12-letter words containing adi
- loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
- madisonville — a city in W Kentucky.
- manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
- mark reading — the function performed by an optical mark reader
- masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- mind reading — the ability to discern the thoughts of others without the normal means of communication, especially by means of a preternatural power.
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- mispleadings — Plural form of mispleading.
- new canadian — a recent immigrant to Canada
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- nomadization — the process of becoming like a nomad, or making nomadic in character
- nonadiabatic — (of a physical reaction) not adiabatic or not occurring without heat loss or gain
- noncircadian — Not circadian.
- orthovanadic — relating to orthovanadates
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- packet radio — (communications, radio) The use of packet switched communications protocols in large networks (i.e not wireless LANs or Bluetooth) having wireless links to terminals at least. Packet radio is split into amateur packet radio (AX25) and General Packet Radio Service (GRPS).
- paradigmatic — of or relating to a paradigm.
- paradisaical — paradisiacal.
- paradisiacal — of, like, or befitting paradise.
- peccadilloes — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
- phytonadione — vitamin K1.
- pirate radio — radio broadcasting illegally
- play reading — the activity when a group of people read the parts of a play
- proofreading — correction of text
- radiant flux — the time rate of flow of radiant energy.
- radiant heat — heat energy transmitted by electromagnetic waves in contrast to heat transmitted by conduction or convection.
- radiata pine — a pine tree, Pinus radiata, native to the western USA. but grown in Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere to produce building timber
- radiator cap — a cap in the opening of a device for cooling an internal-combustion engine, through which coolant liquid can be added
- radical axis — the line such that tangents drawn from any point of the line to two given circles are equal in length.
- radical chic — the patronage of extremists or left-wing radicals by rich or famous people, as through invitations to social functions or public expressions of support.
- radical left — the faction representing extreme left-wing political views, often Marxist or Maoist in ideology.
- radical sign — the symbol √ or indicating extraction of a root of the quantity that follows it, as √25=5 or .
- radicicolous — living on the roots of plants
- radicivorous — feeding on the roots of plants
- radiesthesia — the ability to sense energy forces or radiation, esp from the human body
- radiesthetic — of or relating to radiesthesia
- radio beacon — a radio station that sends a characteristic signal so as to enable ships or airplanes to determine their position or bearing by means of a radio compass.
- radio galaxy — a galaxy that emits much more strongly in the radio part of the spectrum than does a typical galaxy.
- radio source — a cosmic object or phenomenon, as a galaxy, pulsar, quasar, or the remnant of a supernova or of a galactic collision, that emits radio waves.
- radio window — the range of wavelengths at which the earth's atmosphere is transparent to radio waves.
- radio-carbon — Also called carbon 14. a radioactive isotope of carbon with mass number 14 and a half-life of about 5730 years: widely used in the dating of organic materials.
- radio-collar — to attach a radio collar to (an animal).
- radiobiology — the branch of biology dealing with the effects of radiation on living matter.
- radioecology — the branch of ecology concerned with the effects of radioactivity on the environment
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- radiographer — X-ray technician
- radioisotope — a radioactive isotope, usually artificially produced: used in physical and biological research, therapeutics, etc.
- radiolocator — radar.
- radiological — of or relating to radiology.
- radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.