12-letter words containing i, s, o, l, n
- assimilation — an assimilating or being assimilated
- assimulation — Obsolete form of assimilation.
- astonishable — (obsolete) Astonishing.
- astoundingly — capable of overwhelming with amazement; stunningly surprising.
- astronomical — If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large indeed.
- auction sale — an instance of items being sold by auction
- auscultation — the diagnostic technique in medicine of listening to the various internal sounds made by the body, usually with the aid of a stethoscope
- autoanalysis — Psychoanalysis. self-analysis.
- backsolution — The process or result of backsolving.
- bacon-slicer — a machine for cutting bacon into slices
- balloon sail — a large light bellying sail used in light winds
- base bullion — smelted lead containing impurities, as gold, silver, or zinc, that are later removed.
- beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
- bed of nails — a situation or position of extreme difficulty
- bell housing — A bell housing is a bell-shaped extension of an engine crankcase, that contains the flywheel and the clutch.
- biting louse — any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga, such as the chicken louse: external parasites of birds and mammals with biting mouthparts
- blastulation — the process of blastula formation
- blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
- block island — an island off the coast of and a part of Rhode Island, at the E entrance to Long Island Sound.
- block signal — a fixed railroad signal governing the movements of trains entering and using a given section of track.
- blockbusting — A blockbusting film or book is one that is very successful, usually because it is very exciting.
- blood spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- bloodstained — Someone or something that is bloodstained is covered with blood.
- bloodsucking — any animal that sucks blood, especially a leech.
- blossom into — the flower of a plant, especially of one producing an edible fruit.
- blue stilton — a rich cheese made from whole milk, blue-veined and very strong in flavour
- bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
- boardsailing — windsurfing
- 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
- bull session — A bull session is an informal conversation among a small group of people.
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
- calculations — Plural form of calculation.
- calibrations — Plural form of calibration.
- caliginosity — darkness
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- calumniously — in a calumnious manner
- canalisation — The conversion of a river or other waterway to a canal.
- canonicalise — (transitive, computing, UK) Alternative form of canonicalize.
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
- ceiling rose — decorative plaster centrepiece
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- censoriously — In a censorious manner.
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chisel point — a nail or spike with the point formed by two flat inclined sides meeting at a sharp angle.
- chlorospinel — a variety of spinel used as a gem, colored grass-green by the presence of copper.
- cholericness — The state or quality of being choleric.
- chronologies — Plural form of chronology.
- chronologise — Alternative spelling of chronologize.