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12-letter words containing r, e, t, h, i

  • dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
  • decipherment — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • deinotherium — any member of the genus Deinotherium, consisting of mammals resembling elephants that existed during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene epochs
  • diathermancy — the property of transmitting infrared radiation
  • dibranchiate — of, relating to, or belonging to the Dibranchiata, a group or former order of cephalopod molluscs, including the octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish, having two gills
  • diphtheritic — pertaining to diphtheria.
  • diphtheroids — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
  • directorship — a person or thing that directs.
  • disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
  • disburthened — Simple past tense and past participle of disburthen.
  • disc shutter — a shutter in a movie camera or projector that covers the gap between separate frames
  • disenchanter — One who disenchants.
  • disheartened — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
  • disinherited — Simple past tense and past participle of disinherit.
  • dissenterish — having a part of the character or quality of a dissenter
  • ditch-digger — a worker whose occupation is digging ditches, especially with pick and shovel.
  • divine right — doctrine that king's power was ordained by God
  • do the trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
  • dorothea dix — Dorothea Lynde [lind] /lɪnd/ (Show IPA), (Dorothy) 1802–87, U.S. educator and social reformer.
  • drinker moth — a large yellowish-brown bombycid eggar moth, Philudoria potatoria, having a stout hairy body, the larvae of which drink dew and feed on grasses
  • droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
  • dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
  • e-thrombosis — a clot in the bloodstream caused by long periods spent being physically inactive at a computer
  • early blight — a disease of plants characterized by leaf spotting, defoliation, and stunted growth, caused by any of several fungi, as Alternaria solani or Cercospora apii.
  • earth pillar — a pillar of earthy matter left by erosion of the surrounding ground.
  • earth summit — a summit conference of 100 or more earth leaders debating global environmental and development issues, specifically the summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, but the term is also applied e.g. to a projected similar event in 2012
  • earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
  • earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
  • eighth grade — the eighth year of school, when students are 12 to 14 years old
  • electrophile — (chemistry) a compound or functional group that is attractive to, and accepts electrons, especially accepting an electron pair from a nucleophile to form a bond.
  • electrophori — Plural form of electrophorus.
  • elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
  • enantiomorph — Each of two crystalline or other geometric forms that are mirror images of each other.
  • enarthrodial — Relating to an enarthrosis.
  • encipherment — The act or process of enciphering; encryption.
  • enshrinement — (uncountable) The state of being enshrined.
  • epanorthosis — (rhetoric) A rhetorical device or element in which a speaker or writer retracts a word that has been spoken and substitutes a stronger or more suitable word; often done for emphasis or sarcasm.
  • ephemerality — (uncountable) The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.
  • epirrhematic — relating to epirrhema
  • eric the red — ?940–?1010 ad, Norse navigator: discovered and colonized Greenland; father of Leif Ericson
  • erythrocytic — Of or pertaining to erythrocytes.
  • 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.
  • etherealized — Simple past tense and past participle of etherealize.
  • etherealizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etherealize.
  • etherization — (surgery) anaesthetization using ether.
  • etheromaniac — a person who is addicted to ether
  • ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
  • ethnocentric — Evaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one's own culture.
  • ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
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