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12-letter words containing a, l, t, i, e, s

  • fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
  • forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
  • forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
  • foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
  • fraternalism — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
  • fritillaries — Plural form of fritillary.
  • fujita scale — a scale for expressing the intensity of a tornado, ranging from F0 (light damage) to F5 (incredible damage)
  • galactosemia — an inherited disorder characterized by the inability to metabolize galactose and requiring a galactose-free diet to avoid consequent mental retardation and eye, spleen, and liver abnormalities.
  • galactosides — Plural form of galactoside.
  • gallivanters — Plural form of gallivanter.
  • geanticlines — Plural form of geanticline.
  • gelatigenous — (archaic) Producing or yielding gelatin.
  • generalities — Plural form of generality.
  • gesticulated — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
  • gesticulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gesticulate.
  • gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
  • gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
  • glacis plate — the frontal plate armour on a tank
  • glossematics — a school of linguistic analysis developed by Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) in Copenhagen in the 1930s based on the study of the distribution of glossemes.
  • great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
  • grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
  • habitualness — The characteristic of being habitual.
  • haematolysis — Haemolysis.
  • half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
  • half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
  • hallucinates — to have hallucinations.
  • helianthuses — Plural form of helianthus.
  • hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
  • hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
  • hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
  • hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
  • heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
  • heterosocial — relating to or denoting mixed-sex social relationships
  • horse trials — a competitive sporting event at which riders have to show their skill in dressage, show-jumping, and cross-country
  • horse's tail — burro's tail.
  • hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
  • hospitalised — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
  • hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
  • hospitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hospitalize.
  • hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
  • hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
  • hyperspatial — Pertaining to hyperspace.
  • hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
  • hysterically — of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
  • ice crystals — ice formations
  • idealisation — Alternative spelling of idealization.
  • ill-assorted — badly matched; incompatible
  • illegalities — Plural form of illegality.
  • illiteracies — Plural form of illiteracy.
  • illustrative — serving to illustrate; explanatory: illustrative examples.
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