11-letter words containing i, n, e, r, t
- atherogenic — causing atheroma
- atriopeptin — any of several peptide hormones that are released by the atria of the heart in response to an abnormal increase in blood volume and that modulate blood pressure and the excretion of sodium, potassium, and water. Abbreviation: ANF.
- attempering — Present participle of attemper.
- attorneyism — the slyness and cleverness associated with attorneys
- auctioneers — Plural form of auctioneer.
- austronesia — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
- aversion-to — a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
- awestricken — filled with awe.
- axonometric — of or relating to a projection method of representing three-dimensional objects on a flat surface
- bacteriocin — any protein-based toxin given off by bacteria to prevent the growth of related bacteria nearby
- bandeirante — a 16th–18th-century Portugese explorer in South America motivated by profit, known for hunting down natives for slaves as well as for locating mines of precious stones and metals
- banistering — Present participle of banister.
- banteringly — in a bantering fashion
- baronetical — pertaining to baronets
- barquentine — a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others
- barycentric — Of or relating to the center of gravity.
- be dirty on — to be offended by or be hostile towards
- bearbaiting — an old form of diversion in which dogs were made to torment a chained bear
- beetlebrain — a person of severely limited intelligence
- belligerent — A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
- benedictory — of, giving, or expressing benediction.
- benefactrix — benefactress.
- bering 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.
- bertrandite — a mineral, hydrous beryllium silicate, Be 4 Si 2 O 7 (OH) 2 , colorless or pale yellow, with a vitreous luster, occurring as tabular or prismatic crystals in pegmatites and hydrothermal veins.
- beryllonite — a mineral, sodium beryllium phosphate, NaBePO 4 , occurring in colorless or light-yellow crystals, sometimes used as a gemstone.
- best friend — a dearest friend
- bicarbonate — a salt of carbonic acid containing the ion HCO3–; an acid carbonate
- bicentenary — A bicentenary is a year in which you celebrate something important that happened exactly two hundred years earlier.
- binary tree — (btree) A tree in which each node has at most two successors or child nodes. In Haskell this could be represented as
- bioaeration — the oxidative treatment of raw sewage by aeration
- bird's nest — the nest of a bird
- bird's-nest — nest (def 1).
- birthparent — a person's parent related biologically rather than by adoption
- bit pattern — (data) A sequence of bits, in a memory, a communications channel or some other device. The term is used to contrast this with some higher level interpretation of the bits such as an integer or an image. A bit string is similar but suggests an arbitrary, as opposed to predetermined, length.
- bitterender — a person who persists until the bitter end without compromising or yielding; diehard.
- blind tiger — speak-easy
- blindstorey — a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church
- botheration — bother
- boutonniere — a flower or flowers worn in a buttonhole, as of a lapel
- brain death — Brain death occurs when someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine.
- brainteaser — an intellectually challenging puzzle, problem, game, etc.
- break point — a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
- breast line — a mooring line securing a ship to that part of a pier alongside it.
- breatharian — a person who believes that it is possible to subsist healthily on air alone
- breathiness — (of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
- brecciation — the fragmentation of rock
- breunnerite — an iron-containing type of magnesite used in the manufacture of refractory bricks
- bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.