12-letter words containing i, g, n, o
- angiosarcoma — a rare, malignant tumour which grows rapidly in the blood vessels
- angiostomous — having a narrow opening
- angiotensins — Plural form of angiotensin.
- angle of dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- anglo-celtic — of or relating to an inhabitant of Australia who was or whose ancestors were born in the British Isles
- anglo-gallic — noting or pertaining to the coins or series of coins issued by the English kings from Henry II to Henry VIII for their French domains.
- anglo-indian — An Anglo-Indian person is someone whose family is partly British and partly Indian.
- anglophiliac — a strong admiration or enthusiasm for England, its people, and things English.
- anglophobiac — a person with a fear or dread of England or the English
- anguilliform — having the shape or form of an eel
- annoyingness — causing annoyance; irritatingly bothersome: annoying delays.
- anorexigenic — causing loss of appetite
- antagonising — Present participle of antagonise.
- antagonistic — If a person is antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike towards them.
- antagonizing — to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of: His speech antagonized many voters.
- anthological — a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject: an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.
- anthologised — Simple past tense and past participle of anthologise.
- anthologiser — Alternative spelling of anthologizer.
- anthologized — to compile an anthology.
- anthologizer — an anthologist; a creator of an anthology
- anthologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anthologize.
- anti-foreign — the policy or practice of showing hostility toward foreigners, foreign customs, etc.
- anti-smoking — opposed to or promoting the discontinuance of the smoking of tobacco: an antismoking campaign launched by a health agency.
- antiandrogen — (steroid, pharmacology) Any substance that inhibits the release or the biological effects of an androgen.
- anticlotting — of a nature that prevents blood clotting
- antidogmatic — opposed to dogma
- antiestrogen — any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
- antiglobulin — a serum containing an antibody specific to an immunoglobulin
- antigonus ii — (Gonatus) c319–239 b.c, king of Macedonia 283–239 (son of Demetrius I).
- antigraviton — (mostly, scifi) The hypothetical antipartner of a graviton.
- antigropelos — waterproof leggings used to protect against mud
- antihydrogen — hydrogen in which the nucleus is an antiproton with an orbiting positron
- antilegomena — the books of the New Testament which have been excluded from the canon of Scripture
- antioncogene — (genetics) Any gene that suppresses the formation of tumours.
- antipoaching — acting against or opposed to poaching
- antireligion — opposed to religion
- apostatizing — Present participle of apostatize.
- apportioning — Present participle of apportion.
- apron string — a string for tying an apron on
- archegoniate — having archegonia
- area bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped over the general area of a target.
- arpeggiation — the writing, playing or singing of arpeggios
- arsino group — the univalent group H 2 As−.
- assignations — Plural form of assignation.
- astoundingly — capable of overwhelming with amazement; stunningly surprising.
- astroturfing — a PR tactic used in politics and advertising in which actors are paid to display overt and apparently spontaneous grassroots support for a particular product, policy, or event
- augmentation — the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
- autographing — Present participle of autograph.
- autoignition — Automotive. the spontaneous ignition of fuel when introduced into the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine, as a result either of glowing carbon in the chamber or of the heat of compression.
- automatizing — Present participle of automatize.