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12-letter words containing i, r, o, a, t, e

  • for-instance — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
  • fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
  • foreordinate — foreordain.
  • forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
  • forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
  • foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
  • foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
  • forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
  • fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
  • fort laramie — a city in SE Wyoming.
  • fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
  • fortified pa — a Māori hilltop dwelling with trenches and palisades for defensive occupation
  • fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
  • foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
  • fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
  • fried potato — Fried potatoes are pieces of potato cooked in oil or fat.
  • frontiersman — a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
  • fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
  • frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
  • gastrocnemii — Plural form of gastrocnemius.
  • gastrodermis — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
  • gastronomies — Plural form of gastronomy.
  • gastrotomies — Plural form of gastrotomy.
  • gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
  • generation c — the people who create and publish material such as blogs, podcasts, videos, etc, on the internet
  • generation o — the youthful voters who supported Barack Obama in the 2008 US Presidential election
  • generation x — the generation born between about 1966 and 1980, especially in the U.S.
  • generation y — members of the generation of people born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s who are seen as being discerning consumers with a high disposable income
  • generation z — members of the generation of people born since the mid-1990s who are seen as confident users of new technology
  • generational — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
  • geocentrical — Alternative form of geocentric.
  • geometrician — a person skilled in geometry.
  • geostrategic — Of, pertaining to, or using geostrategy.
  • germinations — Plural form of germination.
  • gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
  • giant hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
  • giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
  • gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
  • give or take — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • 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)
  • 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
  • gravitometer — an instrument that measures specific gravities
  • grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
  • gut reaction — instinctive response
  • gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
  • haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
  • halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
  • halotrichite — a mineral, iron alum, isomorphous with pickeringite, occurring in the form of yellowish fibers.
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