12-letter words containing e, i, l, a, n
- intervocalic — (usually of a consonant) immediately following a vowel and preceding a vowel, as the v in cover.
- intestinally — occurring in or affecting the intestines.
- inthrallment — Obsolete spelling of enthrallment.
- intolerances — Plural form of intolerance.
- intolerantly — In an intolerant manner; without toleration.
- intoleration — (dated) intolerance.
- intranuclear — existing or taking place within a nucleus.
- intravesical — Within the urinary bladder.
- intravitreal — Within an eye.
- invercargill — a city on S South Island, in New Zealand.
- investigable — capable of being investigated.
- inveterately — settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler.
- invulnerable — incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
- invulnerably — In an invulnerable manner.
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- ironicalness — The quality of being ironical.
- irrelevances — Plural form of irrelevance.
- irrelevantly — not relevant; not applicable or pertinent: His lectures often stray to interesting but irrelevant subjects.
- isoprenaline — a compound that is a derivative of adrenaline and that is used to treat asthma and bronchial conditions. Formula: C11H17NO3
- jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
- jailbreaking — Present participle of jailbreak.
- javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
- jelenia gora — a city in SW Poland, a historic mining center.
- jet airplane — jet plane.
- jettisonable — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
- jugular vein — vein that carries blood from head to heart
- julian bream — Julian (Alexander) born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist.
- kaleidophone — an instrument, invented by Professor Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), consisting of a light on a vibrating rod with a reflecting knob for exhibiting the effect of sound waves
- kelvin scale — William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, English physicist and mathematician.
- keratohyalin — (biology) A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
- kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- kite balloon — a barrage balloon intended for use in information-gathering and observation; it is usually tethered to the ground and has lobes to keep it stable and pointing into the wind
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- labyrinthine — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- 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.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- ladylikeness — Ladylike behaviour.
- lake herring — a cisco or whitefish, especially Coregonus artedii, of the Great Lakes.
- lake nipigon — a lake in central Canada, in NW Ontario, draining into Lake Superior via the Nipigon River. Area: 4843 sq km (1870 sq miles)
- lake ontario — a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- lake station — a town in NW Indiana.
- lamentations — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- laminotomies — Plural form of laminotomy.
- lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
- landed price — the price when delivered
- landgraviate — the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.
- landgravines — Plural form of landgravine.
- landing beam — a radio beam transmitted from a landing field to enable aircraft to make an instrument landing
- landing gear — the wheels, floats, etc., of an aircraft, upon which it lands and moves on ground or water.