12-letter words containing s, e
- achlamydeous — (of flowers such as the willow) having neither petals nor sepals
- acknowledges — to admit to be real or true; recognize the existence, truth, or fact of: to acknowledge one's mistakes.
- acne rosacea — rosacea.
- acoustimeter — a portable electronic device for measuring noise levels, especially those of traffic.
- acquiescence — Acquiescence is agreement to do what someone wants, or acceptance of what they do even though you do not agree with it.
- acquirements — Plural form of acquirement.
- acquittances — Plural form of acquittance.
- actabilities — Plural form of actability.
- actinometers — Plural form of actinometer.
- actinostelic — Of or possessing an actinostele.
- adam osborne — (person) The ex-book publisher who founded Osborne Computer Corporation.
- adam's apple — Your Adam's apple is the lump that sticks out of the front of your neck below your throat.
- adaptiveness — in a state that has a capacity for adaptation
- adder's-meat — the greater stitchwort
- addictedness — the state of being addicted
- address book — An address book is a book in which you write people's names and addresses.
- address mask — (networking) (Or "subnet mask") A bit mask used to identify which bits in an IP address correspond to the network address and subnet portions of the address. This mask is often referred to as the subnet mask because the network portion of the address can be determined by the class inherent in an IP address. The address mask has ones in positions corresponding to the network and subnet numbers and zeros in the host number positions.
- adelie coast — a part of Antarctica, between Wilkes Land and George V Land: the mainland section of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (claim suspended under the Antarctic Treaty)
- adenectomies — Plural form of adenectomy.
- adenosarcoma — a complex tumor containing both glandular and connective tissues.
- adenoviruses — Plural form of adenovirus.
- adeodatus ii — Saint, died a.d. 676, pope 672–676.
- adequateness — the quality of being adequate
- adhesiolysis — Lb surgery The cutting or removal of adhesion or scar tissue.
- adhesiveness — coated with glue, paste, mastic, or other sticky substance: adhesive bandages.
- adiaphoresis — absence or reduction of perspiration.
- adiapneustia — (medicine) defective perspiration; adiaphoresis.
- adjournments — Plural form of adjournment.
- adjustmental — relating to adjustment
- administered — Simple past tense and past participle of administer.
- administrate — to manage or direct (the affairs of a business, institution, etc)
- admonishment — to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
- adolescences — the transitional period between puberty and adulthood in human development, extending mainly over the teen years and terminating legally when the age of majority is reached; youth.
- adolescently — in an adolescent manner
- adorableness — very attractive or delightful; charming: What an adorable hat!
- adriatic sea — an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula
- adularescent — (of minerals, such as moonstone) having or emitting a milky or bluish iridescence
- adulteresses — Plural form of adulteress.
- adulterously — In a adulterous manner.
- advancements — Plural form of advancement.
- advantageous — If something is advantageous to you, it is likely to benefit you.
- adventitious — added or appearing accidentally or unexpectedly
- adventurists — Plural form of adventurist.
- adversaryism — an attitude, as in labor-management negotiations, that any opposition to demands indicates an unwillingness of one side to cooperate and bargain in good faith.
- adversatives — Plural form of adversative.
- advertisable — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- advertorials — Plural form of advertorial.
- aeroacoustic — Relating to aeroacoustics.
- aerodonetics — the study of soaring or gliding flight, esp the study of gliders
- aerodynamics — Aerodynamics is the study of the way in which objects move through the air.