12-letter words that end in e
- aeolian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from A to A.
- aeolian tone — the musical tone produced by the passage of a current of air over a stretched string, etc, as in an aeolian harp
- aeromedicine — the medical treatment of disorders associated with air or space travel
- aerosiderite — a meteorite which is composed mainly of iron
- aestheticize — make aesthetic
- aethrioscope — an instrument which measures temperature changes caused by different conditions of the sky
- affectionate — If you are affectionate, you show your love or fondness for another person in the way that you behave towards them.
- afforestable — having the capacity to be turned into forest
- african time — unpunctuality
- against time — in an effort to complete something in a limited period
- agalmatolite — a soft, greenish, greyish or yellowish mineral, thought to be a variety of pinite, known particularly for its use by the Chinese for carving
- agency nurse — a nurse employed by an agency, rather than by a hospital
- agent orange — a highly poisonous herbicide used as a spray for defoliation and crop destruction, esp by US forces during the Vietnam War
- agglutinable — Able to be agglutinated; that readily undergoes agglutination.
- agranulocyte — a white blood cell without granules in its cytoplasm
- aide-memoire — An aide-memoire is something such as a list that you use to remind you of something.
- air pressure — the force of air pressing down on an area
- air-sea base — a centre from which military aircraft and naval vessels operate
- airpocalypse — (informal) The presence of dense smog in many parts of China.
- airport code — a three-letter abbreviation of the names of the world's major airports, used especially as an identifier for routing baggage.
- alaska range — a mountain range in S central Alaska. Highest peak: Mount McKinley, 6194 m (20 320 ft)
- alcohol-free — (of beer or wine) containing only a trace of alcohol
- aldermanlike — resembling an alderman, esp in being pompous
- alencon lace — an elaborate lace worked on a hexagonal mesh and used as a border, or a machine-made copy of this
- alhambresque — like the Alhambra, especially in richness of ornamentation
- alimentative — nourishing; nutritive.
- alkalescence — the process of developing alkaline qualities
- alkalifiable — Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.
- alkyl halide — a compound with the type formula RX, where R is an alkyl group and X is a halogen.
- alkylbenzene — (organic chemistry) Any hydrocarbon formally derived from benzene by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms with alkyl groups.
- all for love — a drama in blank verse (1678) by Dryden.
- all the more — All is used in structures such as all the more or all the better to mean even more or even better than before.
- all the rage — angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage.
- all the same — nevertheless; yet
- all the time — If something happens or is done all the time, it happens or is done continually.
- allan-a-dale — (in English balladry) a member of Robin Hood's band who saved his sweetheart from an enforced marriage and married her himself
- alliterative — Alliterative means relating to or connected with alliteration.
- allman style — indent style
- almond paste — ground almond mixture
- alpha female — strong woman
- alpine-style — of or in an ascent (esp in high mountains like the Himalayas) in which the climbers carry all their equipment with them in a single ascent from base to summit
- altiloquence — Pompous language; lofty speech.
- amalgamative — of or relating to amalgamation
- ambrettolide — a colorless liquid, C 16 H 28 O 2 , having a strong musky odor, used as a fixative in the manufacture of perfume.
- ameliorative — Able to repair or ameliorate.
- amfebutamone — (former name) The drug bupropion.
- aminobenzene — aniline (def 1).
- aminomethane — (organic compound, often in combination) methylamine (or a derivative of it).
- amiphenazole — A respiratory stimulant traditionally used as an antidote for barbiturate or opiate overdose, usually in combination with bemegride.
- amor patriae — love of one's country; patriotism