12-letter words containing n, o, e, t, r, y
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- dirty blonde — woman's hair colour: dark blonde
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- double entry — a method in which each transaction is entered twice in the ledger, once to the debit of one account, and once to the credit of another.
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- emolumentary — advantageous; tending towards emolument
- enantiotropy — the possibility for stable polymorphs to exist in different states on either side of a transition-point temperature
- enteroclysis — A fluoroscopic X-ray of the small intestine.
- entropically — By means of or in relation to entropy.
- entry coupon — a coupon which you have to fill in with personal details and answers to be eligible to win a prize
- erythromycin — An antibiotic used in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. It is similar in its effects to penicillin.
- erythropenia — A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia.
- ethnohistory — The branch of anthropology concerned with the history of peoples and cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- evolutionary — Of or relating to evolution.
- exorbitantly — In an exorbitant manner, excessively.
- extortionary — Of, relating to, or typical of extortion.
- extraneously — In an extraneous manner.
- extrasensory — Of or relating to extrasensory perception.
- extrordinary — Misspelling of extraordinary.
- forced entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
- fort kearney — a former fort in S Nebraska, near Kearney: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
- fort mchenry — a town in NE Illinois.
- forty-niners — a person, especially a prospector, who went to California in 1849 during the gold rush.
- forty-second — next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- foundry type — type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.
- fourteenthly — in (the) fourteenth place
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- generation y — members of the generation of people born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s who are seen as being discerning consumers with a high disposable income
- gerontocracy — government by a council of elders.
- glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heterochrony — a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor.
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
- heterogynous — having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.
- heterokaryon — a cell containing two or more nuclei of differing genetic constitutions.
- heteronymous — of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
- home country — the country a person comes from
- honor system — a system whereby the students at a school, the inmates in a prison, etc., are put on their honor to observe certain rules in order to minimize administrative supervision or to promote honesty.
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- 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.
- hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.