12-letter words containing de
- a devil of a — Devil can be used to emphasize what you think about someone or something. For example, if you say that someone is a devil of a nuisance, you mean that they are very annoying. If you say that something is a devil of a problem, you mean that it is a very difficult problem.
- a rough ride — If you say that someone faces a rough ride, you mean that things are going to be difficult for them because people will criticize them a lot or treat them badly.
- a tall order — If something is a tall order, it is very difficult.
- absentminded — so lost in thought that one does not realize what one is doing, what is happening, etc.; preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one's immediate surroundings.
- academically — in relation to an academy
- academicians — Plural form of academician.
- accidentally — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
- acetaldehyde — a colourless volatile pungent liquid, miscible with water, used in the manufacture of organic compounds and as a solvent and reducing agent. Formula: CH3CHO
- achlamydeous — (of flowers such as the willow) having neither petals nor sepals
- adder's-meat — the greater stitchwort
- adelie coast — a part of Antarctica, between Wilkes Land and George V Land: the mainland section of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (claim suspended under the Antarctic Treaty)
- adenectomies — Plural form of adenectomy.
- adenosarcoma — a complex tumor containing both glandular and connective tissues.
- adenoviruses — Plural form of adenovirus.
- adeodatus ii — Saint, died a.d. 676, pope 672–676.
- adequateness — the quality of being adequate
- aeolian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from A to A.
- aerosiderite — a meteorite which is composed mainly of iron
- aide-de-camp — An aide-de-camp is an officer in the armed forces who helps an officer of higher rank.
- aide-memoire — An aide-memoire is something such as a list that you use to remind you of something.
- air cylinder — a cylinder containing air, esp one fitted with a piston and used for damping purposes
- airport code — a three-letter abbreviation of the names of the world's major airports, used especially as an identifier for routing baggage.
- aldebaranium — (chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
- aldermanlike — resembling an alderman, esp in being pompous
- alexander ii — 1198–1249, king of Scotland (1214–49), son of William (the Lion)
- alexander iv — (Rinaldo Conti) died 1261, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1254–61.
- alexander vi — original name Rodrigo Borgia. 1431–1503, pope (1492–1503): noted for his extravagance and immorality as well as for his patronage of the arts; father of Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, with whom he is said to have committed incest
- alexanderson — Ernst F. W [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1878–1975, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- alkyl halide — a compound with the type formula RX, where R is an alkyl group and X is a halogen.
- alongside of — at the side of; beside; adjoining
- ambidextrous — Someone who is ambidextrous can use both their right hand and their left hand equally skilfully.
- ambitendency — ambivalence, especially when acted out; a tendency to contradictory behavior arising from conflicting impulses.
- ambrettolide — a colorless liquid, C 16 H 28 O 2 , having a strong musky odor, used as a fixative in the manufacture of perfume.
- amphidentate — (of a ligand) able to coordinate through either of two different atoms, as in CN–
- amyl sulfide — a yellow liquid consisting of a mixture of isomers having the formula (C 5 H 11) 2 S, used chiefly in the preparation of organic sulfur compounds.
- anapodeictic — (rare, rhetoric) not able to be shown or proved by argument; undemonstrable.
- angst-ridden — characterized by a feeling of dread or anxiety
- anisaldehyde — a colorless, oily, aromatic liquid, the para form of C 8 H 8 O 2 , having a vanillalike odor: used chiefly in the manufacture of cosmetics and perfume, and as an intermediate in organic synthesis.
- antecedental — preceding; prior: an antecedent event.
- antecedently — in an antecedent manner
- antiacademic — opposed to education
- anticathodes — Plural form of anticathode.
- antideuteron — the antimatter counterpart to the deuteron.
- apfelstrudel — apple strudel
- apodeictical — Apodeictic.
- appendectomy — the surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
- appendencies — attached or suspended; annexed.
- archdeaconry — the office, rank, or duties of an archdeacon
- arden-arcade — suburb of Sacramento, in central Calif.: pop. 96,000
- arts student — a person studying an arts subject
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