12-letter words containing s, e, n, a
- invasiveness — The quality of being invasive.
- invert sugar — a mixture of the dextrorotatory forms of glucose and fructose, formed naturally in fruits and produced artificially in syrups or fondants by treating cane sugar with acids.
- investigable — capable of being investigated.
- investigated — Simple past tense and past participle of investigate.
- investigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of investigate.
- investigator — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- ironicalness — The quality of being ironical.
- irrelevances — Plural form of irrelevance.
- irresistance — (archaic) passive submission; lack of resistance.
- isaac newton — Sir Isaac, 1642–1727, English philosopher and mathematician: formulator of the law of gravitation.
- isak dinesen — Isak [ee-sahk] /ˈi sɑk/ (Show IPA), (pen name of Baroness Karen Blixen) 1885–1962, Danish author.
- iskander bey — Scanderbeg.
- isoantigenic — relating to an isoantigen or isoantigens
- isoenzymatic — isoenzymic
- isoprenaline — a compound that is a derivative of adrenaline and that is used to treat asthma and bronchial conditions. Formula: C11H17NO3
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- jackson hole — a valley in NW Wyoming, near the Teton Range: wildlife preserve.
- jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
- james hutton — James, 1726–97, Scottish geologist: formulated uniformitarianism.
- jameson raid — an expedition into the Transvaal in 1895 led by Sir Leander Starr Jameson (1853–1917) in an unsuccessful attempt to topple its Boer regime
- jan gossaert — Jan [Flemish yahn] /Flemish yɑn/ (Show IPA), (Jan Gossaert or Gossart) 1478?–1533? Flemish painter.
- japanese ivy — Boston ivy
- japanese yew — a yew, Taxus cuspidata, of Japan, grown as an ornamental.
- japonaiserie — stylistic characteristics, as in art, decor, or film, influenced by or reflective of Japanese culture and tradition.
- jasmine rice — an aromatic, flavorful long-grain rice of Asia, especially Thailand.
- javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
- jeffersonian — pertaining to or advocating the political principles and doctrines of Thomas Jefferson, especially those stressing minimum control by the central government, the inalienable rights of the individual, and the superiority of an agrarian economy and rural society.
- jenghis khan — Genghis Khan.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jersey giant — one of a breed of large domestic chickens raised primarily for their meat, originally black but now with a white variety, developed in New Jersey by interbreeding Langshans and large Asiatic fowl.
- jettisonable — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- joint estate — an estate owned by two or more people with the same rights of possession
- joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
- jus naturale — the rules and principles of law derived from the customs and legislation of Rome, as opposed to those derived from the customs of all nations (jus gentium) or from fundamental ideas of right and wrong implicit in the human mind (jus naturale)
- just in case — if it should happen that
- juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
- karyokinesis — mitosis.
- keep tabs on — a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- kelvin scale — William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, English physicist and mathematician.
- keratogenous — producing horn or a horny substance.
- kinaesthesia — kinesthesia.
- kinaesthesis — kinesthesia.
- kinaesthetic — Alternative form of kinesthetic.
- kinesiatrics — the treatment of disease by the use of gymnastics or muscle exercises
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- kinesophobia — Fear of movement.
- kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
- king's peace — (in early medieval England) the protection secured by the king for particular people or places