12-letter words containing l, s, e, r, i
- hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- hoovervilles — a collection of huts and shacks, as at the edge of a city, housing the unemployed during the 1930s.
- horribleness — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- horse pistol — a large pistol formerly carried by horsemen.
- horse trials — a competitive sporting event at which riders have to show their skill in dressage, show-jumping, and cross-country
- horse's tail — burro's tail.
- hostile fire — an unintentional fire, from which any resulting loss can be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to friendly fire).
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- huddersfield — a town in West Yorkshire, in N central England.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperalgesia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperrealism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hyperspatial — Pertaining to hyperspace.
- hysterically — of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- ice crystals — ice formations
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.
- il penseroso — a poem (1632) by John Milton.
- ill-assorted — badly matched; incompatible
- illiberalise — to render illiberal
- illiberalism — narrowminded; bigoted.
- illiteracies — Plural form of illiteracy.
- illusoriness — causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
- illustrative — serving to illustrate; explanatory: illustrative examples.
- immeasurable — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immeasurably — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- immobilizers — Plural form of immobilizer.
- immoralities — Plural form of immorality.
- immortalised — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- immortalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immortalize.
- imperialised — Simple past tense and past participle of imperialise.
- imperialists — Plural form of imperialist.
- imperishable — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- imperishably — In an imperishable manner.
- impersonally — In an impersonal manner.
- imperviously — In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
- implementers — Plural form of implementer.
- implementors — Plural form of implementor.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- impressional — a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, conscience, etc.
- impressively — having the ability to impress the mind; arousing admiration, awe, respect, etc.; moving; admirable: an impressive ceremony; an impressive appearance.
- imprisonable — capable of being imprisoned or incarcerated