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12-letter words containing n, e, o, l, i, t

  • final notice — last warning before legal action
  • fire control — technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.
  • flabellation — the act of fanning a wound to keep it cool
  • flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
  • flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
  • fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
  • flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
  • flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
  • folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
  • forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
  • foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
  • fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • frictionless — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
  • functionable — functional (def 3).
  • functionless — Lacking a function.
  • gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
  • ganglionated — gangliate.
  • gelatigenous — (archaic) Producing or yielding gelatin.
  • gelatination — Conversion into gelatin or jelly-like substance.
  • gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
  • generational — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
  • genethliacon — A birthday ode.
  • genetic load — the extent to which a population deviates from the theoretically fittest genetic constitution.
  • geniculation — the state of being geniculate.
  • gentilitious — relating to a gens
  • genuflection — an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
  • geobotanical — of or relating to geobotany
  • geocentrical — Alternative form of geocentric.
  • geopotential — the difference between the potential energy of a mass at a given altitude and the potential energy of an identical mass at sea level, equivalent to the energy required to move the mass from sea level to the given altitude.
  • geotechnical — of or relating to practical applications of geological science in civil engineering, mining, etc.
  • gerontologic — relating to gerontology
  • gerontophile — someone who is sexually attracted to old people
  • get involved — play a part
  • get religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
  • 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.
  • glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
  • glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
  • glycogenetic — of or relating to the formation of sugar in the liver.
  • glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
  • gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
  • 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.
  • gynecologist — a physician specializing in gynecology. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
  • haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
  • half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
  • half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
  • halogenating — Present participle of halogenate.
  • halogenation — (chemistry) The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a halogen one.
  • hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
  • hazelnut oil — an oil extracted from hazelnuts and used mostly in cooking
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