12-letter words containing s, t, e, r, i, l
- 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.
- ultraleftist — ultraleft.
- ultraprecise — extremely accurate
- ultrarealism — extreme or intense realism
- ultrarealist — a proponent of ultrarealism
- ultraserious — extremely serious
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- uniseriately — in a uniseriate manner
- universalist — a person characterized by universalism, as in knowledge, interests, or activities.
- universality — the character or state of being universal; existence or prevalence everywhere.
- unresistible — not able to be resisted or opposed
- unsterilized — not sterilized; that has not been made sterile
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- velcro strip — a strip or roll of Velcro, able to be cut to the required length
- vers-librist — a person who writes free verse.
- verticalness — the quality or state of being vertical; uprightness
- vesicularity — the quality or state of being vesicular
- vespertilian — of, relating to, or resembling a bat
- vinylstyrene — divinylbenzene.
- volunteerism — voluntarism (def 2).
- water pistol — a toy gun that shoots a stream of liquid.
- water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- welsh rabbit — a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
- westerliness — Westerly position.
- wethersfield — a town in central Connecticut.
- wheelwrights — Plural form of wheelwright.
- wherewithals — Plural form of wherewithal.
- whippletrees — Plural form of whippletree.
- white slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- white-slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- whole sister — a sister whose parents are the same as one's own.
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
- windlestraws — Plural form of windlestraw.
- winter blues — a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness associated with experiencing the cold and darkness of winter
- yield stress — the stress level at which a metal or other material ceases to behave elastically. The stress divided by the strain is no longer constant. The point at which this occurs is known as the yield point