12-letter words containing n, t, e
- assortedness — the position of being sorted, grouped or harmonized with, well or badly, or provided with a good or bad assortment or mixture
- assuefaction — the condition of being or becoming familiar with or used to something
- astonishable — (obsolete) Astonishing.
- astonishment — Astonishment is a feeling of great surprise.
- astral plane — a plane of existence inhabited by astral bodies
- astringently — In the manner of an astringent.
- at a venture — at random; by chance
- at any price — If you want something at any price, you are determined to get it, even if unpleasant things happen as a result.
- at intervals — If something happens at intervals, it happens several times with gaps or pauses in between.
- attenborough — Sir David. born 1926, British naturalist and broadcaster; noted esp for his TV series Life on Earth (1978), The Living Planet (1983), The Life of Birds (1998), The Life of Mammals (2002), and First Life (2010)
- attendedness — The state or quality of being attended.
- attitudinize — to adopt a pose or opinion for effect; strike an attitude
- attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
- au contraire — on the contrary
- auction sale — an instance of items being sold by auction
- auction site — a commercial website on which items are sold by internet auction
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- augmentation — the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
- augmentative — tending or able to augment
- austenitized — to form austenite in (a ferrous alloy) by heating.
- austronesian — of or relating to Austronesia, its peoples, or their languages
- authenticate — If you authenticate something, you state officially that it is genuine after examining it.
- authenticity — the quality or state of being authentic; reliability; genuineness
- autoanalyzer — any of various automatic devices that test and analyze chemicals, blood, etc.
- autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
- autochthones — Alternative spelling of autochthons.
- autogenously — In an autogenous manner; spontaneously.
- autoinjector — A medical device designed to deliver a single dose of a particular, typically life-saving, drug.
- autumn olive — a spiny shrub (Elaeagnus umbellata) of the oleaster family, having leaves covered with silvery or brown scales
- averruncator — a long pair of shears used for pruning the higher branches of trees
- awe-stricken — filled with awe.
- ayuntamiento — (in Spain) a municipal council
- azathioprine — a synthetic drug that suppresses the normal immune responses of the body and is administered orally during and after organ transplantation and also in certain types of autoimmune disease. Formula: C9H7N7O2S
- babingtonite — a rare, slightly magnetic, black or dark green silicate mineral, Ca2Fe2Si5O14OH, found in cavities in volcanic rock
- back-kitchen — a room off a main kitchen, usually further towards the back of the house where washing-up or preparatory cooking work might be done; a scullery
- bag snatcher — a thief whose main tactic is to grab women's handbags and run off with them
- bairnsfather — Bruce. 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I
- baking sheet — A baking sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as biscuits or pies in an oven.
- balinese cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, a plumed tail, blue eyes, large ears, and a dark mask, tail, and paws
- ballast line — the level to which a vessel is immersed when in ballast.
- ballet blanc — a ballet in which the ballerinas' skirts are white.
- balletomanes — Plural form of balletomane.
- balletomania — passionate enthusiasm for ballet
- balloon seat — (on some 18th-century chairs) a seat having an outline resembling that of a bell.
- balloon tire — a wide, deep-walled pneumatic tire with relatively low air pressure to lessen the shock of bumps
- balloon tyre — a pneumatic tyre containing air at a relatively low pressure and having a wide tread
- ballottement — a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus
- bandersnatch — a fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, and appearing also in The Hunting of the Snark and Through the Looking-Glass
- bandoneonist — One who plays the bandoneon.
- bank deposit — money placed in a bank account