12-letter words containing t, e, n, c, i, r
- erythromycin — An antibiotic used in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. It is similar in its effects to penicillin.
- eternal city — Rome2
- etheromaniac — a person who is addicted to ether
- ethnocentric — Evaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one's own culture.
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- eurocentrism — Alternative capitalization of Eurocentrism.
- eviscerating — Present participle of eviscerate.
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- exacerbating — Present participle of exacerbate.
- exacerbation — An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease).
- excoriations — Plural form of excoriation.
- excruciating — Intensely painful.
- excruciation — Some excruciating pain.
- excursionist — A person who goes on excursions; a traveller or tourist.
- executioners — Plural form of executioner.
- exercitation — (obsolete) The exercise or exertion of some power, responsibility, faculty etc.
- extracampine — (psychiatry, of hallucination) Beyond the possible sensory field.
- extracranial — on the exterior of the skull, outside the skull
- exulceration — the process of ulceration
- fairnitickle — a freckle resembling a fern seed
- febrifacient — producing fever.
- fence-sitter — a person who remains neutral or undecided in a controversy.
- field centre — a research centre equipped for field studies, usually located in or near an area of scientific interest
- field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
- fire control — technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.
- fire curtain — safety curtain.
- for instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- for-instance — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- franc-tireur — a sharpshooter in the French army.
- francescatti — Zino [zee-noh] /ˈzi noʊ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1991, French violinist.
- free-cutting — (of a metal alloy) having good machinability: free-cutting steel.
- french sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and an augmented fourth between the root and the augmented sixth
- french stick — a long straight notched stick loaf
- french twist — French roll.
- frenetically — In a frenetic manner.
- frictionless — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- front office — the executive or administrative office of a company, organization, etc.
- frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- gastrocnemii — Plural form of gastrocnemius.
- gatecrashing — Present participle of gatecrash.
- generation c — the people who create and publish material such as blogs, podcasts, videos, etc, on the internet
- generatrices — Plural form of generatrix.
- geocentrical — Alternative form of geocentric.
- geometrician — a person skilled in geometry.