12-letter words containing e, a, t, l, i
- boating lake — a lake in a park where rowing boats can be hired
- boletic acid — fumaric acid.
- borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
- botticellian — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- brazilianite — a mineral, sodium aluminum phosphate, Na 2 Al 6 P 4 O 16 (OH) 8 , occurring in yellow-green crystals with a vitreous luster: used as a gem.
- breast drill — a geared drill that can be braced against the chest for additional leverage.
- bridal suite — a room or set of rooms in a hotel for newly married couples
- bridge table — a square card table with folding legs.
- brilliantine — a perfumed oil used to make the hair smooth and shiny
- brittle star — any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, having the body composed of a central, rounded disk from which radiate long, slender, fragile arms.
- brittle-star — any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, occurring on the sea bottom and having five long slender arms radiating from a small central disc
- bullet train — a passenger train that travels at very high speed
- bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
- c'est la vie — that's life
- cable stitch — a pattern or series of knitting stitches producing a design like a twisted rope
- cable-stitch — a series of stitches used in knitting to produce a cable effect.
- cablecasting — relating to broadcasting by cable
- cafe au lait — coffee with milk
- calisthenics — Calisthenics are simple exercises that you can do to keep fit and healthy.
- call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
- callisthenes — c360–327 b.c, Greek philosopher: chronicled Alexander the Great's conquests.
- callisthenic — Alternative spelling of calisthenic.
- calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
- calorimetric — the measurement of heat.
- calreticulin — (protein) A multifunctional protein that binds calcium ions.
- calumet city — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- cameralistic — of or relating to public finance.
- camomile tea — a medicinal beverage made from the fragrant leaves and flowers of any of these plants
- canaliculate — having a groove or grooves
- cancellation — the fact or an instance of cancelling
- candlesticks — Plural form of candlestick.
- cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
- canton linen — a fabric made from tough vegetable fibers, used for table linens, wall coverings, etc.
- capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
- capacitively — (physics, electronics) In relation to or in terms of capacitance.
- capital levy — a tax on capital or property as contrasted with a tax on income
- capitol peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,130 feet (4310 meters).
- capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- carpet tiles — small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- carvel-built — (of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams
- castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
- castile soap — a hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide
- cat squirrel — the gray squirrel, as distinguished from the fox squirrel.
- catechetical — of or relating to teaching by question and answer
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
- caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.