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Answer for the clue "Excessive desire to eat ", 12 letters:
ravenousness

Word definitions for ravenousness in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ravenous \Rav"en*ous\ (r[a^]v"'n*[u^]s), a. [From 2d Raven .] Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire. [1913 Webster] ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. excessive desire to eat [syn: edacity , esurience , voracity , voraciousness ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Quality of being ravenous.

Usage examples of ravenousness.

The noise behind Orichalc and, yes, the ravenousness that he sensed, those made him move as fast as possible for his race, which is quite fast, and keep going for some distance.

Even the best of women, even the most beautiful, and in their moments of supremest beauty, have this gross ravenousness for facts.