12-letter words containing n, e, r
- adulterating — Present participle of adulterate.
- adulteration — an adulterating or being adulterated
- adventureful — an exciting or very unusual experience.
- adventurists — Plural form of adventurist.
- aeolian harp — a stringed instrument that produces a musical sound when a current of air or wind passes over the strings
- aerial input — a socket for an aerial
- aerification — an act of combining with air.
- aerodonetics — the study of soaring or gliding flight, esp the study of gliders
- aerodynamics — Aerodynamics is the study of the way in which objects move through the air.
- aeromagnetic — of magnetism in the atmosphere
- aeromechanic — an aircraft mechanic
- aeromedicine — the medical treatment of disorders associated with air or space travel
- aeronautical — Aeronautical means involving or relating to the design and construction of aeroplanes.
- aeroneurosis — a functional disorder of aeroplane pilots characterized by anxiety and various psychosomatic disturbances, caused by insufficient oxygen at high altitudes and the emotional tension of flying
- aeroplankton — the tiny plants, animals, and bacteria living and floating in the air
- affine group — the group of all affine transformations of a finite-dimensional vector space.
- affranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of affranchise.
- affrightment — the act of causing fear or alarm
- aforestation — Alternative spelling of afforestation.
- african time — unpunctuality
- africanness' — Also, Africa. of or from Africa; belonging to the black peoples of Africa.
- afrikanerdom — (in South Africa) Afrikaner nationalism based on pride in the Afrikaans language and culture, conservative Calvinism, and a sense of heritage as pioneers
- afrikanerism — a word, term, or usage peculiar to or originating among Afrikaners.
- afrocentrism — centered on Africa or on African-derived cultures, as those of Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti: Afrocentric art.
- after-dinner — immediately following dinner: an after-dinner speech.
- afterburners — Plural form of afterburner.
- afterburning — a process in which additional fuel is ignited in the exhaust gases of a jet engine to produce additional thrust
- agency nurse — a nurse employed by an agency, rather than by a hospital
- agent orange — a highly poisonous herbicide used as a spray for defoliation and crop destruction, esp by US forces during the Vietnam War
- aggregations — Plural form of aggregation.
- aggrievement — the state of being aggrieved
- agranulocyte — a white blood cell without granules in its cytoplasm
- agribusiness — Agribusiness is the various businesses that produce, sell, and distribute farm products, especially on a large scale.
- agrobusiness — the businesses collectively associated with the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products.
- aileron roll — a roll consisting of one or more rotations, usually controlled by the use of ailerons.
- air cylinder — a cylinder containing air, esp one fitted with a piston and used for damping purposes
- air layering — a method of propagating a plant by girdling or cutting part way into a stem or branch and packing the area with a moist medium, as sphagnum moss, stimulating root formation so that the stem or branch can be removed and grown as an independent plant.
- air terminal — An air terminal is a building in which passengers wait before they get on to an aeroplane.
- airtightness — the quality of being airtight
- alaska range — a mountain range in S central Alaska. Highest peak: Mount McKinley, 6194 m (20 320 ft)
- albert canal — ship canal in Belgium, from Liège to Antwerp: 81 mi (131 km)
- aldebaranium — (chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
- aldermanlike — resembling an alderman, esp in being pompous
- alexander ii — 1198–1249, king of Scotland (1214–49), son of William (the Lion)
- alexander iv — (Rinaldo Conti) died 1261, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1254–61.
- alexander vi — original name Rodrigo Borgia. 1431–1503, pope (1492–1503): noted for his extravagance and immorality as well as for his patronage of the arts; father of Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, with whom he is said to have committed incest
- alexanderson — Ernst F. W [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1878–1975, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- alexandretta — Iskenderun
- alexandrines — Plural form of alexandrine.
- alexandrinus — the Greek uncial codex, dating from the early 5th century a.d., originally containing the complete text of the Greek Old and New Testaments.