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11-letter words containing l, i, t, e, o

  • styliferous — having a style (part of the female organ of a plant)
  • superpolite — extremely polite
  • tail covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's tail feathers.
  • tailor-made — tailored.
  • tailor-make — to make or adjust to meet the needs of the particular situation, individual, object, etc.: to tailor-make a tour.
  • tautologize — to use tautology.
  • taylorville — a town in central Illinois.
  • technicolor — (often lowercase) flamboyant or lurid, as in color, meaning, or detail.
  • technologic — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • technophile — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
  • teetotaling — of or relating to, advocating, or pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
  • teetotalism — the principle or practice of total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
  • teleologist — the doctrine that final causes exist.
  • telephoning — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
  • telephonist — a telephone switchboard operator.
  • telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
  • telescopist — someone who is adept with a telescope
  • telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
  • telesterion — (in ancient Greece) a building in which religious mysteries were celebrated.
  • teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
  • telling-off — If you give someone a telling-off, you tell them that you are very angry with them about something they have done.
  • telocentric — of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is positioned at its end, creating one chromosome arm. Compare acentric (def 2), acrocentric, metacentric (def 2).
  • telodynamic — pertaining to the transmission of mechanical power over considerable distances, as by means of endless cables on pulleys.
  • tempolabile — changing irregularly with time
  • temporality — temporal character or nature; temporariness.
  • temporalize — to make temporal in time; place in time.
  • temporarily — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
  • tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
  • tense logic — the study of the logical properties of tense operators, and of the logical relations between sentences having tense, by means of consideration of appropriate formal systems
  • tensionally — in a tensional manner
  • tensionless — the act of stretching or straining.
  • term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
  • terminology — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
  • terricolous — living on or in the ground.
  • territorial — of or relating to territory or land.
  • testimonial — a written declaration certifying to a person's character, conduct, or qualifications, or to the value, excellence, etc., of a thing; a letter or written statement of recommendation.
  • tetraploidy — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
  • tetrazolium — a derivative of an acidic chemical compound
  • thalidomide — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 13 H 10 N 2 O 4 , formerly used as a sedative: if taken during pregnancy, it may cause severe abnormalities in the limbs of the fetus.
  • the capitol — the main building of the US Congress
  • the council — the local governing authority of a town, county, etc
  • the dolphin — the constellation Delphinus
  • the like of — any person or thing like
  • theogonical — of or relating to theogony
  • theological — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
  • theoretical — given to, forming, or dealing with theories; speculative.
  • theriolatry — the worship of theriomorphic deities or deities that are a combination of human and animal forms
  • thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
  • thermolysis — Physiology. the dispersion of heat from the body.
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