) The quality of being alienable.
- alieni juris — under the control of another, as a lunatic or infant.
- alimentation — sustenance; support
- alimentative — nourishing; nutritive.
- all-american — If you describe someone as an all-American boy or girl, you mean that they seem to have all the typical qualities that are valued by ordinary Americans, such as good looks and love of their country.
- allegorizing — Present participle of allegorize.
- alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
- alluringness — The state or quality of being alluring.
- allusiveness — having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by allusions.
- almightiness — The state or quality of being almighty.
- alongside of — at the side of; beside; adjoining
- alpha leonis — Regulus1
- alphanumeric — (of a character set, code, or file of data) consisting of alphabetical and numerical symbols
- alpine-style — of or in an ascent (esp in high mountains like the Himalayas) in which the climbers carry all their equipment with them in a single ascent from base to summit
- altercations — Plural form of altercation.
- alternations — Plural form of alternation.
- alternatives — a choice limited to one of two or more possibilities, as of things, propositions, or courses of action, the selection of which precludes any other possibility: You have the alternative of riding or walking.
- altiloquence — Pompous language; lofty speech.
- amazon river — a river in N South America, flowing E from the Peruvian Andes through N Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean: the largest river in the world in volume of water carried. 3900 miles (6280 km) long.
- ambisinister — clumsy or unskillful with both hands.
- ambitendency — ambivalence, especially when acted out; a tendency to contradictory behavior arising from conflicting impulses.
- ambitionless — without ambition, unambitious
- ambivalently — in an ambivalent manner
- ameliorating — Present participle of ameliorate.
- amelioration — the act or an instance of ameliorating or the state of being ameliorated
- amelogenesis — the production of enamel by ameloblasts
- amenhotep iv — died 1357? b.c, king of Egypt 1375?–1357?: reformer of ancient Egyptian religion (son of Amenhotep III).
- amenorrhoeic — absence of the menses.
- amentiferous — bearing aments
- american elk — elk (def 2).
- american elm — an elm, Ulmus americana, of North America, cultivated for shade and ornament: state tree of Massachusetts, Nebraska, and North Dakota.