12-letter words containing n, o, i
- agrobusiness — the businesses collectively associated with the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products.
- agroindustry — an activity combining agriculture and industry
- aileron roll — a roll consisting of one or more rotations, usually controlled by the use of ailerons.
- aiming point — the point at which a gun or bombsight is aimed in order to strike a desired target, often a point in advance of or behind the actual target.
- air division — an organizational unit smaller than an air force, usually composed of a headquarters and two or more wings
- albuminoidal — (chemistry) Of the nature of an albuminoid.
- alcaptonuria — Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria.
- alcoholizing — Present participle of alcoholize.
- aldolization — the conversion of an aldehyde to aldol
- alfonso xiii — 1886–1941, king of Spain (1886–1931), who was forced to abdicate on the establishment of the republic in 1931
- alimentation — sustenance; support
- alkalization — Alkalinization.
- alkaptonuria — excessive excretion of homogentisic acid in the urine, caused by a hereditary abnormality of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine.
- all kinds of — You can use all kinds of to emphasize that there are a great number and variety of particular things or people.
- allegorizing — Present participle of allegorize.
- alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
- alloantibody — an antibody that reacts with an antigen from a genetically different individual of the same species.
- alongside of — at the side of; beside; adjoining
- alpha leonis — Regulus1
- alphitomancy — the use of barley meal as a means of divination.
- altercations — Plural form of altercation.
- alternations — Plural form of alternation.
- altiloquence — Pompous language; lofty speech.
- altitudinous — pertaining to altitude or height
- amalgamation — the action or process of amalgamating
- amazon river — a river in N South America, flowing E from the Peruvian Andes through N Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean: the largest river in the world in volume of water carried. 3900 miles (6280 km) long.
- ambiposition — (linguistics) An adposition that can occur either before or after its complement.
- ambitionless — without ambition, unambitious
- amboina wood — the hard, heavy wood of a tree, Pterocarpus indicus, of southern Asia, having a curly or mottled grain.
- ameliorating — Present participle of ameliorate.
- amelioration — the act or an instance of ameliorating or the state of being ameliorated
- amelogenesis — the production of enamel by ameloblasts
- amenhotep iv — died 1357? b.c, king of Egypt 1375?–1357?: reformer of ancient Egyptian religion (son of Amenhotep III).
- amenorrhoeic — absence of the menses.
- amentiferous — bearing aments
- amethopterin — (now rare) Methotrexate.
- aminobenzene — aniline (def 1).
- aminobenzoic — as in aminobenzoic acid
- aminobutyric — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to any of several isomeric univalent radicals in which a hydrogen atom of a butyric radical is replaced by an amino group.
- aminomethane — (organic compound, often in combination) methylamine (or a derivative of it).
- aminophenols — Plural form of aminophenol.
- amiphenazole — A respiratory stimulant traditionally used as an antidote for barbiturate or opiate overdose, usually in combination with bemegride.
- ammonium ion — the ion NH4+, formed from ammonia and present in aqueous solutions of ammonia and in many salts
- amnioscopies — Plural form of amnioscopy.
- amniotic sac — membrane around embryo or foetus
- amortisation — Alternative spelling of amortization.
- amortization — the process of amortizing a debt
- amortizement — a sloping top on a buttress, pillar, etc.
- amphictyonic — of or relating to an amphictyon or an amphictyony.
- amphotericin — an amphoteric antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces nodosus and used in the treatment of fungal infections.