12-letter words that end in n
- inactivation — The process of rendering something inactive.
- inadaptation — the state of not being adapted or the lack of adaptation
- inauguration — an act or ceremony of inaugurating.
- incatenation — a chaining up; linking or being linked together; binding together with chains or fetters
- incineration — to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
- incompassion — (obsolete) Lack of compassion.
- incompletion — the state of being incomplete; incompleteness.
- inconclusion — Lack of conclusion.
- incoronation — a crowning; coronation
- incorruption — the quality or condition of being incorrupt.
- incrassation — The process of thickening.
- incrustation — an incrusting or being incrusted.
- incumbent on — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- indian bison — the gaur.
- indian ocean — an ocean S of Asia, E of Africa, and W of Australia. 28,357,000 sq. mi. (73,444,630 sq. km).
- indiscretion — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- indo-iranian — a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including the Indic and Iranian subgroups.
- indo-malayan — of Indian and Malayan origin, sponsorship, etc.
- indomethacin — a substance, C 19 H 16 ClNO 4 , with anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic properties: used in the treatment of certain kinds of arthritis and gout.
- inescutcheon — A small shield placed within a larger one.
- infibulation — the stitching together of the vulva, often after a clitoridectomy, leaving a small opening for the passage of urine and menstrual blood.
- infiltration — the act or process of infiltrating.
- inflammation — Pathology. redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, heat, and disturbed function of an area of the body, especially as a reaction of tissues to injurious agents.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- ingemination — Repetition; reduplication; reiteration.
- ingratiation — to establish (oneself or someone else) in the favor or good graces of someone, especially by deliberate effort (usually followed by with): He ingratiated himself with all the guests. She ingratiated her colleagues with her well-researched project proposal.
- inhabitation — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- ink fountain — the part of a printing press that stores ink and feeds it to the rollers.
- inoccupation — a lack of occupation
- inordination — inordinateness
- inosculation — The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; intercommunication.
- inquartation — (in assaying) the addition of silver to a gold-silver alloy in order to facilitate the parting of the gold by nitric acid.
- insanitation — lack of sanitation or sanitary regulation; unclean or unhealthy condition.
- insemination — to inject semen into (the female reproductive tract); impregnate.
- inspissation — The act of thickening. The process by which something is inspissated.
- installation — something installed, as machinery or apparatus placed in position or connected for use.
- instauration — renewal; restoration; renovation; repair.
- instillation — the act of instilling.
- insubjection — lack of subjection, or the state of being disobedient to an authority, such as a government
- insubmission — Lack of submission; disobedience.
- insufflation — to blow or breathe (something) in.
- insurrection — an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.
- intellection — the action or process of understanding; the exercise of the intellect; reasoning.
- inteneration — A softening.
- interception — an act or instance of intercepting.
- intercession — an act or instance of interceding.
- interclusion — the act of intercluding
- interdiction — an act or instance of interdicting.
- interjection — the act of interjecting.
- intermission — a short interval between the acts of a play or parts of a public performance, usually a period of approximately 10 or 15 minutes, allowing the performers and audience a rest.