12-letter words containing u, n, o, t, e
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- heterogenous — having its source or origin outside the organism; having a foreign origin.
- heterogonous — Botany. of or relating to monoclinous flowers of two or more kinds occurring on different individuals of the same species, the kinds differing in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to homogonous).
- heterogynous — having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.
- heteronomous — subject to or involving different laws.
- heteronymous — of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hohenstaufen — a member of the royal family that ruled in Germany from 1138 to 1208 and from 1215 to 1254, and in Sicily from 1194 to 1266.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- home country — the country a person comes from
- honest injun — honestly (used to emphasize the truth of a statement).
- honey bucket — a container for excrement, as in an outdoor toilet.
- honey locust — a thorny North American tree, Gleditsia triacanthos, of the legume family, having small, compound leaves and pods with a sweet pulp.
- house hunter — a person who house-hunts
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- illaqueation — the act of ensnaring
- impetiginous — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.
- in the rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- in the round — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- in-and-outer — a person who is by turns in and out of a particular situation, condition, venture, investment, etc.
- in-congruent — not congruent.
- inaniloquent — Tending to speak inanely; loquacious; garrulous.
- incestuously — involving incest.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- inconsequent — characterized by lack of proper sequence in thought, speech, or action.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- incumbent on — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- ineloquently — Without eloquence.
- inequipotent — not equally powerful or potent
- inescutcheon — A small shield placed within a larger one.
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicitous — inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- insubjection — lack of subjection, or the state of being disobedient to an authority, such as a government
- insurrection — an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.
- intellimouse — Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer
- interacinous — situated between the acini of a gland or lung.
- interborough — between boroughs.
- interclusion — the act of intercluding
- intercommune — to commune or converse together
- intercountry — a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?