12-letter words containing e, t, r, n, a, l
- interrogable — capable of being interrogated
- interspatial — a space between things.
- interspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- interspersal — Interspersion.
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- interstadial — a period of temporary retreat of ice during a glacial stage; a warming period.
- interstellar — Astronomy. situated or occurring between the stars: interstellar dust.
- interstitial — pertaining to, situated in, or forming interstices.
- 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.
- intertidally — in an intertidal manner
- intertillage — tillage between rows of crop plants.
- intertubular — Between tubes or tubules.
- intervaginal — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to or involving the vagina.
- intervillage — occurring between two or more villages
- intervocalic — (usually of a consonant) immediately following a vowel and preceding a vowel, as the v in cover.
- 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.
- inveterately — settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler.
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- irrelevantly — not relevant; not applicable or pertinent: His lectures often stray to interesting but irrelevant subjects.
- jet airplane — jet plane.
- jus naturale — the rules and principles of law derived from the customs and legislation of Rome, as opposed to those derived from the customs of all nations (jus gentium) or from fundamental ideas of right and wrong implicit in the human mind (jus naturale)
- 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.
- 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.
- lake ontario — a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- lake torrens — a shallow salt lake in E central South Australia, about 8 m (25 ft) below sea level. Area: 5776 sq km (2230 sq miles)
- lake turkana — a long narrow lake in E Africa, in the Great Rift Valley. Area: 7104 sq km (2743 sq miles)
- lake vättern — a lake in S central Sweden: the second largest lake in Sweden; linked to Lake Vänern by the Göta Canal; drains into the Baltic. Area: 1912 sq km (738 sq miles)
- land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- landgraviate — the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- lantern gear — a gear mechanism including a lantern wheel.
- lantern ring — gland2 (def 1).
- lantern tree — a Chilean tree (Crinodendron hookerianum) of a family (Elaeocarpaceae, order Malvales) of tropical dicotyledonous trees and shrubs having leathery, elliptical leaves and hanging, red flowers, sometimes grown in the far S U.S. as an ornamental
- lappeenranta — a city in SE Finland.
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- late trading — trading carried out after the standard national exchanges have closed, and which is usually illegal
- lateenrigged — having lateen sails.
- lateral line — the line, or system of lines, of sensory structures along the head and sides of fishes and amphibians, by which the animal is believed to detect water current and pressure changes and vibrations.
- laterization — the weathering process by which rock is changed to laterite.
- 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.
- launderettes — Plural form of launderette.