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12-letter words containing i, n, t, o, a, l

  • splenization — the transformation of something into a spleenlike tissue
  • spongioblast — one of the primordial cells in the embryonic brain and spinal cord capable of developing into neuroglia.
  • spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
  • stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
  • storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
  • string along — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • strobilation — asexual reproduction by division into segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfishes
  • subjectional — the act of subjecting.
  • sublineation — an underlining
  • sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
  • supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
  • tail section — the back or rear section of an aeroplane
  • talking book — a phonograph record or tape recording of readings of a book, magazine, etc., made especially for use by the blind.
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • tectonically — of or relating to building or construction; constructive; architectural.
  • teetotalling — of or relating to, advocating, or pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
  • teleosaurian — of or relating to the teleosaur
  • telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
  • temptational — the act of tempting; enticement or allurement.
  • tenochtitlan — the capital of the Aztec empire: founded in 1325; destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; now the site of Mexico City.
  • tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
  • tessellation — the art or practice of tessellating.
  • tetrapolitan — of or related to a tetrapolis
  • teutonically — of or relating to the ancient Teutons.
  • the lothians — three historic counties of SE central Scotland (now council areas): East Lothian, West Lothian, and Midlothian (including Edinburgh)
  • thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
  • thessalonian — of or relating to Thessalonike or its inhabitants.
  • thessalonica — official name of Salonika.
  • thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
  • thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
  • tie-on label — a label that is fastened by tying on
  • timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
  • toilet-train — to train (a young child) to use a toilet for bowel and bladder movements.
  • tone dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein tones of differing pitch corresponding to the digits in the number called are electronically generated by manipulating pushbuttons (contrasted with pulse dialing).
  • tonic sol-fa — a system of singing characterized by emphasis upon tonality or key relationship, in which tones are indicated by the initial letters of the syllables of the sol-fa system rather than by conventional staff notation.
  • top and tail — method of washing a baby
  • totalitarian — of or relating to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life.
  • totalization — to make total; combine into a total.
  • transitional — movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
  • transponible — capable of being transposed.
  • triacontanol — a long-chain alcohol, CH 3 (CH 2) 28 CH 2 OH, occurring in plant waxes and beeswax, that is a plant growth regulator.
  • trillionaire — a person whose assets are worth over a trillion of the monetary units of his or her country
  • trinomialism — the trinomial system of naming
  • trinomialist — a person who advocates trinomialism
  • tripolitania — Also, Tripolitania [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; Italian tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] /ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə; Italian ˌtri pɔ liˈtɑ nyɑ/ (Show IPA). one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
  • trucial oman — a former name of United Arab Emirates.
  • trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
  • tumultuation — a tumultuous state or the act of creating a tumult
  • ultraviolent — characterized by or pertaining to extreme acts of violence
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