12-letter words containing n, u, l, i
- antileukemic — acting against leukemia
- antinucleons — Plural form of antinucleon.
- antipetalous — standing before the petals of a plant
- antipleasure — opposed to pleasure
- antisepalous — facing the sepals or calyx leaf
- antitumoural — acting against or upon tumours
- appendicular — relating to an appendage or appendicle
- arabian gulf — an arm of the Arabian Sea, between SW Iran and Arabia. 600 miles (965 km) long.
- articulating — Present participle of articulate.
- articulation — Articulation is the action of producing a sound or word clearly, in speech or music.
- arts council — an organization that provides funding for a variety of arts activities
- ashurbanipal — died ?626 bc, king of Assyria (?668–?626): son of Esarhaddon. He built the magnificent palace and library at Nineveh
- assimulating — Present participle of assimulate.
- assimulation — Obsolete form of assimilation.
- assurbanipal — Ashurbanipal
- astoundingly — capable of overwhelming with amazement; stunningly surprising.
- auction sale — an instance of items being sold by auction
- auscultating — Present participle of auscultate.
- auscultation — the diagnostic technique in medicine of listening to the various internal sounds made by the body, usually with the aid of a stethoscope
- australasian — Australasian means belonging or relating to Australasia or to its people.
- autoanalysis — Psychoanalysis. self-analysis.
- automobiling — (dated) present participle of automobile.
- autumn olive — a spiny shrub (Elaeagnus umbellata) of the oleaster family, having leaves covered with silvery or brown scales
- avuncularity — the condition of being an uncle
- backsolution — The process or result of backsolving.
- ball turning — the turning of arms or legs on furniture to make them resemble a continuous row of balls.
- barranquilla — a port in N Colombia, on the Magdalena River. Pop: 1 918 000 (2005 est)
- base bullion — smelted lead containing impurities, as gold, silver, or zinc, that are later removed.
- bed moulding — a moulding in an entablature between the corona and the frieze
- begrudgingly — If you do something begrudgingly, you do it unwillingly.
- beleaguering — to surround with military forces.
- bell housing — A bell housing is a bell-shaped extension of an engine crankcase, that contains the flywheel and the clutch.
- benefit club — a club whose members enjoy certain benefits, such as reduced prices for travel or sporting events
- bifunctional — having two functions
- bilingualism — Bilingualism is the ability to speak two languages equally well.
- bilinguality — the ability to speak two languages fluently.
- bimillennium — a period of two thousand years
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- biting louse — any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga, such as the chicken louse: external parasites of birds and mammals with biting mouthparts
- blastulation — the process of blastula formation
- blind summit — a point on a road where a vehicle approaching the top of a hill or incline cannot see vehicles approaching up the other side of the hill
- blissfulness — full of, abounding in, enjoying, or conferring bliss.
- blockbusting — A blockbusting film or book is one that is very successful, usually because it is very exciting.
- bloodsucking — any animal that sucks blood, especially a leech.
- blue jasmine — a southern U.S. shrubby vine, Clematis crispa, of the buttercup family, having solitary, bell-shaped, blue or bluish-purple to pink flowers and bearing fruit with silky appendages.
- blue pointer — a large shark, Isuropsis mako, of Australian coastal waters, having a blue back and pointed snout
- blue springs — a town in W Missouri.
- blue stilton — a rich cheese made from whole milk, blue-veined and very strong in flavour
- blue whiting — a fish of the cod family, Micromesistius poutassou
- blue-singlet — working-class