13-letter words containing l, e, t, i, s
- isle of youth — Isle of, an island in the Caribbean, a special municipality in S Cuba. 1182 sq. mi. (3060 sq. km).
- ismaticalness — the quality of following isms or fashionable doctrines
- isoelectronic — noting or pertaining to atoms and ions having an equal number of electrons.
- isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
- isometrically — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- isoproterenol — a beta-adrenergic receptor agonist, C 11 H 17 NO 3 , used as a bronchodilator.
- it looks like — it seems that there will be
- italian aster — a composite plant, Aster amellus, of Eurasia, having clustered, purple flower heads.
- jail sentence — a term of imprisonment imposed by a court
- joseph lister — Joseph, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis [lahym ree-jis] /laɪm ˈri dʒɪs/ (Show IPA), 1827–1912, English surgeon: founder of modern antiseptic surgery.
- joseph stalin — Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
- kapellmeister — a choirmaster.
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- kettle stitch — (in handsewing) a knot tied in the thread that links one section to the next.
- kettle-stitch — a stitch used in hand-sewn books, at the head and tail, to hold sheets or sections together
- kin selection — a form of natural selection that favors altruistic behavior toward close relatives resulting in an increase in the altruistic individual's genetic contribution to the next generation.
- kinesiologist — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
- kiss-and-tell — revealing sth private for money
- kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
- lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
- ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
- lake district — a mountainous region in NW England containing many lakes: tourist center.
- laminectomies — Plural form of laminectomy.
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- landfill site — also landfill
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- landing stage — a floating platform used as a wharf.
- lantern slide — a slide or transparency for projection by a slide projector or magic lantern.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- laser pointer — a portable laser that emits monochromatic light over a long and narrow distance, used especially as a pointing device.
- laser printer — Computers. a high-speed printer that uses a laser to form dot-matrix patterns and an electrostatic process to fuse metallic particles to paper a page at a time: capable of producing a variety of character fonts, graphics, and other symbols.
- lateroversion — abnormal lateral displacement of a bodily organ or part, esp of the uterus
- law stationer — a stationer selling articles used by lawyers
- least bittern — any of several tawny brown herons that inhabit reedy marshes, as Botaurus lentiginosus (American bittern) of North America, and B. stellaris, of Europe.
- lectisternium — (in ancient Rome) a religious rite in which the images of the gods were placed upon couches around a table, upon which was set a feast
- legislatively — By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
- legislatorial — of or relating to a legislator, legislature, or legislation; legislative.
- leiomyomatous — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- lepidopterist — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
- leptokurtosis — the state of being leptokurtic.
- leptomeninges — The inner two meninges, the arachnoid and the pia mater, between which circulates the cerebrospinal fluid.
- leptospirosis — an infectious disease of humans and of horses, dogs, swine, and other animals, caused by the spirochete Leptospira interrogans and characterized by fever, muscle pain, and jaundice, and in severe cases involving the liver and kidney.
- let sth slide — If you let something slide, you allow it to get into a worse state or condition by not attending to it.
- let's face it — You use the expression 'let's face it' when you are stating a fact or making a comment about something which you think the person you are talking to may find unpleasant or be unwilling to admit.
- letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
- libel tourism — the act of suing a writer for alleged defamation in a foreign jurisdiction where there are weak libel laws.
- libel tourist — someone who engages in libel tourism.