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12-letter words containing o, c, i, d, e, n

  • encyclopedic — Comprehensive in terms of information.
  • endocarditic — Having or relating to endocarditis.
  • endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.
  • endocervical — Within a cervix.
  • eradications — Plural form of eradication.
  • eunuchoidism — A syndrome in males with a lack of sex characteristics due to lack of proper male sex hormones.
  • fennoscandia — region in N Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and the part of NW Russia west of the White Sea
  • ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
  • fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.
  • field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
  • fifty-second — next after the fifty-first; being the ordinal number for 52.
  • fixed-income — gaining or yielding a more or less uniform rate of income.
  • food science — the study of the nature of foods and the changes that occur in them naturally and as a result of handling and processing.
  • forked chain — branched chain.
  • fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
  • friend-court — amicus curiae.
  • genetic code — the biochemical instructions that translate the genetic information present as a linear sequence of nucleotide triplets in messenger RNA into the correct linear sequence of amino acids for the synthesis of a particular peptide chain or protein. Compare codon, translation (def 9).
  • genetic load — the extent to which a population deviates from the theoretically fittest genetic constitution.
  • gynodioecism — the condition of having flowers that are only female in one example of a plant and flowers that have stamens and pistils in another example of a plant of the same species
  • haemodynamic — Alternative spelling of hemodynamic.
  • hamming code — (algorithm)   Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
  • hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
  • hexadecanoic — Of or pertaining to hexadecanoic acid or its derivatives.
  • hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
  • hydrozincite — a hydrous zinc carbonate, Zn 5 (CO 3) 2 (OH) 6 , an important ore of zinc in some localities.
  • iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
  • icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
  • improvidence — not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.
  • inconfidence — (rare) Lack of confidence; mistrust.
  • incoordinate — not coordinate; not coordinated.
  • incorporated — legally incorporated, as a company.
  • incorrodible — incapable of being corroded; not corrodible
  • incrossbreed — to breed (animals) by crossbreeding inbred parents, whether of the same or of different breeds
  • indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
  • indian ocean — an ocean S of Asia, E of Africa, and W of Australia. 28,357,000 sq. mi. (73,444,630 sq. km).
  • indirections — Plural form of indirection.
  • indiscretion — lack of discretion; imprudence.
  • indoctrinate — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
  • indoleacetic — as in indoleacetic acid, a naturally-occurring plant growth hormone
  • indomethacin — a substance, C 19 H 16 ClNO 4 , with anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic properties: used in the treatment of certain kinds of arthritis and gout.
  • indricothere — a long-necked, long-legged, fossil mammal, Indricotherium transouralicum, related to the rhinoceros and existing 10 to 30 million years ago, possibly the largest and heaviest land mammal.
  • initial code — a system used in the U.S. to facilitate the delivery of mail, consisting of a five- or nine-digit code printed directly after the address, the first five digits (initial code) indicating the state and post office or postal zone, the last four (expanded code) the box section or number, portion of a rural route, building, or other specific delivery location.
  • intercropped — Simple past tense and past participle of intercrop.
  • intercrossed — Simple past tense and past participle of intercross.
  • interdiction — an act or instance of interdicting.
  • interdictory — of, relating to, or noting interdiction.
  • into decline — If something goes or falls into decline, it begins to gradually decrease in importance, quality, or power.
  • introductive — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
  • introspected — Simple past tense and past participle of introspect.
  • irreconciled — not reconciled, esp with God
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