12-letter words containing s, i, t, e, l
- leukocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- levi strauss — David Friedrich [dah-veet free-drikh] /ˈdɑ vit ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1808–74, German theologian, philosopher, and author.
- levi-strauss — Claude, 1908–2009, French anthropologist and educator, born in Belgium: founder of structural anthropology.
- lex talionis — the principle or law of retaliation that a punishment inflicted should correspond in degree and kind to the offense of the wrongdoer, as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; retributive justice.
- lexicologist — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- liberal arts — humanities and social sciences
- liberalistic — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- liberalities — Plural form of liberality.
- libertarians — Plural form of libertarian.
- liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
- licentiously — In a licentious manner, rowdily, overwhelmed by passion and without control of appetites (especially sexual appetites).
- lichtenstein — Roy, 1923–97, U.S. painter and sculptor.
- lickspittles — Plural form of lickspittle.
- lie in state — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
- life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
- lifestreamer — a person who provides an online record of his or her life, either by means of live video footage or via an online collection of social network updates, blogs, and photos
- lightweights — Plural form of lightweight.
- likely story — dubious account
- limp-wristed — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. effeminate.
- line of site — a straight line from the muzzle of an artillery gun to its target.
- line segment — segment (def 2b).
- linen basket — a basket or container with a lid in which you put your dirty clothes before washing them
- linen closet — a closet in which sheets, towels, table linens, etc., are kept.
- lipoproteins — Plural form of lipoprotein.
- liquor store — off-licence, shop selling alcohol
- lisle thread — a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.
- list renting — the practice of renting a list of potential customers to a direct-mail seller of goods or to the fundraisers of a charity
- listenership — the people or number of people who listen to a radio station, record, type of music, etc.: The station has a listenership of 200,000.
- listlessness — having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake.
- literalistic — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- literariness — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
- literateness — the ability to read and write
- lithogenesis — (geology) The formation of sedimentary rock.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
- lithotritise — to perform a lithotrity
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- litterateurs — Plural form of litterateur.
- little falls — a township in NE New Jersey.
- little foxes — a play (1939) by Lillian Hellman.
- little horse — the constellation Equuleus.
- little hours — the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, and nones in the divine office
- little stint — a small, dark-legged wader which breeds in Europe and Asia and migrates to Africa in winter
- lobster tail — the flesh of the tail of any of various crustaceans, esp. the Cape crawfish, prepared as food, often by broiling in the shell
- logocentrism — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.