12-letter words containing i, a, t, r
- drinkability — The state or property of being drinkable.
- drinks party — a cocktail party
- driveability — the degree of smoothness and steadiness of acceleration of an automotive vehicle: The automatic transmission has been improved to give the new model better drivability.
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- drop initial — inset initial.
- drying agent — A drying agent is used in an absorption column (= a tall vessel) to remove water from fractions.
- durante vita — during life.
- dv cartridge — (games) (Digital Video?) A plug-in circuit cartridge required by some games consoles in order to play MPEG video material.
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- dysrhythmias — Plural form of dysrhythmia.
- early blight — a disease of plants characterized by leaf spotting, defoliation, and stunted growth, caused by any of several fungi, as Alternaria solani or Cercospora apii.
- earsplitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- earth pillar — a pillar of earthy matter left by erosion of the surrounding ground.
- earth summit — a summit conference of 100 or more earth leaders debating global environmental and development issues, specifically the summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, but the term is also applied e.g. to a projected similar event in 2012
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
- east african — of or relating to East Africa or its inhabitants
- east detroit — a city in SE Michigan.
- east prussia — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- easter daisy — a nearly stemless composite plant, Townsendia exscapa, of the Rocky Mountain regions, having stalkless purplish or white flowers in a rosette of narrow leaves.
- easterliness — The state of being easterly.
- eastern rite — the rite of an Eastern church, usually observed in the national language of the country where the church is located.
- eastern time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- ecotarianism — the principle or practice of avoiding eating any foods whose production or transportation are considered ecologically damaging
- ectoparasite — an external parasite (opposed to endoparasite).
- editorial we — we (def 6).
- editorialise — Alternative spelling of editorialize.
- editorialist — an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
- editorialize — to set forth one's position or opinion on some subject in, or as if in, an editorial.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- effiguration — a detailed and elaborate description of something
- egalitarians — Plural form of egalitarian.
- eighth grade — the eighth year of school, when students are 12 to 14 years old
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- electric arc — arc (sense 3)
- electric ray — any ray of the order Torpediniformes, of tropical and temperate seas, having a flat rounded body with an electric organ in each of the fins, close to the head
- electrically — In an electric manner; by means of electricity.
- electricians — Plural form of electrician.
- electronical — (rare) electronic.
- elementarily — In an elementary way.
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- emancipatrix — A woman, girl, or any other entity treated as female who emancipates; a female emancipator.