12-letter words containing l, i, s, t, e
- antisepalous — facing the sepals or calyx leaf
- antisociable — Antisocial.
- anton sailer — Anton [ahn-tohn] /ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), ("Toni") 1935–2009, Austrian skier.
- apostle bird — a gregarious grey-and-brown Australian nest-building bird, Struthidea cinerea
- appellations — Plural form of appellation.
- appellatives — Plural form of appellative.
- appetisingly — Alternative spelling of appetizingly.
- applied arts — arts that are put to practical use
- archeologist — archaeology.
- aristotelian — of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy
- artillerists — Plural form of artillerist.
- assaultively — in an assaultive manner
- assemblagist — a creative person or artist who is skilled in putting together works of art based on assemblage
- assimilative — of or causing assimilation; assimilating
- assumptively — taken for granted.
- asteriskless — having no asterisk
- astonishable — (obsolete) Astonishing.
- astringently — In the manner of an astringent.
- asymmetrical — Something that is asymmetrical has two sides or halves that are different in shape, size, or style.
- at all times — all the time, constantly
- at intervals — If something happens at intervals, it happens several times with gaps or pauses in between.
- atactostelic — Of or possessing an atactostele.
- auction sale — an instance of items being sold by auction
- autodiallers — Plural form of autodialler.
- autoeciously — in an autoecious manner
- b-s particle — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.
- balinese cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, a plumed tail, blue eyes, large ears, and a dark mask, tail, and paws
- ballast line — the level to which a vessel is immersed when in ballast.
- ballet skirt — a full skirt, often made with several layers of fabric, typical of those worn by ballet dancers
- ballet suite — music written for a ballet but suitable or arranged for performance in an orchestral concert.
- barristerial — pertaining to a barrister
- bartlesville — a city in NE Oklahoma.
- basse-taille — of or relating to an enameling technique in which transparent enamels are fused over a background carved in low relief, or to a piece, as of jewelry, so enameled.
- bastard file — a file of the commercial grade of coarseness between coarse and second-cut.
- bastille day — (in France) an annual holiday on July 14, commemorating the fall of the Bastille
- battlefields — Plural form of battlefield.
- beamsplitter — Alternative spelling of beam splitter.
- beautifulest — (dated) Most beautiful; more beautiful than anyone or anything else.
- belligerents — warlike; given to waging war.
- below stairs — People sometimes use below stairs to refer to the servants in a rich household and the things that are connected with them.
- best-selling — A best-selling product such as a book is very popular and a large quantity of it has been sold.
- betting slip — a piece of paper used to place a bet
- bibliopegist — a bookbinder
- bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
- bilateralism — the practice of being bilateral
- billingsgate — the largest fish market in London, on the N bank of the River Thames; moved to new site at Canary Wharf in 1982 and the former building converted into offices
- bindle stiff — a hobo.
- biosatellite — an artificial satellite for carrying living organisms
- biting louse — any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga, such as the chicken louse: external parasites of birds and mammals with biting mouthparts
- bitter aloes — a bitter purgative drug made from the leaves of several species of aloe