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12-letter words containing l, i, m, e

  • biotelemetry — the monitoring of biological functions in humans or animals by means of a miniature transmitter that sends data to a distant point to be read by electronic instruments
  • bitter lemon — a non-alcoholic, fizzy drink with a lemon flavour
  • bitter melon — balsam pear.
  • black medick — a small European leguminous plant, Medicago lupulina, with trifoliate leaves, small yellow flowers, and black pods
  • blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
  • blimpishness — actions or behaviour akin to those of the fictional character of Colonel Blimp, or the quality of resembling this character
  • blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
  • bloemfontein — a city in central South Africa: capital of Free State province and judicial capital of the country. Pop: 111 698 (2001)
  • bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
  • blue jasmine — a southern U.S. shrubby vine, Clematis crispa, of the buttercup family, having solitary, bell-shaped, blue or bluish-purple to pink flowers and bearing fruit with silky appendages.
  • blue melilot — a European plant, Trigonella caerulea, of the legume family, having long-stalked clusters of blue and white flowers.
  • blue swimmer — an edible bluish Australian swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus
  • boilermaking — metal-working in heavy industry; plating or welding
  • bolshevikism — the doctrines, methods, or procedure of the Bolsheviks.
  • bomber pilot — the pilot of a bomber
  • bottom-liner — a person, as an executive, accountant, or stockholder, who puts the net profits of a business ahead of all other considerations.
  • bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
  • cadmium cell — a photocell with a cadmium electrode that is especially sensitive to ultraviolet radiation
  • call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
  • calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
  • calorimetric — the measurement of heat.
  • calumet city — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • camel's hair — the hair of the camel
  • camel's-hair — made of camel's hair.
  • cameralistic — of or relating to public finance.
  • camomile tea — a medicinal beverage made from the fragrant leaves and flowers of any of these plants
  • caper family — the plant family Capparidaceae (or Capparaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having alternate, simple, or palmate leaves, irregular flowers with four petals, and fruit in the form of elongated capsules or berries, including the caper and cleome.
  • caramelizing — Present participle of caramelize.
  • cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
  • caustic lime — lime1 (def 1).
  • central time — standard time or daylight saving time in the time zone which includes the central states of the U.S.
  • ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
  • cerium metal — any of a subgroup of rare-earth metals, of which the terbium and yttrium metals comprise the other two subgroups.
  • chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
  • child minder — a person who looks after children, esp those whose parents are working
  • child-minder — a baby-sitter.
  • chimerically — In a chimerical manner.
  • chloralamide — (chemistry) A compound of chloral and formic amide, used to induce sleep.
  • chlorimetric — of or relating to chlorimetry
  • chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
  • circumboreal — of or having to do with plants and animals inhabiting boreal regions of North America and Eurasia
  • circumcircle — a circle that transects the vertices of a polygon
  • circumflexed — (linguistics, of a written word) exhibiting circumflex accent.
  • circumflexes — Plural form of circumflex.
  • circumfluent — flowing around; surrounding; encompassing
  • circumfusile — able to be diffused or poured around
  • circumlocute — to speak in a circuitous way
  • circumvolute — To roll, curl or twist around.
  • circumvolved — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvolve.
  • citron melon — a kind of fruit with a hard white flesh, that grows on a variety of watermelon plant (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides): used only candied or preserved
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