12-letter words containing ade
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- gulf of aden — a waterway in the Arabian sea between Yemen and Somalia and connecting with the Red Sea
- half cadence — a cadence ending with dominant harmony.
- hand grenade — a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
- hand-grenade — a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
- hardheadedly — In a hardheaded manner.
- harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
- have it made — simple past tense and past participle of make1 .
- hexadecanoic — Of or pertaining to hexadecanoic acid or its derivatives.
- hexadecapole — (physics) Anything having sixteen poles or electrodes, or a combination of four quadrupoles.
- hidradenitis — (medicine) inflammation of the sweat glands.
- hoary-headed — having the gray or white hair of advanced age.
- homesteaders — Plural form of homesteader.
- horse trader — a person who is shrewd and clever at bargaining.
- horse-trader — a person who buys and sells horses
- hydra-headed — containing many problems, difficulties, or obstacles.
- import trade — goods, services and products brought into a country and which were bought from another country
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- in the shade — in shadow, out of the sun
- inadequacies — Plural form of inadequacy.
- inadequately — not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
- interpleaded — Simple past tense and past participle of interplead.
- interpleader — a party who interpleads.
- lampadedromy — (in ancient Greece) a relay race in which the runners or riders carried a lighted torch
- leader block — Nautical. lead block.
- leader board — a board on which the scores of the leading competitors are displayed, as in a golf tournament.
- leader cable — a submarine cable laid along a channel and emitting signals that a vessel can follow when visibility is poor.
- leaderboards — Plural form of leaderboard.
- level-headed — having common sense and sound judgment; sensible.
- light-headed — giddy, dizzy, or delirious: After two drinks Pat began to feel lightheaded.
- linux loader — (operating system) (LILO) A boot loader for Linux. LILO does not depend on a specific file system, it can boot Linux kernel images from floppy disks and hard disks and can even boot other operating systems. One of up to sixteen differernt images can be selected at boot time. Various parameters, such as the root device, can be set independently for each kernel. LILO can even be used as the master boot record.
- loggerheaded — Dull; stupid.
- lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
- machine-made — made or constructed by machine
- madeira cake — a kind of rich sponge cake
- madeira vine — a herbaceous tropical vine, Anredera cordifolia, having shiny leaves and small, fragrant, white flowers.
- mademoiselle — (often initial capital letter) a French title of respect equivalent to “Miss”, used in speaking to or of a girl or unmarried woman: Mademoiselle Lafitte. Abbreviation: Mlle.
- maderization — the process whereby wine is heated and oxidized, resulting in a darker colour and an altered taste
- mauve decade — the 1890s, considered as a social and cultural period characterized by prosperity and complacency.
- meter reader — a person who visits your house to read a gas or electricity meter
- mexican jade — Mexican onyx artificially colored green.
- microreaders — Plural form of microreader.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- muckspreader — a machine for spreading manure over farmland
- muddleheaded — confused in one's thinking; blundering: a muddleheaded assertion.
- mushy-headed — inadequately thought out: mushyheaded ideas.
- muttonheaded — a slow-witted, foolish, or stupid person; dolt.
- muzzleloader — a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle.
- ninth-grader — a student in their ninth year at school
- octadecanoic — Of or pertaining to octadecanoic acid or its derivatives.