12-letter words containing l, i, t, e, n, r
- poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
- powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
- pre-election — a choice or selection made beforehand.
- pre-planting — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- pre-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- precedential — of the nature of or constituting a precedent.
- predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
- preeminently — eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing: He is preeminent in his profession.
- preferential — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
- prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
- prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- preneolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
- preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- presentially — in a presential way
- presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- pretendingly — falsely
- preventively — Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- protectingly — in a protective manner
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
- purlin plate — (in a curb roof) a purlin at the top of a lower slope supporting the ends of the upper rafters at the curb.
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- quarterfinal — of or relating to the contest or round preceding the semifinal one.
- quasineutral — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- re-alignment — an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- reallocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- recalcitrant — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
- recentralize — to draw to or gather about a center.
- recollection — the act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected.
- recreational — of or relating to recreation: recreational facilities in the park.
- redelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- reenlistment — an act of reenlisting.
- reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
- regrettingly — to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment, etc.): He no sooner spoke than he regretted it.
- regulation t — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by brokers and dealers to customers for the purchase of securities on margin.
- regulation u — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by a bank for the purchase of listed securities.
- rehabilitant — a person who is undergoing rehabilitation, especially for a physical disability.
- reinstalment — a further or new instalment
- relationally — in a relational manner
- relationless — having no family relations
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.