12-letter words containing t, e, n, o, i
- foretokening — Indication in advance.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- fort benning — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in W Georgia, S of Columbus; the largest infantry post in the U.S.
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- forty-niners — a person, especially a prospector, who went to California in 1849 during the gold rush.
- fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- fountain pen — a pen with a refillable reservoir that provides a continuous supply of usually fluid ink to its point.
- fountainhead — a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- freeing port — an opening in the bottom of a bulwark, for rapid drainage of a weather deck in heavy seas; scupper.
- freight note — a document containing full particulars of goods shipped or for shipment
- frictionless — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- frighten off — scare away
- front office — the executive or administrative office of a company, organization, etc.
- frontiersman — a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
- frontiersmen — a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
- frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
- frozen stiff — feeling very cold
- 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).
- frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
- function key — a key on a computer keyboard or terminal that, when pressed, alone or in combination with other keys, causes a specific computational or mechanical operation to be carried out.
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- functionless — Lacking a function.
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- ganglionated — gangliate.
- gas equation — an equation that equates the product of the pressure and the volume of one mole of a gas to the product of its thermodynamic temperature and the gas constant. The equation is exact for an ideal gas and is a good approximation for real gases at low pressures
- gastrocnemii — Plural form of gastrocnemius.
- gastronomies — Plural form of gastronomy.
- gelatigenous — (archaic) Producing or yielding gelatin.
- gelatination — Conversion into gelatin or jelly-like substance.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- generation c — the people who create and publish material such as blogs, podcasts, videos, etc, on the internet
- generation o — the youthful voters who supported Barack Obama in the 2008 US Presidential election
- generation x — the generation born between about 1966 and 1980, especially in the U.S.
- generation y — members of the generation of people born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s who are seen as being discerning consumers with a high disposable income
- generation z — members of the generation of people born since the mid-1990s who are seen as confident users of new technology
- generational — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- generosities — Plural form of generosity.
- genethliacon — A birthday ode.
- 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.
- geniculation — the state of being geniculate.
- genotoxicity — (uncountable) The condition of being genotoxic.
- gentilitious — relating to a gens