12-letter words that end in an
- geriatrician — the branch of medicine dealing with the diseases, debilities, and care of aged persons.
- german ocean — an arm of the Atlantic between Great Britain and the European mainland. About 201,000 sq. mi. (520,600 sq. km); greatest depth, 1998 feet (610 meters).
- gibraltarian — a British crown colony comprising a fortress and seaport located on a narrow promontory near the S tip of Spain. 1.875 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- gladiatorian — (dated) Of or relating to gladiators or to combat in general; gladiatorial.
- graeco-roman — of or having both Greek and Roman characteristics: the Greco-Roman influence.
- grand cayman — the largest of the Cayman Islands, West Indies. 76 sq. mi. (197 sq. km).
- granny woman — midwife (def 1).
- graustarkian — of, like, or characteristic of colorful, implausible, highly melodramatic and romantic situations or circumstances
- greater than — (character) ">" ASCII character 62. Common names: ITU-T: greater than; ket ("<" = bra); right angle; right angle bracket; right broket. Rare: into, toward; write to; blow ("<" = suck); gozinta; out; zap (all from Unix I/O redirection); INTERCAL: right angle. See also less than.
- grimaldi man — a type of Aurignacian man having a negroid appearance, thought to be a race of Cro-Magnon man
- guangzhouwan — a former French-leased territory (1898–1945) on the SW coast of Guangdong province, in S China. About 190 sq. mi. (490 sq. km).
- gulf of oman — a strait that ultimately links the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- handcraftman — handicraftsman.
- haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
- helical scan — denoting a recording technique used with video tapes in which the recorded tracks on the tape are segments of a helix
- hereditarian — a person who believes that differences between individuals or groups, including moral and intellectual attributes, are predominantly determined by genetic factors (opposed to environmentalist).
- heterokontan — of or relating to a heterokont
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- heteropteran — A bug of the group Heteroptera.
- hippocrepian — (of an aquatic organism or plant) shaped like a horseshoe
- hollywoodian — a person who works for the motion-picture industry located in Hollywood, Calif.
- holocephalan — (zoology) Any cartilaginous fish of the subclass Holocephali; the chimeras.
- hosepipe ban — a ban, due to water shortage, on using hosepipes to water the garden or wash cars
- humanitarian — having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.
- hymenopteran — hymenopterous.
- hypophrygian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the fourth of the eight scales
- indian ocean — an ocean S of Asia, E of Africa, and W of Australia. 28,357,000 sq. mi. (73,444,630 sq. km).
- 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.
- jeffersonian — pertaining to or advocating the political principles and doctrines of Thomas Jefferson, especially those stressing minimum control by the central government, the inalienable rights of the individual, and the superiority of an agrarian economy and rural society.
- jenghis khan — Genghis Khan.
- jenghiz khan — Genghis Khan
- journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
- jumping bean — the seed of any of certain Mexican plants of the genera Sebastiania and Sapium, of the spurge family: the movements of a moth larva inside the seed cause it to move about or jump.
- jury foreman — a member of a jury in a court of law who is chosen by the other members to act as spokesperson for the jury
- justinianian — of or relating to Justinian I or the Byzantine dynasty (a.d. 518–610) named after him.
- khachaturian — Aram Ilich [ar-uh m il-yich;; Russian uh-rahm ee-lyeech] /ˈær əm ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian ʌˈrɑm iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–78, Armenian composer.
- korsakoffian — relating to or suffering from Korsakoff's psychosis
- ku klux klan — U.S. History. a secret hate group in the southern U.S., active for several years after the Civil War, which aimed to suppress the newly acquired rights of black people and to oppose carpetbaggers from the North, and which was responsible for many lawless and violent proceedings.
- laboratorian — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
- labyrinthian — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- layaway plan — a method of purchasing by which the purchaser reserves an article with a down payment and claims it only after paying the full balance.
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- levalloisian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a distinctive late Lower and Middle Paleolithic method of preparing a stone core so that preformed thin, oval or triangular flakes with sharp edges could be struck from it.
- liberty loan — any of the five bond issues of the U.S. government floated in World War I.
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- lollipop man — (in Britain) a person who stops traffic by holding up a circular sign on a pole to allow children to cross a road safely