12-letter words containing i, n, l, y
- artillerymen — Plural form of artilleryman.
- astoundingly — capable of overwhelming with amazement; stunningly surprising.
- astringently — In the manner of an astringent.
- attractingly — in a manner that attracts
- autoanalysis — Psychoanalysis. self-analysis.
- avuncularity — the condition of being an uncle
- bank holiday — A bank holiday is a public holiday.
- begrudgingly — If you do something begrudgingly, you do it unwillingly.
- belaying pin — a cylindrical, sometimes tapered pin, usually of metal or wood, that fits into a hole in a pin or fife rail: used for belaying
- belligerency — the state of being at war
- belly-aching — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- beneficially — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
- beseechingly — to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once.
- bilinguality — the ability to speak two languages fluently.
- binary color — secondary color.
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- biocoenology — the branch of ecology concerned with the relationships and interactions between the members of a natural community
- biparentally — from a biparental point of view
- blisteringly — causing a blister or blisters.
- blood typing — the classification of human blood cells to determine compatible blood types as for transfusion or organ transplant
- body english — a follow-through motion of the body, as after bowling a ball, in a semi-involuntary or joking effort to control the ball's movement
- bodybuilding — Bodybuilding is the activity of doing special exercises regularly in order to make your muscles grow bigger.
- bunny boiler — a person, esp a woman, who is considered to be emotionally unstable and likely to be dangerously vengeful
- bye-election — a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- cable-laying — involved in or connected to the activity of laying cables
- caliginosity — darkness
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- calumniously — in a calumnious manner
- calvin cycle — a series of reactions, occurring during photosynthesis, in which glucose is synthesized from carbon dioxide
- cantillatory — involving chanting or incantation
- carolina bay — any of the shallow, usually marshy, oval depressions found in the coastal plains of the eastern U.S. that are heavily forested and have rich soil.
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- cationically — in a cationic manner
- censoriously — In a censorious manner.
- centennially — As part of a centennial.
- central city — the principal municipality of a metropolitan area, surrounded by suburbs and smaller towns; esp., the crowded, industrial, often blighted area
- ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- chained lady — the constellation Andromeda.
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- chlorohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a hydroxyl group and a chlorine atom
- cholinolytic — capable of blocking the action of acetylcholine and related compounds.
- chylomicrons — Plural form of chylomicron.
- city council — a municipal body having legislative and administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and appropriating funds.
- clairvoyance — the alleged power of perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
- clairvoyancy — the faculty of clairvoyance
- clairvoyants — Plural form of clairvoyant.
- clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
- clay mineral — any of a group of minerals consisting of hydrated aluminium silicates: the major constituents of clays
- cleanability — the ability to be cleaned