12-letter words that end in te
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- dropout rate — the percentage of students failing to complete a particular school or college course
- dumortierite — a mineral, aluminum borosilicate.
- eastern rite — the rite of an Eastern church, usually observed in the national language of the country where the church is located.
- ebracteolate — having no bractlets
- ectoparasite — an external parasite (opposed to endoparasite).
- electroplate — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- empassionate — intensely affected
- empire state — state of New York
- en brochette — (esp of meat) roasted or grilled on a skewer
- en papillote — (of food) cooked in oiled greaseproof paper or foil
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- escape chute — a fabric tube or chute hinged to the wall of a stairwell and used as an emergency exit, eg from a burning tall building
- escape route — way out: of situation
- espagnolette — the fastening device on a French window
- ethylacetate — Alternative spelling of ethyl acetate.
- eutrophicate — (ecology, intransitive) To become eutrophic.
- even-pinnate — with pinnate leaflets that are symmetrically paired
- exarticulate — (zoology) Having only one joint; said of certain insects.
- exponentiate — (mathematics) To utilize exponentiation.
- exsanguinate — (transitive) To kill by means of blood loss.
- exsufflicate — Empty, inflated, frivolous.
- extortionate — (of a price) much too high; exorbitant.
- failed state — a nation in which the government has lost political authority and control and is unable to fulfill the basic responsibilities of a sovereign state.
- fantasticate — to make or render fantastic.
- fete galante — fête champêtre.
- fifth estate — any class or group in society other than the nobility, the clergy, the middle class, and the press.
- figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
- figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
- fipple flute — a recorder or other flutelike instrument equipped with a fipple.
- first estate — the first of the three estates: the clergy in France; the Lords Spiritual in England. Compare estate (def 5).
- fissicostate — having divided or separated ribs
- fissipalmate — (of birds) having the toes lobed or partially webbed.
- fluorapatite — a crystalline mineral, Ca 5 (PO 4) 3 F, formed from hydroxyapatite in the presence of fluoride, that has a hardening effect on bones and teeth.
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- foreordinate — foreordain.
- forward rate — the agreed price for something that is to be bought or sold at a later date
- freight note — a document containing full particulars of goods shipped or for shipment
- garden state — New Jersey (used as a nickname).
- gersdorffite — a mineral, sulfide-arsenide of nickel, NiAsS, occurring in metallic, light-gray cubes.
- ghost estate — (esp in Ireland) a housing estate built during an economic boom but unfinished or unoccupied during a recession
- glacis plate — the frontal plate armour on a tank
- go the route — If you go the route, you do something fully or continue with a task until you have completely finished.
- golden state — California (used as a nickname).
- gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
- granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- halotrichite — a mineral, iron alum, isomorphous with pickeringite, occurring in the form of yellowish fibers.