12-letter words containing l
- adhesiolysis — Lb surgery The cutting or removal of adhesion or scar tissue.
- adiponitrile — a colorless liquid, C 6 H 8 N 2 , used chiefly as an intermediate in the manufacture of nylon.
- adjectivally — as an adjective
- adjunctively — in an adjunctive manner
- adjustmental — relating to adjustment
- adminiculary — Adminicular.
- adminiculate — to attest or corroborate; to confirm or affirm as true
- admirability — the quality of being admirable
- admonitorily — in an admonitory manner
- adolescences — the transitional period between puberty and adulthood in human development, extending mainly over the teen years and terminating legally when the age of majority is reached; youth.
- adolescently — in an adolescent manner
- adolf hitler — Adolf [ad-olf,, ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Schicklgruber"der Führer") 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.
- adoptability — the quality or extent of being adoptable
- adorableness — very attractive or delightful; charming: What an adorable hat!
- adrenalizing — to stir to action; excite: The promise of victory adrenalized the team.
- adrianopolis — Edirne
- adularescent — (of minerals, such as moonstone) having or emitting a milky or bluish iridescence
- adulterating — Present participle of adulterate.
- adulteration — an adulterating or being adulterated
- adulteresses — Plural form of adulteress.
- adulterously — In a adulterous manner.
- advance poll — (in an election) a poll held prior to election day to permit voters who expect to be absent then to cast their ballots
- adventureful — an exciting or very unusual experience.
- adverbialize — to make (a word) into an adverb
- advertisable — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- advertorials — Plural form of advertorial.
- advisability — proper to be suggested or recommended; desirable or wise, as a course of action: Is it advisable for me to write to him?
- aelurophilia — ailurophilia.
- aelurophobia — ailurophobia.
- aeolian harp — a stringed instrument that produces a musical sound when a current of air or wind passes over the strings
- aeolian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from A to A.
- aeolian tone — the musical tone produced by the passage of a current of air over a stretched string, etc, as in an aeolian harp
- aerial input — a socket for an aerial
- aeroelastics — the study of aeroelastic phenomena.
- aeroembolism — an embolism of air bubbles often caused by surgery, induced abortion, or decompression sickness
- aeronautical — Aeronautical means involving or relating to the design and construction of aeroplanes.
- aeroplankton — the tiny plants, animals, and bacteria living and floating in the air
- aerosol bomb — a metal receptacle, containing an inert gas under pressure, that sprays an insecticide, disinfectant, or the like when the gas is released by opening a valve.
- aethelred ii — ("Ethelred the Unready") a.d. 968?–1016, king of England 978–1013, 1014–1016.
- aetiological — of or relating to aetiology
- affiliations — Plural form of affiliation.
- afflictively — in a distressing, troublesome, or afflictive manner
- afforestable — having the capacity to be turned into forest
- affrightedly — in a frightened or alarmed manner
- affrontingly — in an affronting manner
- african lily — an African plant (Agapanthus africanus) of the lily family with blue or white, funnel-shaped flowers
- after-school — After-school activities are those that are organized for children in the afternoon or evening after they have finished school.
- agalmatolite — a soft, greenish, greyish or yellowish mineral, thought to be a variety of pinite, known particularly for its use by the Chinese for carving
- agave family — the plant family Agavaceae, characterized by herbaceous or woody plants having rhizomes, a basal cluster of toothed, sword-shaped leaves, and a tall, dense spike of flowers, including the agave, century plant, dracaena, sansevieria, sisal, and yucca.
- agesilaus ii — 444?–c360 b.c, king of Sparta c400–c360.