12-letter words containing e, u, n, i
- interwrought — having been interworked
- intramundane — existing or occurring within the material world.
- intranuclear — existing or taking place within a nucleus.
- intraosseous — (medicine) within a bone.
- intrapreneur — an employee of a large corporation who is given freedom and financial support to create new products, services, systems, etc., and does not have to follow the corporation's usual routines or protocols.
- intrauterine — located or occurring within the uterus.
- intraveneous — Misspelling of intravenous.
- introductive — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- intumescence — a swelling up, as with congestion.
- intussuscept — to take within, as one part of the intestine into an adjacent part; invaginate.
- inurbaneness — The quality of being inurbane; inurbanity.
- invert sugar — a mixture of the dextrorotatory forms of glucose and fructose, formed naturally in fruits and produced artificially in syrups or fondants by treating cane sugar with acids.
- investitures — Plural form of investiture.
- invulnerable — incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
- invulnerably — In an invulnerable manner.
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- irresolution — lack of resolution; lack of decision or purpose; vacillation.
- isoquinoline — (organic compound) An isomer of quinoline many of whose derivatives occur as alkaloids and are synthesized for use as dyes, pharmaceuticals etc.
- isostemonous — having stamens equal in number to the sepals or petals.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- ivy geranium — a trailing geranium, Pelargonium peltatum, of southern Africa, having a fleshy stem that becomes woody with age, glossy, ivy-shaped leaves, and clusters of flowers ranging from white to deep rose in color.
- joint return — a U.S. income-tax return reporting the combined income of a married couple.
- joint runner — (in plumbing) incombustible materials for packing a joint to be caulked with lead.
- journey time — the time taken to make a journey
- jugular vein — vein that carries blood from head to heart
- julian bream — Julian (Alexander) born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist.
- jumping bean — the seed of any of certain Mexican plants of the genera Sebastiania and Sapium, of the spurge family: the movements of a moth larva inside the seed cause it to move about or jump.
- jumping gene — transposon.
- jumping hare — springhare.
- junction fet — Junction Field Effect Transistor
- jungle juice — moonshine: home-made alcohol
- junior clerk — a clerk of low rank
- junk science — faulty scientific information or research, especially when used to advance special interests.
- jurisprudent — versed in jurisprudence.
- just in case — if it should happen that
- just in time — Business. noting or pertaining to a method of inventory control that keeps inventories low by scheduling needed goods and equipment to arrive a short time before a production run begins. Abbreviation: JIT.
- just-in-time — dynamic translation
- juvenilizing — Present participle of juvenilize.
- k'ang yu-wei — 1858–1927, Chinese scholar and reformer.
- kidney punch — an illegal punch in the lower back.
- kim dae jung — 1925–2009, president of South Korea 1998–2003.
- kindred soul — like-minded person
- king penguin — a large penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus, found on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle.
- king vulture — a large, black-and-white vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa, of Central and South America, having colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on its head and neck.
- kitchen unit — a piece of a fitted kitchen, such as a cupboard or sink unit
- kneeling bus — a bus that can lower its body or entrance door to facilitate boarding by the elderly or people with disabilities.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- lace-curtain — characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.