12-letter words containing l, a, y, e, t
- fayetteville — a city in S North Carolina.
- federatively — from a federative point of view
- feet of clay — a weakness or hidden flaw in the character of a greatly admired or respected person: He was disillusioned to find that even Lincoln had feet of clay.
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- filial piety — (in Confucianism) the important virtue and primary duty of respect, obedience, and care for one's parents and elderly family members.
- flagellatory — relating to flagellation
- flat battery — power cell that has run down
- flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
- flatterously — in a flatterous manner
- fly the flag — to represent or show support for one's country, an organization, etc
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- fragmentally — fragmentary.
- fraternality — Brotherliness.
- fraudulently — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- frenetically — In a frenetic manner.
- frustratedly — In a frustrated manner.
- gallery tray — a tray usually of silver with a raised rim, used for serving drinks
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- generability — capable of being generated or produced.
- generatively — capable of producing or creating.
- geodetically — pertaining to geodesy.
- geothermally — By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy.
- get anyplace — to have any success
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- glycosylated — Simple past tense and past participle of glycosylate.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- gradeability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
- grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
- hadley chest — a style of chest made c1700 in Massachusetts or Connecticut, having front rails and panels carved in low relief with elaborate tulip and leaf patterns.
- haematolyses — Plural form of haematolysis.
- haematolysis — Haemolysis.
- haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
- haematoxylon — any thorny leguminous tree of the genus Haematoxylon, esp the logwood, of tropical America and SW Africa. The heartwood yields the dye haematoxylin
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
- headmasterly — In a manner befitting a headmaster.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heath family — the plant family Ericaceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous shrubs, trees, and woody plants growing in acid soil and having simple leaves, often showy flowers either solitary or in clusters, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the azalea, blueberry, cranberry, heather, madrone, mountain laurel, rhododendron, and trailing arbutus.
- heliotherapy — treatment of disease by means of sunlight.
- hemimetaboly — Hemimetabolism.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- hereditarily — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- heritability — capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- hermetically — so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.