12-letter words containing n, e, r, d
- hydrogenated — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
- hydrogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of hydrogenize.
- hydrokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control water.
- hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
- hydroquinone — a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 6 O 2 , formed by the reduction of quinone: used chiefly in photography and to inhibit autoxidation reactions.
- hydrozincite — a hydrous zinc carbonate, Zn 5 (CO 3) 2 (OH) 6 , an important ore of zinc in some localities.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hyperendemic — manifesting a high and persistent occurrence
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- ill-informed — lacking adequate or proper knowledge or information, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects: The public is ill-informed of the danger.
- ill-mannered — having bad or poor manners; impolite; discourteous; rude.
- immoderation — lack of moderation.
- impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- improvidence — not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.
- in danger of — liable to
- in overdrive — in a state of intense activity
- in readiness — prepared and waiting
- in regard to — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
- in residence — assigned to a staff position in an institution such as a college or university, while allowed sufficient time to pursue one's own professional work, study, or research (usually used in combination): a poet-in-residence at the university.
- in the cards — a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card.
- in the round — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- in the world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- in-and-outer — a person who is by turns in and out of a particular situation, condition, venture, investment, etc.
- in-residence — assigned to a staff position in an institution such as a college or university, while allowed sufficient time to pursue one's own professional work, study, or research (usually used in combination): a poet-in-residence at the university.
- inadvertence — the quality or condition of being inadvertent; heedlessness.
- inadvertency — inadvertence.
- incarcerated — to imprison; confine.
- incarnadined — Simple past tense and past participle of incarnadine.
- incendiaries — Plural form of incendiary.
- incendiarism — the act or practice of an arsonist; malicious burning.
- incoordinate — not coordinate; not coordinated.
- incorporated — legally incorporated, as a company.
- incorrodible — incapable of being corroded; not corrodible
- increditable — (rare) Incapable of being believed; not creditable.
- incriminated — Simple past tense and past participle of incriminate.
- incrossbreed — to breed (animals) by crossbreeding inbred parents, whether of the same or of different breeds
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- indeliberate — done without care; special planning or deliberation; unintentional.
- indemnitors' — a person or company that gives indemnity.
- indetermined — Archaic form of undetermined.
- index finger — forefinger.
- index number — a quantity whose variation over a period of time measures the change in some phenomenon.
- india rubber — rubber1 (def 1).
- indian bread — corn bread.
- indian cress — a nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus, of South America, having red-spotted or red-striped, yellow-orange flowers, the young flower buds and fruits being used as seasoning.