12-letter words containing n, i, t, r, d
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- enarthrodial — Relating to an enarthrosis.
- endocarditic — Having or relating to endocarditis.
- endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.
- endometrioma — An ovarian cyst caused by endometriosis.
- endometritis — Inflammation of the endometrium.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- entertissued — interwoven
- eradications — Plural form of eradication.
- event-driven — (programming) A kind of program, such as a graphical user interface, with a main loop which just waits for events to occur. Each event has an associated handler which is passed the details of the event, e.g. mouse button 3 pressed at position (355, 990). For example, X window system and most Visual Basic application programs are event-driven. See also callback.
- ex-president — a former chief executive or head of state of a republic
- exheredation — A disinheriting; disherison.
- expenditures — Plural form of expenditure.
- experimented — Simple past tense and past participle of experiment.
- exterminated — Simple past tense and past participle of exterminate.
- externalised — Simple past tense and past participle of externalise.
- externalized — Simple past tense and past participle of externalize.
- extraditions — Plural form of extradition.
- extrordinary — Misspelling of extraordinary.
- fainthearted — lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
- faradization — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- farthingland — a unit of land area, sometimes described as being equivalent to thirty acres
- fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- field centre — a research centre equipped for field studies, usually located in or near an area of scientific interest
- field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
- field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
- fire hydrant — a hydrant for use in extinguishing fires.
- flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridation — the addition of fluorides to the public water supply to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
- footdragging — the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness
- foredestined — Simple past tense and past participle of foredestine.
- foreordinate — foreordain.
- fort madison — a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- 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.
- fragmentized — fragmented.
- freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- frightenedly — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- gastric band — A gastric band is a device that is fitted inside someone's stomach to make it smaller in order to help them lose weight.
- giant lizard — a monitor lizard, Varanus komodoensis, of certain Indonesian islands E of Java, that grows to a length of 10 feet (3 meters): the largest lizard in the world; now rare.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gladiatorian — (dated) Of or relating to gladiators or to combat in general; gladiatorial.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- 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)