12-letter words containing l, o, s, t, i
- isotonically — In an isotonic way.
- isotopically — With regard to isotopes.
- isotopologue — (chemistry) any of a group of compounds only differing in their isotopic composition; for example water and heavy water.
- jettisonable — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- jurisconsult — Roman and Civil Law. a person authorized to give legal advice.
- kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
- laboratories — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lake station — a town in NW Indiana.
- lamentations — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- laminotomies — Plural form of laminotomy.
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- latin school — a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.
- latitudinous — having latitude, scope, range, breadth, etc., especially of ideas, interests, interpretations, or the like: a Renaissance man of latitudinous outlook.
- lay siege to — attack
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- legalisation — Alternative spelling of legalization.
- legislations — the act of making or enacting laws.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
- leucocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- lex talionis — the principle or law of retaliation that a punishment inflicted should correspond in degree and kind to the offense of the wrongdoer, as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; retributive justice.
- lexicologist — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- libidinosity — lustfulness
- licentiously — In a licentious manner, rowdily, overwhelmed by passion and without control of appetites (especially sexual appetites).
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
- life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
- likely story — dubious account
- limacologist — a person who specialises in the study of slugs
- line of site — a straight line from the muzzle of an artillery gun to its target.
- linen closet — a closet in which sheets, towels, table linens, etc., are kept.
- lipoproteins — Plural form of lipoprotein.
- liquidations — Plural form of liquidation.
- liquor store — off-licence, shop selling alcohol
- lithogenesis — (geology) The formation of sedimentary rock.
- litholatrous — of or relating to the worship of stones
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
- lithophilous — (of animals and plants) inhabiting or growing in stony places
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
- lithotritise — to perform a lithotrity
- little foxes — a play (1939) by Lillian Hellman.