12-letter words containing s, i, t, e, l
- irresistibly — not resistible; incapable of being resisted or withstood: an irresistible impulse.
- irresolutely — In an irresolute or wavering manner.
- irresolution — lack of resolution; lack of decision or purpose; vacillation.
- isapi filter — (web) A replaceable DLL which the server calls whenever there is an HTTP request. When the filter is first loaded, it communicates to the server what sort of notifications will be accepted. After that, whenever a selected event occurs, the filter is called to process the event. Example applications of ISAPI filters include custom authentication schemes, compression, encryption, logging, traffic analysis or other request analyses.
- ischiorectal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and the ischial tuberosity.
- isobilateral — (esp of a leaf) capable of being divided into symmetrical halves along two different planes
- isolated set — Mathematics. a set containing none of its accumulation points, consisting, therefore, of only isolated points.
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- isotopologue — (chemistry) any of a group of compounds only differing in their isotopic composition; for example water and heavy water.
- jettisonable — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- just quietly — between you and me; confidentially
- juste milieu — a point between two extremes; the golden mean.
- juste-milieu — a point between two extremes; the golden mean.
- kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- knightliness — Knightly behaviour; chivalry.
- laboratories — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
- lake station — a town in NW Indiana.
- lamentations — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- laminotomies — Plural form of laminotomy.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- lateral lisp — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- latin square — a square array of numbers, letters, etc., in which each item appears exactly once in each row and column: used in statistical analysis.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- laxativeness — the condition or quality of being laxative
- lay siege to — attack
- lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- ledger strip — a piece attached to the face of a beam at the bottom as a support for the ends of joists.
- left-justify — If printed text is left-justified, each line begins at the same distance from the left-hand edge of the page or column.
- legalisation — Alternative spelling of legalization.
- legislations — the act of making or enacting laws.
- legislatures — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- legitimising — Present participle of legitimise.
- legitimistic — inclined towards, or relating to, the opinions of legitimists
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- leisure suit — a man's casual suit, consisting of trousers and a matching jacket styled like a shirt, often made in pastel colors.
- leisure time — free time
- lenticularis — (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains. Associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.
- lentiviruses — Plural form of lentivirus.
- leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
- leucocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.