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12-letter words that end in n

  • holoplankton — plankton that spend their entire life cycle as free-swimming organisms (opposed to hemiplankton).
  • home (in) on — to guide, or be guided as by radar, heat, etc., to (a destination or target)
  • home mission — a religious mission operating within the country or territories of the supporting church.
  • hominization — the evolution of the human traits that set the genus Homo apart from its primate ancestors.
  • homologation — to approve; confirm or ratify.
  • honest injun — honestly (used to emphasize the truth of a statement).
  • hoover apron — a dresslike coverall for women that ties at the waist.
  • hopping john — a dish of black-eyed peas, rice, bacon or ham, and red pepper or other seasoning: traditionally served on New Year's Day because of the superstition that black-eyed peas bring good luck for the New Year.
  • hosepipe ban — a ban, due to water shortage, on using hosepipes to water the garden or wash cars
  • hostess gown — a robe or housecoat worn by women for informal entertaining at home.
  • house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
  • house-broken — (of a pet) trained to avoid excreting inside the house or in improper places.
  • humanisation — Alternative form of humanization.
  • humanitarian — having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.
  • humanization — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
  • humification — the formation of humus.
  • hunter green — a dark green color of yellowish cast.
  • hunting horn — the earliest form of the modern horn, consisting of a conical tube coiled in a circle for carrying over the shoulder, and having a flaring bell and a trumpetlike mouthpiece.
  • hupokeimenon — (philosophy) That which underlies, or lies beneath; substratum.
  • hydrogen ion — ionized hydrogen of the form H + , found in aqueous solutions of all acids.
  • hydroxyl ion — hydroxide ion
  • hymenopteran — hymenopterous.
  • hymenopteron — hymenopteran.
  • hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
  • hyperflexion — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
  • hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
  • hypofunction — abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.
  • hypokeimenon — Alternative spelling of hupokeimenon.
  • hypophrygian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the fourth of the eight scales
  • hypoplastron — the third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles
  • ian maclarenJames Dewey, born 1928, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.
  • idealisation — Alternative spelling of idealization.
  • idealization — the act or process of idealizing something.
  • illaqueation — the act of ensnaring
  • illimitation — the state of being infinite
  • illumination — an act or instance of illuminating.
  • illustration — something that illustrates, as a picture in a book or magazine.
  • immiseration — to make miserable.
  • immoderation — lack of moderation.
  • immunisation — (British, immunology) alternative spelling of immunization.
  • immunization — the fact or process of becoming immune, as against a disease.
  • immunoglobin — (immunology, protein) Any protein that functions as an antibody.
  • imperception — lack of perception.
  • imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
  • implantation — the act of implanting.
  • impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
  • in isolation — If something is considered in isolation from other things that it is connected with, it is considered separately, and those other things are not considered.
  • in its train — If something brings problems or difficulties in its train, the problems or difficulties occur as a natural or logical result of it.
  • in operation — functioning, active
  • in-migration — to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory.
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