13-letter words with E in the middle
Delve into the fascinating world of words where the letter E is nestled in the middle. This section highlights the unique placement of E in various words, illustrating how it contributes to their sound and meaning. From everyday language to more unusual terms, discover how E in the middle shapes the essence of these words.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| unfortunately | 19 | by bad luck | unfortunately it rained all day |
| investigation | 17 | the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically | - |
| international | 13 | from or between other countries | international trade |
| understanding | 16 | the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises | there was an understanding between management and the workers |
| circumstances | 21 | your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | a victim of circumstances |
| investigating | 18 | the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically | - |
| consciousness | 17 | having knowledge of | his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced |
| revolutionary | 19 | a radical supporter of political or social revolution | - |
| demonstration | 16 | proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion | - |
| concentration | 17 | the spatial property of being crowded together | - |
| granddaughter | 20 | a female grandchild | - |
| approximately | 29 | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct | lasted approximately an hour |
| sophisticated | 21 | ahead in development; complex or intricate | a sophisticated electronic control system |
| neighbourhood | 23 | a surrounding or nearby region | - |
| interrogation | 14 | a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply | he had trouble phrasing his interrogations |
| misunderstood | 17 | wrongly understood | a misunderstood criticism |
| grandchildren | 21 | - | - |
| consideration | 16 | kind and considerate regard for others | he showed no consideration for her feelings |
| misunderstand | 17 | interpret in the wrong way | - |
| determination | 16 | the act of making up your mind about something | - |
| distinguished | 19 | used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person | his distinguished bearing |
| superstitious | 15 | showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance | finally realized that the horror he felt was superstitious in origin |
| controversial | 18 | marked by or capable of arousing controversy | the issue of the death penalty is highly controversial |
| reincarnation | 15 | a second or new birth | - |
| mediterranean | 16 | the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia | - |
| unprecedented | 19 | having no precedent; novel | an unprecedented expansion in population and industry |
| disrespectful | 21 | neither feeling nor showing respect | - |
| unnecessarily | 18 | in an unnecessary manner | they were unnecessarily rude |
| intentionally | 16 | with intention; in an intentional manner | he used that word intentionally |
| concentrating | 18 | - | - |
| theoretically | 21 | in a theoretical manner | he worked the problem out theoretically |
| homosexuality | 28 | a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | - |
| advertisement | 19 | a public promotion of some product or service | - |
| schizophrenia | 32 | any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact | - |
| schizophrenic | 34 | of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia | - |
| righteousness | 17 | adhering to moral principles | - |
| constellation | 15 | an arrangement of parts or elements | - |
| technological | 21 | of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles | technological development |
| inexperienced | 25 | lacking practical experience or training | - |
| schoolteacher | 23 | a teacher in a school below the college level | - |
| archaeologist | 19 | an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture | - |
| documentation | 18 | confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence | - |
| fundamentally | 22 | in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature | - |
| correspondent | 18 | someone who communicates by means of letters | - |
| choreographer | 24 | someone who creates new dances | - |
| conscientious | 17 | characterized by extreme care and great effort | conscientious application to the work at hand |
| congressional | 16 | of or relating to congress | congressional hearing |
| mathematician | 22 | a person skilled in mathematics | - |
| manifestation | 18 | an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) | - |
| interrogating | 15 | - | - |
| architectural | 20 | of or pertaining to the art and science of architecture | architectural history |
| independently | 20 | apart from others | - |
| instinctively | 21 | as a matter of instinct | he instinctively grabbed the knife |
| comprehension | 22 | the relation of comprising something | - |
| demonstrating | 17 | - | - |
| contemplating | 20 | - | - |
| spontaneously | 18 | without advance preparation | - |
| congratulated | 17 | - | - |
| vulnerability | 21 | the state of being vulnerable or exposed | his vulnerability to litigation |
| condescending | 20 | (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension | - |
| heartbreaking | 23 | causing or marked by grief or anguish | her sigh was heartbreaking |
| valedictorian | 19 | the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement | - |
| interestingly | 17 | in an interesting manner | when he ceases to be just interestingly neurotic and...gets locked up |
| reunification | 18 | the act of coming together again | monetary unification precipitated the reunification of the German state in October 1990 |
| reinforcement | 20 | a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission | - |
| appropriately | 22 | in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances | he was appropriately dressed |
| counterattack | 21 | an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. | - |
| complimentary | 24 | costing nothing | complimentary tickets |
| strengthening | 18 | becoming stronger | - |
| corresponding | 19 | conforming in every respect | boxes with corresponding dimensions |
| impersonating | 18 | - | - |
| metamorphosis | 22 | the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals | - |
| misconception | 21 | an incorrect conception | - |
| deteriorating | 15 | - | - |
| perfectionist | 20 | a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards | - |
| instantaneous | 13 | occurring with no delay | relief was instantaneous |
| ventriloquist | 25 | a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy | - |
| restructuring | 16 | - | - |
| parliamentary | 20 | having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament | parliamentary government |
| contraception | 19 | birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery | - |
| inadvertently | 20 | without knowledge or intention | - |
| intergalactic | 18 | between or among galaxies | intergalactic space |
| materialistic | 17 | conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class | - |
| characterized | 30 | - | - |
| deterioration | 14 | process of changing to an inferior state | - |
| disillusioned | 15 | freed from illusion | - |
| uninteresting | 14 | arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement | a very uninteresting account of her trip |
| progressively | 22 | advancing in amount or intensity | - |
| rehabilitated | 19 | - | - |
| hieroglyphics | 27 | - | - |
| incarceration | 17 | the state of being imprisoned | his ignominious incarceration in the local jail |
| decomposition | 20 | in a decomposed state | - |
| reconstructed | 18 | adapted to social or economic change | a reconstructed feminist |
| merchandising | 22 | the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money | - |
| chrysanthemum | 28 | any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated | - |
| gynaecologist | 20 | a specialist in gynecology | - |
| skateboarding | 21 | the sport of skating on a skateboard | - |
| defibrillator | 19 | an electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore the normal rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation | - |
| disintegrated | 16 | - | - |
| incapacitated | 20 | lacking in or deprived of strength or power | - |
| acknowledging | 25 | - | - |
| psychotherapy | 31 | the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods | - |
| realistically | 18 | in a realistic manner | let's look at the situation realistically |
| businesswoman | 20 | a female businessperson | - |
| temperamental | 19 | likely to perform unpredictably | a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't |
| uncomplicated | 22 | easy and not involved or complicated | found an uncomplicated solution to the problem |
| precautionary | 20 | taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure | gave precautionary advice |
| preliminaries | 17 | - | - |
| contemplation | 19 | a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | - |
| discriminated | 19 | - | - |
| fortuneteller | 16 | a person who foretells your personal future | - |
| strategically | 19 | with regard to strategy | strategically important decisions |
| archeological | 21 | related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology | - |
| certification | 20 | confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence | - |
| dermatologist | 17 | a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin | - |
| predominantly | 21 | much greater in number or influence | the patients are predominantly indigenous |
| commemoration | 21 | a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something | - |
| unintentional | 13 | done or made or performed with purpose and intent | - |
| resuscitation | 15 | the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness | although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration |
| overconfident | 22 | marked by excessive confidence | so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen |
| forgetfulness | 20 | tendency to forget | - |
| congresswoman | 21 | a member of the United States House of Representatives | - |
| authenticated | 19 | established as genuine | - |
| uninterrupted | 16 | continuing in time or space without interruption | moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks |
| predetermined | 19 | set in advance | at a predetermined time |
| refrigeration | 17 | the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes | - |
| supercomputer | 21 | a mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful available at a given time | - |
| overestimated | 19 | - | - |
| miscellaneous | 17 | having many aspects or qualities | a miscellaneous crowd |
| meteorologist | 16 | a specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions | - |
| categorically | 21 | in an unqualified manner | - |
| quartermaster | 24 | an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops | - |
| reimbursement | 19 | compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc. | he received reimbursement for his travel expenses |
| proliferation | 18 | a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons) | the proliferation of nuclear weapons |
| sterilization | 22 | the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) | - |
| paraphernalia | 20 | equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. | - |
| physiotherapy | 29 | therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities | - |
| projectionist | 24 | the person who operates the projector in a movie house | - |
| revolutionist | 16 | a radical supporter of political or social revolution | - |
| spectacularly | 22 | in a spectacular manner | the area was spectacularly scenic |
| thunderstruck | 23 | as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise | was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion |
| developmental | 21 | of or relating to or constituting development | developmental psychology |
| precipitation | 19 | overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | - |
| redevelopment | 21 | the act of improving by renewing and restoring | - |
| semiautomatic | 19 | a pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously | - |
| teleportation | 15 | a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another | - |
| transgression | 14 | the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle | the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father |
| impressionist | 17 | relating to or characteristic of Impressionism | impressionist music |
| impersonation | 17 | a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | - |
| intelligently | 17 | in an intelligent manner | she acted intelligently in this difficult situation |
| confederation | 19 | the state of being allied or confederated | - |
| disadvantaged | 20 | marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences | - |
| overqualified | 29 | - | - |
| frighteningly | 24 | in an alarming manner | the disturbing thing about the Minister's behavior is that far from being artificial, it too often rings frighteningly true |
| fertilization | 25 | making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | - |
| comparatively | 25 | in a relative manner; by comparison to something else | - |
| disconcerting | 19 | causing an emotional disturbance | his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly |
| accompaniment | 23 | a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts | - |
| unaccompanied | 22 | without anybody else or anything else | - |
| premeditation | 18 | planning or plotting in advance of acting | - |
| miscalculated | 20 | - | - |
| complementary | 24 | either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments) | - |
| butterfingers | 19 | someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball) | - |
| magnificently | 24 | in an impressively beautiful manner | - |
| unwillingness | 17 | the trait of being unwilling | his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made |
| alternatively | 19 | in place of, or as an alternative to | alternatively we could buy a used car |
| petrochemical | 24 | any compound obtained from petroleum or natural gas | - |
| reinstatement | 15 | the act of restoring someone to a previous position | we insisted on the reinstatement of the colonel |
| supplementary | 22 | functioning in a supporting capacity | - |
| flabbergasted | 22 | as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise | the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless |
| nitroglycerin | 19 | a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat) | - |
| counterfeiter | 18 | someone who makes copies illegally | - |
| uncircumcised | 22 | - | - |
| undisciplined | 19 | not subjected to correction or discipline | - |
| stereotypical | 20 | lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality | - |
| ideologically | 20 | - | - |
| consecutively | 23 | in a consecutive manner | he was consecutively ill, then well, then ill again |
| unadulterated | 15 | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | the unadulterated truth |
| shamelessness | 18 | behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame | - |
| dismemberment | 22 | the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces | - |
| chateaubriand | 21 | French statesman and writer; considered a precursor of the romantic movement in France (1768-1848) | - |
| unequivocally | 30 | in an unambiguous manner | she stated her intentions unequivocally |
| unintelligent | 14 | lacking intelligence | a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers |
| percussionist | 17 | a musician who plays percussion instruments | - |
| superficially | 23 | in a superficial manner | he was superficially interested |
| thermonuclear | 20 | using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission | - |
| groundskeeper | 21 | someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field) | - |
| introspection | 17 | the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct | - |
| irresponsibly | 20 | in an irresponsible manner | he acted irresponsibly |
| decaffeinated | 23 | - | - |
| decompression | 20 | relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) | - |
| unpretentious | 15 | not ostentatious | - |
| preoccupation | 21 | the act of taking occupancy before someone else does | - |
| orchestrating | 19 | - | - |
| fragmentation | 19 | separating something into fine particles | - |
| indoctrinated | 17 | - | - |
| interpersonal | 15 | occurring among or involving several people | interpersonal situations in which speech occurs |
| discretionary | 19 | having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment | The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds |
| unappreciated | 20 | not likely to be rewarded | - |
| unsympathetic | 25 | lacking in sympathy and kindness | - |
| perpendicular | 20 | a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting | - |
| hyperactivity | 29 | a condition characterized by excessive restlessness and movement | - |
| infinitesimal | 18 | infinitely or immeasurably small | - |
| aesthetically | 21 | in a tasteful way | this building is aesthetically very pleasing |
| counterweight | 22 | a weight that balances another weight | - |
| disinterested | 15 | unaffected by self-interest | - |
| beneficiaries | 20 | - | - |
| biotechnology | 24 | the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments | - |
| brokenhearted | 23 | full of sorrow | - |
| professorship | 23 | the position of professor | - |
| reintegration | 14 | - | - |
| stationmaster | 15 | the person in charge of a railway station | - |
| telemarketing | 20 | the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales | - |
| featherweight | 26 | an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds | - |
| inconsistency | 20 | the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time | - |
| modernization | 25 | making modern in appearance or behavior | the modernization of Nigeria will be a long process |
| oceanographic | 23 | - | - |
| commemorating | 22 | intended as a commemoration | - |
| imperceptibly | 26 | in an imperceptible manner or to an imperceptible degree | the power of the Secretary of State in London increased gradually but imperceptibly |
| antibacterial | 17 | any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth | - |
| confectionery | 23 | a confectioner's shop | - |
| deforestation | 17 | the removal of trees | - |
| directionless | 16 | aimlessly drifting | - |
| underachiever | 22 | a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates | - |
| uncoordinated | 17 | lacking in cooperative planning and organization | uncoordinated scheduling often resulted in conflicting games |
| weightlifting | 24 | bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights | - |
| refurbishment | 23 | the state of being restored to its former good condition | - |
| imperialistic | 19 | of or relating to imperialism | imperialistic wars |
| indifferently | 23 | with indifference; in an indifferent manner | she shrugged indifferently |
| intravenously | 19 | in an intravenous manner | the patient had to be fed intravenously |
| knickerbocker | 31 | - | - |
| oceanographer | 21 | a scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas | - |
| ventriloquism | 27 | the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy) | - |
| regurgitating | 16 | - | - |
| reverberating | 19 | characterized by resonance | - |
| superposition | 17 | (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest | - |
| paediatrician | 18 | a specialist in the care of babies | - |
| generalissimo | 16 | the officer who holds the supreme command | - |
| haemorrhaging | 23 | - | - |
| housecleaning | 19 | (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions | more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms |
| hydroelectric | 24 | of or relating to or used in the production of electricity by waterpower | hydroelectric power |
| insufficiency | 26 | lack of an adequate quantity or number | - |
| accreditation | 18 | the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards) | a commission is responsible for the accreditation of medical schools |
| phenobarbital | 22 | a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative | - |
| reciprocating | 20 | - | - |
| sleeplessness | 15 | a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep | - |
| tranquilliser | 22 | a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity | - |
| foreshadowing | 24 | the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | - |
| inevitability | 21 | the quality of being unavoidable | - |
| insensitivity | 19 | the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment | - |
| inventiveness | 19 | the power of creative imagination | - |
| machiavellian | 23 | a follower of Machiavelli's principles | - |
| domestication | 18 | the attribute of having been domesticated | - |
| anaesthetized | 26 | - | - |
| consternation | 15 | fear resulting from the awareness of danger | - |
| unceremonious | 17 | without ceremony or formality | an unceremonious speech |
| unspectacular | 19 | not spectacular | an unspectacular but necessary task |
| ungentlemanly | 19 | not befitting a gentleman | - |
| postmodernism | 20 | genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism | - |
| preconception | 21 | an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence | he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions |
| symmetrically | 25 | in a symmetrical manner | they were symmetrically arranged |
| sympathectomy | 30 | surgical interruption of a nerve pathway in the sympathetic nervous system | - |
| thoughtlessly | 23 | in a thoughtless manner | he stared thoughtlessly at the picture |
| gynecological | 22 | of or relating to or practicing gynecology | gynecological examination |
| impressionism | 19 | a school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light | - |
| leatherjacket | 29 | any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes | - |
| affirmatively | 27 | in an affirmative manner | - |
| arbitrariness | 15 | the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment | - |
| characterless | 20 | lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting | - |
| confectionary | 23 | a confectioner's shop | - |
| concertmaster | 19 | - | - |
| condescension | 18 | the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior | - |
| contravention | 18 | coming into conflict with | - |
| dependability | 22 | the quality of being dependable or reliable | - |
| accessibility | 22 | the quality of being at hand when needed | - |
| unanticipated | 18 | not anticipated | unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development |
| upperclassman | 21 | - | - |
| perfectionism | 22 | a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable | his perfectionism seemed excessive to his students |
| powerlessness | 18 | the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble | - |
| precipitating | 20 | bringing on suddenly or abruptly | the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce |
| predominately | 21 | - | - |
| provocatively | 26 | in a provocative manner | `Try it,' he said provocatively |
| reconstituted | 16 | - | - |
| socioeconomic | 21 | involving social as well as economic factors | socioeconomic status |
| streptococcus | 21 | spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis | - |
| substantiated | 16 | - | - |
| tranquillizer | 31 | a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity | - |
| theatricality | 21 | an artificial and mannered quality | - |
| overstatement | 18 | making to seem more important than it really is | - |
| overpopulated | 21 | - | - |
| metamorphoses | 22 | - | - |
| disseminating | 17 | - | - |
| agglomeration | 17 | a jumbled collection or mass | - |
| archaeopteryx | 30 | extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds | - |
| circumscribed | 24 | subject to limits or subjected to limits | - |
| characterised | 21 | - | - |
| competitively | 25 | in competition | the companies should bid competitively |
| cosmetologist | 18 | an expert in the use of cosmetics | - |
| connectedness | 18 | a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) | - |
| disconnection | 18 | state of being disconnected | - |
| disembowelled | 22 | - | - |
| dimensionally | 19 | - | - |
| bougainvillea | 19 | any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions | - |
| unobtrusively | 21 | in an unobtrusive manner | messengers were moving unobtrusively over the jet-black mountain ranges, bearing confidential tidings from sheikhdom to sheikhdom |
| unenlightened | 18 | lacking information or instruction | lamentably unenlightened as to the laws |
| qualitatively | 28 | in a qualitative manner | this discoloration qualitatively suggests that the substance is low in inorganic iron |
| rectification | 20 | the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right | - |
| recrimination | 17 | mutual accusations | - |
| repositioning | 16 | the act of placing in a new position | - |
| steadfastness | 17 | loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty | - |
| streetwalking | 21 | - | - |
| transparently | 18 | so as to be easily understood or seen through | his transparently lucid prose |
| tortoiseshell | 16 | brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles | - |
| orchestration | 18 | the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments | - |
| housebreaking | 23 | trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent | - |
| incredulously | 19 | in an incredulous manner | the woman looked up at her incredulously |
| materializing | 25 | - | - |
| mismanagement | 20 | management that is careless or inefficient | he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies |
| millionairess | 15 | a woman millionaire | - |
| mononucleosis | 17 | an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing | - |
| observational | 18 | relying on observation or experiment | - |
| distinctively | 22 | in an identifiably distinctive manner | the distinctively conservative district of the county |
| alphabetizing | 30 | - | - |
| argumentation | 16 | a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning | - |
| ceremoniously | 20 | in a ceremonious manner | my mother advised her children ceremoniously |
| commercialism | 23 | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | - |
| consequential | 24 | having important issues or results | the year's only really consequential legislation |
| demilitarized | 26 | - | - |
| disassociated | 17 | - | - |
| disheartening | 18 | destructive of morale and self-reliance | - |
| disengagement | 18 | the act of releasing from an attachment or connection | - |
| disfigurement | 20 | an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen | there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back |
| beatification | 20 | a state of supreme happiness | - |
| carboniferous | 20 | from 345 million to 280 million years ago | - |
| underclassman | 18 | an undergraduate who is not yet a senior | - |
| unembarrassed | 18 | not embarrassed | an unembarrassed greeting as if nothing untoward had happened |
| perspicacious | 21 | mentally acute or penetratingly discerning | much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument |
| preternatural | 15 | surpassing the ordinary or normal | Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel |
| pronouncement | 19 | an authoritative declaration | - |
| redistributed | 17 | having population and industries relocated from urban to outlying areas | redistributed industries |
| rapprochement | 24 | the reestablishing of cordial relations | - |
| renegotiation | 14 | - | - |
| rollerblading | 17 | skating using Rollerblades | - |
| sequestration | 22 | seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized | - |
| serendipitous | 16 | lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries | - |
| specification | 22 | a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work | - |
| televangelist | 17 | an evangelist who conducts services on television | - |
| synthetically | 24 | by synthesis; in a synthetic manner | some of these drugs have been derived from opium and others have been produced synthetically |
| thermodynamic | 26 | of or concerned with thermodynamics | the thermodynamic limit |
| fertilisation | 16 | making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | - |
| functionaries | 18 | - | - |
| inflexibility | 28 | a lack of physical flexibility | - |
| intercultural | 15 | - | - |
| dissemination | 16 | the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate | - |
| computerizing | 29 | - | - |
| confraternity | 21 | - | - |
| cyanobacteria | 22 | predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton | - |
| attentiveness | 16 | paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) | his attentiveness to her wishes |
| businesswomen | 20 | - | - |
| unconstrained | 16 | free from constraint | he was unconstrained by any of the sanctions of polite society |
| underpinnings | 17 | - | - |
| troublemaking | 22 | - | - |
| unquestioning | 23 | being without doubt or reserve | - |
| unrelentingly | 17 | in a relentless manner | - |
| vegetarianism | 19 | a diet excluding all meat and fish | - |
| problematical | 21 | making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | - |
| questioningly | 26 | in a curious and questioning manner | they turned their heads questioningly, as if awaiting further instructions |
| regurgitation | 15 | the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth | - |
| rearrangement | 16 | changing an arrangement | - |
| retroactively | 21 | after the fact | he will get paid retroactively |
| relinquishing | 26 | the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc. | - |
| reinvigorated | 18 | with restored energy | - |
| renegotiating | 15 | - | - |
| sharecropping | 23 | - | - |
| surreptitious | 15 | conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | surreptitious mobilization of troops |
| transgendered | 16 | a person who has undergone a sex change operation | - |
| treacherously | 21 | in a disloyal and faithless manner | he behaved treacherously |
| overemotional | 18 | excessively or abnormally emotional | - |
| ornamentation | 15 | something used to beautify | - |
| fictionalized | 28 | - | - |
| gesticulating | 17 | making gestures while speaking | her gesticulating hands and arms made words almost unnecessary |
| geometrically | 21 | in a geometric fashion | it grew geometrically |
| hundredweight | 25 | a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms | - |
| impulsiveness | 20 | the trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection | - |
| inexpensively | 28 | with little expenditure of money | - |
| indescribably | 23 | to an inexpressible degree | she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton |
| interbreeding | 17 | reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) | - |
| meaninglessly | 19 | - | - |
| metallurgical | 18 | of or relating to metallurgy | metallurgical engineer |
| misperception | 21 | - | - |
| microcomputer | 23 | a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time | - |
| multicoloured | 18 | having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | - |
| mouthwatering | 22 | - | - |
| domesticating | 19 | - | - |
| amniocentesis | 17 | (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities | - |
| confessionary | 21 | - | - |
| connotatively | 21 | - | - |
| disgracefully | 23 | in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | his grades were disgracefully low |
| diametrically | 21 | as from opposite ends of a diameter | when two honest witnesses give accounts of the same event that differ diametrically, how can anyone prove that the evidence you gave was deliberately false? |
| deterministic | 18 | an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes | - |
| acceptability | 24 | satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards | - |
| underhandedly | 22 | slyly and secretly | oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt...to align Germany with the Western democracies |
| understrapper | 18 | - | - |
| unadventurous | 17 | lacking in boldness | - |
| unpredictably | 23 | in an erratic unpredictable manner | - |
| unsentimental | 15 | facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination | - |
| unreliability | 18 | the trait of not being dependable or reliable | - |
| unthreatening | 17 | not unfriendly or threatening | - |
| worthlessness | 19 | having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful | the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness |
| wholesomeness | 21 | the quality of being beneficial and generally good for you | - |
| wonderfulness | 20 | admirable excellence | - |
| philosophized | 33 | - | - |
| pointlessness | 15 | total lack of meaning or ideas | - |
| postmodernist | 18 | of or relating to postmodernism | postmodernist architecture |
| preadolescent | 18 | of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12 | - |
| precipitately | 22 | at breakneck speed | - |
| psychokinetic | 29 | moving an object without apparent use of physical means | - |
| quadrilateral | 23 | a four-sided polygon | - |
| proselytizing | 28 | - | - |
| propagandized | 29 | - | - |
| prophetically | 25 | in a prophetic manner | he prophetically anticipated the disaster |
| recombination | 19 | (genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents | - |
| reciprocation | 19 | mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information) | - |
| reaffirmation | 21 | renewed affirmation | - |
| repulsiveness | 18 | the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions | - |
| seismographic | 23 | - | - |
| southwesterly | 22 | situated in or oriented toward the southwest | - |
| senselessness | 13 | total lack of meaning or ideas | - |
| sensitiveness | 16 | the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment | - |
| sterilisation | 13 | the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) | - |
| osteomyelitis | 18 | an inflammation of bone and bone marrow (usually caused by bacterial infection) | - |
| overindulging | 19 | - | - |
| parenthetical | 20 | qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses | parenthetical remarks |
| heartlessness | 16 | an absence of concern for the welfare of others | - |
| geostationary | 17 | of or having a geosynchronous orbit such that the position in such an orbit is fixed with respect to the earth | a geostationary satellite |
| grandiloquent | 24 | puffed up with vanity | a grandiloquent and boastful manner |
| hydrocephalic | 29 | relating to or characterized by or evidencing hydrocephalus | - |
| ineffectively | 27 | in an ineffective manner | he dealt with the problem rather ineffectively |
| interrogatory | 17 | relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation | - |
| mademoiselles | 18 | - | - |
| macroeconomic | 23 | of or relating to macroeconomics | - |
| neoliberalism | 17 | a political orientation originating in the 1960s; blends liberal political views with an emphasis on economic growth | - |
| northeasterly | 19 | coming from the northeast | northeasterly winds |
| obsessiveness | 18 | extreme compulsiveness | - |
| nonjudgmental | 24 | refraining from making judgments especially ones based on personal opinions or standards | sympathetic and nonjudgmental |
| dispossession | 16 | freeing from evil spirits | - |
| antipersonnel | 15 | designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction | - |
| cinematograph | 23 | - | - |
| concatenation | 17 | a series of things depending on each other as if linked together | a complicated concatenation of circumstances |
| decentralized | 26 | withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities | a decentralized school administration |
| desegregation | 16 | the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community | - |
| deliciousness | 16 | extreme appetizingness | - |
| authentically | 21 | genuinely; with authority | it is authentically British |
| blandishments | 21 | - | - |
| acetaminophen | 22 | an analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets) | - |
| unconsummated | 20 | not consummated (especially of a marriage) | an unconsummated marriage can be annulled |
| unnaturalness | 13 | the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles | - |
| unselfishness | 19 | acting generously | - |
| unrepresented | 16 | - | - |
| unexceptional | 24 | not special in any way; lacking distinction | a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career |
| unexperienced | 25 | - | - |
| understudying | 19 | - | - |
| unilateralism | 15 | the doctrine that nations should conduct their foreign affairs individualistically without the advice or involvement of other nations | - |
| waterproofing | 22 | the act of treating something to make it repel water | - |
| voraciousness | 18 | an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts) | - |
| philosophiser | 23 | someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view | - |
| pharmacopoeia | 24 | a collection or stock of drugs | - |
| pharmaceutics | 24 | the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines, | - |
| photochemical | 27 | of or relating to or produced by the effects of light on chemical systems | - |
| perambulating | 20 | strolling or walking around | perambulating nursemaids with their charges |
| penetratingly | 19 | with ability to see into deeply | the author treats his subject penetratingly |
| phallocentric | 22 | - | - |
| pigheadedness | 21 | resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires | - |
| prevaricating | 21 | - | - |
| prohibitively | 26 | to a prohibitive degree | it is prohibitively expensive |
| precipitously | 22 | very suddenly and to a great degree | conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate |
| premenopausal | 19 | prior to menopause | - |
| prepossessing | 18 | creating a favorable impression | strong and vigorous and of prepossessing appearance |
| prehistorical | 20 | belonging to or existing in times before recorded history | - |
| pulverization | 27 | annihilation by pulverizing something | - |
| psychokinesis | 27 | the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force | - |
| refrigerating | 18 | causing cooling or freezing | - |
| reforestation | 16 | the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting | - |
| regimentation | 16 | the imposition of order or discipline | - |
| radioactively | 22 | in a radioactive manner | radioactively labeled |
| recalculation | 17 | the act of calculating again (usually to eliminate errors or to include additional data) | recalculation yielded a much larger value |
| resuscitating | 16 | - | - |
| reverberation | 18 | the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves | - |
| religiousness | 14 | piety by virtue of being devout | - |
| reintegrating | 15 | - | - |
| reintroducing | 17 | - | - |
| scatterbrains | 17 | - | - |
| semiconscious | 19 | partially conscious; not completely aware of sensations | - |
| statesmanship | 20 | wisdom in the management of public affairs | - |
| spectroscopic | 23 | of or relating to or involving spectroscopy | spectroscopic analysis |
| squeamishness | 27 | a mild state of nausea | - |
| splendiferous | 19 | having great beauty and splendor | a kind of splendiferous native simplicity |
| superabundant | 18 | most excessively abundant | - |
| sumptuousness | 17 | the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive | - |
| superfluously | 21 | in a superfluous manner | superfluously, he added his silly comments to the discussion |
