12-letter words containing n, i, t, r, l
- antigropelos — waterproof leggings used to protect against mud
- antiliterate — opposed to literacy, acting against literacy
- antimalarial — effective in the treatment of malaria
- antimaterial — Lb particle physics Composed of antimatter.
- antimilitary — opposed to the military
- antiparallel — parallel but pointing in the opposite direction
- antiparticle — any of a group of elementary particles that have the same mass and spin as their corresponding particle but have opposite values for all other nonzero quantum numbers. When a particle collides with its antiparticle, mutual annihilation occurs
- antipleasure — opposed to pleasure
- antirational — opposed to rationalism
- antireligion — opposed to religion
- antiroll bar — a horizontal bar in the suspension system of some automotive vehicles, that stabilizes the body of the vehicle and thereby reduces sway, esp. during turns
- antiroyalism — Opposition to royals or royalism.
- antiroyalist — opposed to the monarchy
- antitumoural — acting against or upon tumours
- anton sailer — Anton [ahn-tohn] /ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), ("Toni") 1935–2009, Austrian skier.
- apparitional — of or relating to an apparition or apparitions; ghostly, spectral
- aristotelian — of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy
- articulating — Present participle of articulate.
- articulation — Articulation is the action of producing a sound or word clearly, in speech or music.
- artilleryman — a serviceman who serves in an artillery unit
- artillerymen — Plural form of artilleryman.
- arts council — an organization that provides funding for a variety of arts activities
- aspirational — If you describe someone as aspirational, you mean that they have strong hopes of moving to a higher social status.
- astringently — In the manner of an astringent.
- astronomical — If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large indeed.
- at intervals — If something happens at intervals, it happens several times with gaps or pauses in between.
- atrabilarian — Characterized by melancholy or glum; atrabilarious; atrabilious.
- attractingly — in a manner that attracts
- australasian — Australasian means belonging or relating to Australasia or to its people.
- avuncularity — the condition of being an uncle
- ball turning — the turning of arms or legs on furniture to make them resemble a continuous row of balls.
- balloon tire — a wide, deep-walled pneumatic tire with relatively low air pressure to lessen the shock of bumps
- belligerents — warlike; given to waging war.
- bengal tiger — a large tiger found in S. Asia
- benzonitrile — a clear, colorless, viscous, poisonous liquid, C 7 H 5 N, used chiefly as an intermediate in organic synthesis.
- bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- biparentally — from a biparental point of view
- bipropellant — a rocket propellant consisting of two substances, usually a fuel and an oxidizer
- bitter lemon — a non-alcoholic, fizzy drink with a lemon flavour
- bitter melon — balsam pear.
- blazing star — a North American liliaceous plant, Chamaelirium luteum, with a long spike of small white flowers
- bletheration — nonsense!
- blisteringly — causing a blister or blisters.
- blue pointer — a large shark, Isuropsis mako, of Australian coastal waters, having a blue back and pointed snout
- blueprinting — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- bogon filter — /boh'gon fil'tr/ Any device, software or hardware, that limits or suppresses the flow and/or emission of bogons. "Engineering hacked a bogon filter between the Cray and the VAXen, and now we're getting fewer dropped packets." See also bogosity.
- born-digital — relating to or noting documents, images, etc., that are created and managed in electronic form: electronic preservation of born-digital content; a born-digital e-book that will not be available in print.
- bottom-liner — a person, as an executive, accountant, or stockholder, who puts the net profits of a business ahead of all other considerations.
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.