12-letter words containing ent
- archenterons — Plural form of archenteron.
- archibenthos — the ocean bottom between the littoral and abyssal zones: from depths of approximately 200 feet (60 meters) to 3300 feet (1000 meters).
- armamentaria — the aggregate of equipment, methods, and techniques available to one for carrying out one's duties: The stethoscope is still an essential part of the physician's armamentarium.
- arraignments — Plural form of arraignment.
- arrangements — preparatory measures taken or plans made; preparations
- arts student — a person studying an arts subject
- assentaneous — having a tendency to agree, comply or acquiesce
- astonishment — Astonishment is a feeling of great surprise.
- astringently — In the manner of an astringent.
- at a venture — at random; by chance
- augmentation — the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
- augmentative — tending or able to augment
- authenticate — If you authenticate something, you state officially that it is genuine after examining it.
- authenticity — the quality or state of being authentic; reliability; genuineness
- ayuntamiento — (in Spain) a municipal council
- ballottement — a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus
- basementless — without a basement
- battlemented — Furnished with battlements, as the ramparts of a city or castle.
- bedazzlement — to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
- befuddlement — to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
- belittlement — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- belligerents — warlike; given to waging war.
- benevolently — characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings: a benevolent attitude; her benevolent smile.
- bequeathment — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- betweentimes — between other activities; during intervals
- bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
- bicentennial — A bicentennial is the same as a bicentenary.
- bien entendu — certainly; to be sure
- bioscientist — any science that deals with the biological aspects of living organisms.
- biparentally — from a biparental point of view
- birth parent — a biological mother (birth mother) or biological father (birth father) a biological parent.
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- body-centred — (of a crystal) having a lattice point at the centre of each unit cell as well as at the corners
- buenaventura — a major port in W Colombia, on the Pacific coast. Pop: 250 000 (2005 est)
- cadent house — any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.
- calceamentum — (in ancient Rome) a sandal, boot, shoe, or other type of footwear
- carpentering — a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
- cash payment — an immediate payment in cash
- cement mixer — A cement mixer is a machine with a large revolving container into which builders put cement, sand, and water in order to make concrete.
- cement steel — steel produced by the cementation of wrought iron or mild steel.
- cementitious — of, relating to, or characteristic of cement
- centenarians — Plural form of centenarian.
- centennially — As part of a centennial.
- center field — the middle area of the outfield
- center plate — one of a pair of plates that fit together and support the body of a car on a truck, while allowing the truck to rotate with respect to the body. One plate (body center plate) is attached to the underside of the car body and the other (truck center plate) is part of the car truck.
- center punch — a steel punch for marking a spot where a hole is to be drilled
- center stage — If something or someone takes center stage, they become very important or noticeable.
- center wheel — the wheel driving the minute and hour hands of a timepiece.
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- centeredness — The state of being centered.