12-letter words containing ete
- oscillometer — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
- parameterise — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- parameterize — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- penetrometer — a device for measuring the penetrating power of x-ray or other radiations.
- peterborough — a city in Cambridgeshire, in central England.
- phosphoreted — phosphureted.
- phosphureted — combined with phosphorus, especially in its lowest valence state.
- planetesimal — one of the small celestial bodies that, according to one theory (planetesimal hypothesis) were fused together to form the planets of the solar system.
- poète maudit — a poet who receives insufficient recognition in his or her own time
- postal meter — a postal franking machine
- predetermine — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
- presweetened — already sweetened
- pretenceless — without pretence
- pretendingly — falsely
- pretensioned — (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) before the concrete is poured. Compare posttension (def 1).
- psychrometer — an instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated.
- puppeteering — a person who manipulates puppets, as in a puppet show.
- quieten down — If someone or something quietens down or if you quieten them down, they become less noisy or less active.
- racketeering — a person engaged in a racket.
- redetermined — to settle or decide (a dispute, question, etc.) by an authoritative or conclusive decision.
- respirometer — an instrument for measuring the extent of respiratory movement.
- retentionist — a person who advocates the retention of something, esp capital punishment
- rhythmometer — a type of metronome that gives or marks the beat or time in musical movements
- schizomycete — any of numerous microorganisms of the subkingdom (or phylum) Schizophyta, kingdom Monera, comprising the bacteria.
- semidiameter — half of a diameter; radius.
- sensitometer — an instrument for testing the sensitivity of various types of film, consisting of an apparatus for exposing successive parts of the film to a light of standard intensity at successively increasing lengths of exposure.
- simple meter — any time signature in which the upper figure indicates two, three, or four beats per measure, as 2/8, 3/2, 4/4, etc.
- skeeter hawk — mosquito hawk.
- spectrometer — an optical device for measuring wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles between faces of a prism, especially an instrument (prism spectrometer) consisting of a slit through which light passes, a collimator, a prism that deviates the light, and a telescope through which the deviated light is viewed and examined.
- sphygmometer — a device which measures the rate of the pulse
- square meter — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one meter on each side. 2 , sq. m. Abbreviation: m.
- stabilimeter — stabilograph.
- superathlete — a highly accomplished athlete, an exceptional athlete
- teetertotter — a seesaw.
- telemarketer — selling or advertising by telephone.
- tellurometer — a surveying instrument using microwaves to measure distance.
- tenderometer — a device measuring the tenderness of peas
- torque meter — a device designed to determine the torque or torsion in a shaft, usually by measuring the twist in a calibrated length of shafting
- trigonometer — any of various instruments used in trigonometry
- trocheameter — a device that records the distance that a motor vehicle has travelled
- turbidimeter — a device for measuring the turbidity of water or other liquids.
- undetectable — to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act: to detect someone cheating.
- undetermined — resolute; staunch: the determined defenders of the Alamo.
- undeterrable — to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
- unpretending — unpretentious; genuine
- ureterostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the ureter through the abdominal wall or the flanks, permitting the passage of urine.
- veterans day — November 11, a legal holiday in the U.S. in commemoration of the end of World Wars I and II and in honor of veterans of the armed services.
- veterinarian — a person who practices veterinary medicine or surgery.