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12-letter words containing i, n, d, o, c

  • dysfunctions — Plural form of dysfunction.
  • echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
  • eco-friendly — environmentally safe
  • edifications — Plural form of edification.
  • educationese — the jargon associated with the field of education.
  • educationist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
  • edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
  • edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
  • elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
  • enchiridions — Plural form of enchiridion.
  • enciclopedia — Misspelling of encyclopedia.
  • encyclopedia — An encyclopedia is a book or set of books in which facts about many different subjects or about one particular subject are arranged for reference, usually in alphabetical order.
  • encyclopedic — Comprehensive in terms of information.
  • endocarditic — Having or relating to endocarditis.
  • endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.
  • endocervical — Within a cervix.
  • eradications — Plural form of eradication.
  • eunuchoidism — A syndrome in males with a lack of sex characteristics due to lack of proper male sex hormones.
  • fennoscandia — region in N Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and the part of NW Russia west of the White Sea
  • ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
  • fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.
  • field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
  • fifty-second — next after the fifty-first; being the ordinal number for 52.
  • fixed-income — gaining or yielding a more or less uniform rate of income.
  • folinic acid — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 20 H 23 N 7 O 7 , produced by fermentation or derived from folic acid, used in medicine in the treatment of certain anemias.
  • food science — the study of the nature of foods and the changes that occur in them naturally and as a result of handling and processing.
  • forked chain — branched chain.
  • fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
  • friend-court — amicus curiae.
  • genetic code — the biochemical instructions that translate the genetic information present as a linear sequence of nucleotide triplets in messenger RNA into the correct linear sequence of amino acids for the synthesis of a particular peptide chain or protein. Compare codon, translation (def 9).
  • genetic load — the extent to which a population deviates from the theoretically fittest genetic constitution.
  • goldbricking — Present participle of goldbrick.
  • gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
  • graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
  • gynodioecism — the condition of having flowers that are only female in one example of a plant and flowers that have stamens and pistils in another example of a plant of the same species
  • haemodynamic — Alternative spelling of hemodynamic.
  • hamming code — (algorithm)   Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
  • harmonichord — a musical instrument resembling an upright piano intended to fuse the sound of a violin with the functionality of a piano, the tone therefore produced using friction rather than through striking
  • hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
  • hexadecanoic — Of or pertaining to hexadecanoic acid or its derivatives.
  • high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
  • hydrocooling — the process or technique of arresting the ripening of fruits and vegetables after harvesting by immersion in ice water.
  • hydrodynamic — pertaining to forces in or motions of liquids.
  • hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
  • hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
  • hydronically — in a hydronic manner; in a manner relating to a heating system that uses water
  • hydrozincite — a hydrous zinc carbonate, Zn 5 (CO 3) 2 (OH) 6 , an important ore of zinc in some localities.
  • hypochondria — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
  • ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
  • iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
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