12-letter words containing e, t, r, n, a, l
- 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.
- gluten bread — bread made from gluten flour.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- golden aster — any North American, asterlike, composite plant of the genus Chrysopsis, having bright, golden-yellow flower heads, as C. mariana, of the eastern U.S.
- 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)
- golden stars — a plant, Bloomeria crocea, of the amaryllis family, native to southern California, having clusters of golden-orange, starlike flowers.
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- gutturalness — The quality of being guttural.
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- halotolerant — (biology) Able to tolerate a high concentration of salt in its environment.
- hand leather — a piece of leather wrapped around the hand of a shoemaker in order to protect it from being cut while pulling thread
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- hinterlander — One who lives in the hinterland.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- impenetrable — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- impenetrably — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- in a flutter — agitated, flustered
- in the clear — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- inaccurately — In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.
- inapparently — in an inapparent manner
- inarticulate — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- incharitable — Obsolete form of uncharitable.
- increditable — (rare) Incapable of being believed; not creditable.
- indeliberate — done without care; special planning or deliberation; unintentional.
- inerrability — Freedom or exemption from error; infallibility.
- inextirpable — incapable of being extirpated: inextirpable disease.
- inextricable — from which one cannot extricate oneself: an inextricable maze.
- inextricably — from which one cannot extricate oneself: an inextricable maze.
- infiltrative — to filter into or through; permeate.
- inner planet — any of the four planets closest to the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- inordinately — not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
- inscrutables — Plural form of inscrutable.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
- integralness — Integrality.
- inter-allied — between or among allied nations, especially the Allies of World War I.