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12-letter words containing i, n, o, r, d, e

  • endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
  • endoperoxide — one of the substances formed in the biosynthesis of prostaglandins
  • eradications — Plural form of eradication.
  • exheredation — A disinheriting; disherison.
  • extraditions — Plural form of extradition.
  • extrordinary — Misspelling of extraordinary.
  • fare-dodging — the practice of trying to travel on public transport without paying the fare
  • ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
  • fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
  • field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
  • field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
  • fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
  • firing order — the sequence of ignition in the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine
  • flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
  • folding rule — a rule composed of light strips of wood joined by rivets so as to be foldable, all the opening and closing parts being in parallel planes.
  • foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
  • forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
  • forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
  • foredestined — Simple past tense and past participle of foredestine.
  • foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
  • foreordained — to ordain or appoint beforehand.
  • foreordinate — foreordain.
  • forked chain — branched chain.
  • forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
  • foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
  • four-engined — (of an aircraft) having four engines
  • fourdriniers — Plural form of fourdrinier.
  • fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
  • friend-court — amicus curiae.
  • frondiferous — Producing fronds.
  • furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
  • giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
  • glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
  • glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
  • golden ratio — the ratio of two lengths, equal in value to (1 + √5)/2, and given by b/a = (b + a)/b; it is the reciprocal of the golden section and also equal to (1 + golden section)
  • gormandizers — gourmandise1 .
  • gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
  • gradeflation — grade inflation.
  • granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
  • grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
  • hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
  • haemosiderin — Alternative form of hemosiderin.
  • harrison red — a pigment consisting of a paratoluidine toner, characterized by its brilliant red color and tendency to bleed.
  • herringboned — Simple past tense and past participle of herringbone.
  • heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
  • hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
  • horatian ode — an ode consisting of several stanzas all of the same form.
  • horned viper — a highly venomous viper, Cerastes cerastes, of northern Africa and extreme southwestern Asia, having a process resembling a horn just above each eye.
  • horned whiff — any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys, as C. cornutus (horned whiff) inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England to Brazil.
  • horse riding — activity: riding on a horse
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