12-letter words containing a, u, t, e, i
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- intertextual — the interrelationship between texts, especially works of literature; the way that similar or related texts influence, reflect, or differ from each other: the intertextuality between two novels with the same setting.
- intertubular — Between tubes or tubules.
- intramundane — existing or occurring within the material world.
- intranuclear — existing or taking place within a nucleus.
- intraosseous — (medicine) within a bone.
- intrapreneur — an employee of a large corporation who is given freedom and financial support to create new products, services, systems, etc., and does not have to follow the corporation's usual routines or protocols.
- intrauterine — located or occurring within the uterus.
- intraveneous — Misspelling of intravenous.
- invert sugar — a mixture of the dextrorotatory forms of glucose and fructose, formed naturally in fruits and produced artificially in syrups or fondants by treating cane sugar with acids.
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- irrebuttable — incapable of being rebutted or refuted.
- irregularity — the quality or state of being irregular.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- just in case — if it should happen that
- ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
- lace-curtain — characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- latin square — a square array of numbers, letters, etc., in which each item appears exactly once in each row and column: used in statistical analysis.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- lean mixture — A lean mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing a relatively low proportion of fuel.
- legislatures — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- lenticularis — (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains. Associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.
- lenticularly — in a lenticular manner
- levi strauss — David Friedrich [dah-veet free-drikh] /ˈdɑ vit ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1808–74, German theologian, philosopher, and author.
- levi-strauss — Claude, 1908–2009, French anthropologist and educator, born in Belgium: founder of structural anthropology.
- lieutenantry — the post or commission of a lieutenant
- life annuity — any annuity that is contingent upon the survival of the annuitant or annuitants, especially an annuity that terminates with the death of a single annuitant.
- lignum vitae — either of two tropical American trees, Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum, of the caltrop family, having very hard, heavy wood.
- liquefacient — something that liquefies or promotes liquefaction.
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- litterateurs — Plural form of litterateur.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
- magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
- maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- manicure set — a set of small tools designed for trimming and caring for the nails
- manipulative — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- matriculated — Be enrolled at a college or university.
- matriculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of matriculate.
- medical unit — a group of doctors and nurses working as part of a larger organization, such as the armed forces or a prison
- medium-dated — (of a gilt-edged security) having between five and fifteen years to run before redemption