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12-letter words containing a, l, e, s, n

  • bed of nails — a situation or position of extreme difficulty
  • bell gardens — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • bernese alps — a mountain range in SW Switzerland, the N central part of the Alps. Highest peak: Finsteraarhorn, 4274 m (14 022 ft)
  • bernina alps — a mountain group in SE Switzerland, extending from the Rhateian Alps on the Italian border. Highest peak, Piz Bernina, 13,304 feet (4055 meters).
  • billingsgate — the largest fish market in London, on the N bank of the River Thames; moved to new site at Canary Wharf in 1982 and the former building converted into offices
  • blamableness — the state of being blamable
  • blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
  • blanket toss — a game in which a person is repeatedly tossed into the air and caught on an open blanket by a group of people who hold the blanket at its edges and stretch and relax it for each toss and catch.
  • bloodstained — Someone or something that is bloodstained is covered with blood.
  • blue jasmine — a southern U.S. shrubby vine, Clematis crispa, of the buttercup family, having solitary, bell-shaped, blue or bluish-purple to pink flowers and bearing fruit with silky appendages.
  • bluesnarfing — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to steal contact details, ring tones, images, etc from another
  • bonnet glass — monteith (def 2).
  • bonnet-glass — a large punch bowl, usually of silver, having a notched rim for suspending punch cups.
  • bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
  • by all means — You can say 'by all means' to tell someone that you are very willing to allow them to do something.
  • byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
  • cablecasting — relating to broadcasting by cable
  • caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
  • calisthenics — Calisthenics are simple exercises that you can do to keep fit and healthy.
  • callisthenes — c360–327 b.c, Greek philosopher: chronicled Alexander the Great's conquests.
  • callisthenic — Alternative spelling of calisthenic.
  • calorescence — the absorption of radiation by a body, subsequently re-emitted at a higher frequency (lower wavelength)
  • candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
  • candlesticks — Plural form of candlestick.
  • cannibalised — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalise.
  • cannibalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cannibalize.
  • canoe slalom — a competitive event in which a canoeist maneuvers through a slalom course, usually in white water.
  • canonicalise — (transitive, computing, UK) Alternative form of canonicalize.
  • carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
  • cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
  • carelessness — not paying enough attention to what one does: a careless typist.
  • carnal abuse — Law. any lascivious contact with the sexual organs of a child by an adult, especially without sexual intercourse.
  • cash-in-lieu — Cash-in-lieu is payment of cash instead of stock when a stock splits or changes and the shareholder only owns a partial share.
  • cassel brown — Vandyke brown.
  • castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
  • caster angle — the forward or backward tilt of the steering axis in a vehicle, when considered from the side
  • cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
  • cavalierness — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
  • celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
  • celebutantes — Plural form of celebutante.
  • central asia — a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south. It includes the five former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, as well as Afghanistan and parts of Iran, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, India, and southwestern Siberia.
  • centralising — Present participle of centralise.
  • chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
  • changelessly — In a changeless manner.
  • channel bass — red drum.
  • channel surf — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
  • channel-surf — to switch TV channels repeatedly using a remote-control device, usually so as to sample brief segments of programs
  • channelising — Present participle of channelise.
  • chanterelles — Plural form of chanterelle.
  • chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
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