12-letter words containing t, i, o, u
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- latitudinous — having latitude, scope, range, breadth, etc., especially of ideas, interests, interpretations, or the like: a Renaissance man of latitudinous outlook.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- leontopodium — any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, esp L. alpinum
- leucocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- liberum veto — a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
- licentiously — In a licentious manner, rowdily, overwhelmed by passion and without control of appetites (especially sexual appetites).
- 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.
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- liquidations — Plural form of liquidation.
- liquor store — off-licence, shop selling alcohol
- litholatrous — of or relating to the worship of stones
- lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
- lithophilous — (of animals and plants) inhabiting or growing in stony places
- 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
- little hours — the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, and nones in the divine office
- liturgiology — liturgics.
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- lodging turn — a period of work or duty, esp among railway workers, which involves sleeping away from home
- logical unit — (networking) (LU) A primary component of SNA, an LU is a type of NAU that enables end users to communicate with each other and gain access to SNA network resources.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- longitudinal — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
- louis treize — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the early 17th century, characterized by a gradual transition from the free invention and composition of the renaissance to the classicism of the Louis Quatorze period.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- lugubriosity — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- luminosities — Plural form of luminosity.
- lumpectomies — Plural form of lumpectomy.
- luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- malnutrition — lack of proper nutrition; inadequate or unbalanced nutrition.
- man-mountain — a man who is very tall and heavily built
- manipulation — the act of manipulating.
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- manipulatory — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- masturbation — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matriculator — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- maturational — the act or process of maturating.
- meetinghouse — A Quaker place of worship.
- melliloquent — Speaking sweetly or harmoniously.