12-letter words containing s, i, t, e, l
- the classics — a body of literature regarded as great or lasting, esp that of ancient Greece or Rome
- the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
- the flickers — the cinema
- the likes of — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- the lothians — three historic counties of SE central Scotland (now council areas): East Lothian, West Lothian, and Midlothian (including Edinburgh)
- the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- the psalmist — King David, to whom all or certain of the Psalms are variously attributed
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- the sniffles — a cold in the head
- the solimões — the Brazilian name for the Amazon from the Peruvian border to the Rio Negro
- the whirlies — illness induced by excessive use of alcohol or drugs
- themistocles — 527?–460? b.c, Athenian statesman.
- therein lies — When you say therein lies a situation or problem, you mean that an existing situation has caused that situation or problem.
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- thessalonian — of or relating to Thessalonike or its inhabitants.
- thessalonica — official name of Salonika.
- thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
- thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
- thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
- thistle tube — a glass funnel consisting of a long narrow tube with a thistle-shaped head.
- time capsule — a receptacle containing documents or objects typical of the current period, placed in the earth or in a cornerstone for discovery in the future.
- time-release — timed-release.
- to the gills — the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- tooth chisel — a stonecutter's chisel having a toothed edge.
- torremolinos — a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean, SW of Málaga: resort.
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
- transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
- transilience — leaping or passing from one thing or state to another.
- transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- transleithan — beyond the river Leitha, which once formed part of the boundary between Austria and Hungary
- transpirable — to occur; happen; take place.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tribespeople — members of a tribe; people living a tribal lifestyle
- tricephalous — with three heads
- triple-space — to type (copy) so as to leave two full spaces between lines
- triticalness — a trite quality or character
- trivialities — something trivial; a trivial matter, affair, remark, etc.: cocktail conversation marked by trivialities.
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- trouser clip — a clip that is worn around the bottom of a trouser leg to stop the material getting caught in the chain of a bicycle
- tuberculosis — an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and characterized by tubercles.
- tubuliferous — bearing or made up of tubules.
- two sicilies — Two Sicilies.
- typicalities — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- ultraleftist — ultraleft.
- ultraprecise — extremely accurate
- ultrarealism — extreme or intense realism
- ultrarealist — a proponent of ultrarealism