12-letter words containing o, n, l, i, e, a
- antinucleons — Plural form of antinucleon.
- antipetalous — standing before the petals of a plant
- antireligion — opposed to religion
- antisepalous — facing the sepals or calyx leaf
- antisociable — Antisocial.
- antiviolence — opposed to or acting against violence in society
- anton sailer — Anton [ahn-tohn] /ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), ("Toni") 1935–2009, Austrian skier.
- apicomplexan — Describing protists of the phylum Apicomplexa.
- appellations — Plural form of appellation.
- ariel sharon — Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- aristotelian — of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy
- astonishable — (obsolete) Astonishing.
- auction sale — an instance of items being sold by auction
- autumn olive — a spiny shrub (Elaeagnus umbellata) of the oleaster family, having leaves covered with silvery or brown scales
- bacon-slicer — a machine for cutting bacon into slices
- balletomania — passionate enthusiasm for ballet
- balloon tire — a wide, deep-walled pneumatic tire with relatively low air pressure to lessen the shock of bumps
- balloon vine — a tropical tendril-climbing sapindaceous plant, Cardiospermum halicacabum, cultivated for its ornamental balloon-like seed capsules
- banderillero — a bullfighter's assistant who sticks banderillas into the bull
- base bullion — smelted lead containing impurities, as gold, silver, or zinc, that are later removed.
- beacon light — a light signal for shipping
- beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
- bead molding — bead (def 12).
- bed of nails — a situation or position of extreme difficulty
- bingo caller — the person who shouts out the numbers to bingo players
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- bipropellant — a rocket propellant consisting of two substances, usually a fuel and an oxidizer
- black heroin — a very potent and addictive form of heroin that is dark-colored.
- bletheration — nonsense!
- bloodstained — Someone or something that is bloodstained is covered with blood.
- bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
- boating lake — a lake in a park where rowing boats can be hired
- boilermaking — metal-working in heavy industry; plating or welding
- boolean ring — a nonempty collection of sets having the properties that the union of two sets of the collection is a set in the collection and that the relative complement of each set with respect to any other set is in the collection.
- botticellian — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
- bougainville — an island in the W Pacific, in Papua New Guinea: the largest of the Solomon Islands: unilaterally declared independence in 1990; occupied by government troops in 1992, and granted autonomy in 2001. Chief town: Kieta. Area: 10 049 sq km (3880 sq miles)
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
- call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
- cancellation — the fact or an instance of cancelling
- canonicalise — (transitive, computing, UK) Alternative form of canonicalize.
- canonicalize — (transitive, computing) To convert (data) into canonical form.
- canton linen — a fabric made from tough vegetable fibers, used for table linens, wall coverings, etc.
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- carillonneur — a person who plays a carillon
- castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- centroclinal — of, relating to, or designating a rock formation in which the strata slope down and in towards a central point or area
- centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.