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