12-letter words containing a, d, l, e, s
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.
- hydrolysates — Plural form of hydrolysate.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.
- idealisation — Alternative spelling of idealization.
- ill-assorted — badly matched; incompatible
- immortalised — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- imperialised — Simple past tense and past participle of imperialise.
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- inadmissible — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- indefeasible — not defeasible; not to be annulled or made void; not forfeitable.
- indefeasibly — In an indefeasible manner.
- indefinables — Plural form of indefinable.
- indelicacies — Plural form of indelicacy.
- indisposable — Not disposable.
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- inflamedness — The state or quality of being inflamed.
- interdentals — Plural form of interdental.
- internalised — Simple past tense and past participle of internalise.
- interstadial — a period of temporary retreat of ice during a glacial stage; a warming period.
- iodized salt — common table salt to which a small amount of sodium iodide or potassium iodide has been added
- irregardless — regardless.
- isolated set — Mathematics. a set containing none of its accumulation points, consisting, therefore, of only isolated points.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- ladies' room — a public lavatory for women.
- lady-slipper — cypripedium
- ladylikeness — Ladylike behaviour.
- land measure — any system of measurement for measuring land.
- land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- landgrabbers — Plural form of landgrabber.
- landgravines — Plural form of landgravine.
- landlessness — without landed property; not owning land: a landless noble.
- landlordless — Without a landlord.
- lap dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
- lapidescence — a lapidescent quality or condition
- laser-guided — (of a missile, etc) guided with the use of a laser beam
- laudableness — The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness.
- launderettes — Plural form of launderette.
- lead a chase — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- lead crystal — cut glass containing lead oxide
- leaderboards — Plural form of leaderboard.
- leading case — a case that is regarded as having settled a particular point of law; a case that is used as guidance for legal decisions
- leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.