12-letter words containing u, n, r, e, l
- interlingual — pertaining to or using two or more languages: an interlingual dictionary.
- interlobular — (anatomy) Between lobules.
- interlocular — having one or more locules.
- interlocuter — A person who participates in a conversation.
- interlocutor — a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue.
- internuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- internucleon — internuclear
- internuncial — serving to announce or connect.
- internuptial — Of, or related to intermarriage.
- interpleural — situated between the pleurae
- interpluvial — designating a drier period occurring between two periods of persistently heavy rainfall
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- intertextual — the interrelationship between texts, especially works of literature; the way that similar or related texts influence, reflect, or differ from each other: the intertextuality between two novels with the same setting.
- intertubular — Between tubes or tubules.
- intervillous — Between the villi.
- intranuclear — existing or taking place within a nucleus.
- invulnerable — incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
- invulnerably — In an invulnerable manner.
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- irresolution — lack of resolution; lack of decision or purpose; vacillation.
- jugular vein — vein that carries blood from head to heart
- julian bream — Julian (Alexander) born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist.
- jungle fever — a severe variety of malarial fever occurring in the East Indies and the tropics.
- junior clerk — a clerk of low rank
- junk jewelry — cheap costume jewelry.
- jus naturale — the rules and principles of law derived from the customs and legislation of Rome, as opposed to those derived from the customs of all nations (jus gentium) or from fundamental ideas of right and wrong implicit in the human mind (jus naturale)
- kindred soul — like-minded person
- king vulture — a large, black-and-white vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa, of Central and South America, having colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on its head and neck.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- lace-curtain — characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.
- lake lucerne — a lake in central Switzerland: fed and drained chiefly by the River Reuss. Area: 115 sq km (44 sq miles)
- lake turkana — a long narrow lake in E Africa, in the Great Rift Valley. Area: 7104 sq km (2743 sq miles)
- land measure — any system of measurement for measuring land.
- landlubberly — Like a landlubber.
- lane closure — the closing of a lane on a motorway
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- 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.
- launderettes — Plural form of launderette.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lawrenceburg — a town in S Tennessee.
- lean mixture — A lean mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing a relatively low proportion of fuel.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- lemon butter — a spread made of butter flavored with lemon
- 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.
- lenticularly — in a lenticular manner
- lentiviruses — Plural form of lentivirus.
- leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- lieutenantry — the post or commission of a lieutenant