12-letter words containing e, t, i
- aethrioscope — an instrument which measures temperature changes caused by different conditions of the sky
- aetiological — of or relating to aetiology
- affamishment — (obsolete) starvation.
- affectations — Plural form of affectation.
- affectionado — Misspelling of aficionado.
- affectionate — If you are affectionate, you show your love or fondness for another person in the way that you behave towards them.
- affirmatives — Plural form of affirmative.
- afflictively — in a distressing, troublesome, or afflictive manner
- affrightedly — in a frightened or alarmed manner
- affrightment — the act of causing fear or alarm
- aforestation — Alternative spelling of afforestation.
- african time — unpunctuality
- afrocentrism — centered on Africa or on African-derived cultures, as those of Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti: Afrocentric art.
- after-dinner — immediately following dinner: an after-dinner speech.
- afterburning — a process in which additional fuel is ignited in the exhaust gases of a jet engine to produce additional thrust
- against time — in an effort to complete something in a limited period
- agalmatolite — a soft, greenish, greyish or yellowish mineral, thought to be a variety of pinite, known particularly for its use by the Chinese for carving
- agamogenetic — Of or pertaining to agamogenesis.
- 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.
- aggressivity — the state or quality of being aggressive
- aggrievement — the state of being aggrieved
- agreeability — an agreeable disposition
- aids-related — caused by or associated with the AIDS virus
- aiguillettes — Plural form of aiguillette.
- air disaster — a very serious air crash in which in a lot of people are killed or injured
- air mattress — an inflatable mattress or pad, as of plastic or rubber, used for camping, as an extra bed, etc.
- air terminal — An air terminal is a building in which passengers wait before they get on to an aeroplane.
- air-breather — an aircraft, missile, or submarine engine that requires air from the atmosphere for the combustion of its fuel.
- airfreighted — Simple past tense and past participle of airfreight.
- airport code — a three-letter abbreviation of the names of the world's major airports, used especially as an identifier for routing baggage.
- airtightness — the quality of being airtight
- alberti bass — a reiterated broken-chord figure used as an accompaniment, especially in 18th-century rococo keyboard music.
- algesiometer — an instrument for determining the sensitiveness of the skin to a painful stimulus.
- alienability — (uncountable) The quality of being alienable.
- alimentation — sustenance; support
- alimentative — nourishing; nutritive.
- alkali metal — any of the monovalent metals lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, and francium, belonging to group 1A of the periodic table. They are all very reactive and electropositive
- alkalimeters — Plural form of alkalimeter.
- all the time — If something happens or is done all the time, it happens or is done continually.
- allegoristic — writing or using allegory; interpreting in an allegorical sense.
- allelopathic — relating to or characterized by allelopathy
- alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
- alliterative — Alliterative means relating to or connected with alliteration.
- almightiness — The state or quality of being almighty.
- alphabetical — Alphabetical means arranged according to the normal order of the letters in the alphabet.
- alphabetised — (British) Arranged in alphabetical order.