12-letter words containing e, n
- agent orange — a highly poisonous herbicide used as a spray for defoliation and crop destruction, esp by US forces during the Vietnam War
- agglutinable — Able to be agglutinated; that readily undergoes agglutination.
- agglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of agglutinate.
- agglutinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agglutinate.
- 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
- agranulocyte — a white blood cell without granules in its cytoplasm
- 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
- alalcomeneus — the first man: he reared Athena and reconciled Zeus and Hera.
- alaska range — a mountain range in S central Alaska. Highest peak: Mount McKinley, 6194 m (20 320 ft)
- albert canal — ship canal in Belgium, from Liège to Antwerp: 81 mi (131 km)
- albumenizing — Present participle of albumenize.
- aldebaranium — (chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
- aldermanlike — resembling an alderman, esp in being pompous
- alencon lace — an elaborate lace worked on a hexagonal mesh and used as a border, or a machine-made copy of this
- 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
- alexanderson — Ernst F. W [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1878–1975, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- alexandretta — Iskenderun
- 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.
- alfred mahan — Alfred Thayer [they-er] /ˈθeɪ ər/ (Show IPA), 1840–1914, U.S. naval officer and writer on naval history.
- 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.
- alkalescence — the process of developing alkaline qualities
- alkalescency — the tendency to develop alkaline qualities
- alkylbenzene — (organic chemistry) Any hydrocarbon formally derived from benzene by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms with alkyl groups.
- 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.
- allan-a-dale — (in English balladry) a member of Robin Hood's band who saved his sweetheart from an enforced marriage and married her himself
- allegorizing — Present participle of allegorize.
- allen wrench — a thin, L-shaped wrench with a hexagonal head at both ends, designed to fit the sockets of certain screws and bolts
- alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
- allman style — indent style
- 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.
- almond green — a yellowish-green colour
- almond paste — ground almond mixture
- alongside of — at the side of; beside; adjoining