12-letter words containing e, y, i
- kitty-corner — diagonal.
- koussevitzky — Serge [sairzh] /sɛərʒ/ (Show IPA), (Sergei Alexandrovich Koussevitsky) 1874–1951, Russian orchestra conductor in the U.S.
- kremlinology — the study of the government of the former Soviet Union, especially the study of those factors governing its foreign affairs.
- kylie effect — the increased awareness of breast cancer caused by the publicity surrounding its diagnosis in Kylie Minogue, born 1968, Australian singer and actress
- labyrinthine — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- lady-slipper — cypripedium
- ladylikeness — Ladylike behaviour.
- lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
- laryngealize — to pronounce with accompanying constriction of the larynx.
- latchkey kid — variant form of latchkey child
- lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
- lawyerliness — Quality of being lawyerly.
- lay siege to — attack
- leachability — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leading lady — an actress who plays the principal female role in a motion picture or play.
- learnability — (uncountable) the condition of being learnable.
- left-justify — If printed text is left-justified, each line begins at the same distance from the left-hand edge of the page or column.
- legal entity — a person or organization that can enter into contracts, and take part in legal action
- legitimately — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- lenticularly — in a lenticular manner
- leonine city — a district of Rome on the right bank of the Tiber fortified by Pope Leo IV
- leopard lily — a tall lily, Lilium pardalinum, of California, having drooping, orange-red flowers with purple speckles, a yellow base, and recurved petal tips.
- leucocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- liberatingly — In a liberating manner.
- liberty bell — the bell of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, rung on July 8, 1776, to announce the adoption of the Declaration of Independence; since then a national symbol of liberty: moved to a special exhibition pavilion behind Independence Hall on January 1, 1976.
- liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
- liberty hall — a place or condition of complete liberty
- liberty loan — any of the five bond issues of the U.S. government floated in World War I.
- liberty pole — Also called liberty tree. American History. a pole or tree, often with a liberty cap or a banner at the top, usually located on a village green or in a market square, used by the Sons of Liberty in many colonial towns as a symbol of protest against British rule and around which anti-British rallies were held.
- liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
- libertyville — a town in NE Illinois.
- licentiously — In a licentious manner, rowdily, overwhelmed by passion and without control of appetites (especially sexual appetites).
- 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.
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- life tenancy — holding a tenancy until the holder dies
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- likely story — dubious account
- lily-livered — weak or lacking in courage; cowardly; pusillanimous.
- lily-trotter — jaçana.
- linked rhyme — a rhyme in which the end of one line together with the first sound of the next line forms a rhyme with the end of another line.
- liothyronine — A form of thyroid hormone used to treat hypothyroidism and myxedema coma.
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- little bitty — extremely small; tiny.
- little rhody — Rhode Island (used as a nickname).
- little-bitty — extremely small; tiny.
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- longwindedly — Alternative spelling of long-windedly.