13-letter words containing li
- apocryphalist — A member of the group who supported the inclusion of the Apocrypha in the Bible.
- apoliticality — the quality of being apolitical
- apostolic age — the earliest period of Christianity, lasting through the death of the last apostle.
- apostolic see — the see of the pope regarded as the successor to Saint Peter
- apostolically — In an apostolic way.
- appealability — an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
- appealingness — the quality of being appealing
- applicability — applying or capable of being applied; relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.
- applicational — Of or pertaining to an application.
- applicatively — In an applicative manner.
- arcus senilis — an opaque circle around the cornea of the eye, often seen in elderly people
- argilliferous — containing or yielding clay
- arm wrestling — a contest in which two people sit facing each other each with one elbow resting on a table, clasp hands, and each tries to force the other's arm flat onto the table while keeping his own elbow touching the table
- arterializing — Present participle of arterialize.
- artificiality — artificial quality.
- artificialize — to render artificial
- ascoli piceno — a town in E central Italy, in the Marches: capital of the Roman province of Picenum; site of the massacre of all its Roman citizens in the Social War in 90 bc. Pop: 51 375 (2001)
- assembly line — An assembly line is an arrangement of workers and machines in a factory, where each worker deals with only one part of a product. The product passes from one worker to another until it is finished.
- assertability — The quality of being assertable.
- assessability — The quality of being assessable.
- assignability — The quality of being assignable.
- associability — the condition of or the capacity to be associable or linked or related in thinking
- atamasco lily — any of a genus (Zephyranthes) of bulbous plants of the lily family, with hollow stems, grassy leaves, and funnel-shaped flowers of yellow, pink, red, or purple-tinged white
- attachability — The quality of being attachable.
- attainability — capable of being attained.
- atypicalities — not typical; not conforming to the type; irregular; abnormal: atypical behavior; a flower atypical of the species.
- aubervilliers — an industrial suburb of Paris, on the Seine. Pop: 63 136 (1999)
- audio-lingual — pertaining to listening comprehension and speaking, especially in learning a foreign language.
- aulic council — a council, founded in 1498, of the Holy Roman Emperor. It functioned mainly as a judicial body
- australia day — a public holiday in Australia, commemorating the landing of the British in 1788: observed on January 26
- australianism — the Australian national character or spirit
- australianize — (esp of a new immigrant) to adopt or cause to adopt Australian habits and attitudes; integrate into Australian society
- automatonlike — Like an automaton; robotic.
- autostability — the property of being stable either as a result of inherent characteristics or of built-in devices
- back clipping — a word formed by omitting the last part of the form from which it is derived.
- back-up light — a light on the rear of a motor vehicle to warn others that the vehicle is being reversed
- backing light — Also called backing striplight, backing strip. Theater. a striplight providing diffused illumination for the background of a stage set.
- backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
- balanced line — a transmission line in which the oppositely directed components are symmetrical with respect to each other and to the ground.
- ball handling — the control of the ball, as in basketball or soccer, by skillful dribbling and accurate passing.
- ballistically — of or relating to ballistics.
- ballistospore — a spore, esp a fungal spore, that is forcefully ejected from its source
- bar billiards — a table game in pubs, etc, in which short cues are used to pocket balls into holes scoring various points and guarded by wooden pegs that incur penalties if they are knocked over
- baroclinicity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
- bartholinitis — Inflammation of Bartholin's cyst.
- basal ganglia — the thalamus together with other closely related masses of grey matter, situated near the base of the brain
- baseline cost — the projected cost for an undertaking at the time it is budgeted
- basic english — a simplified form of English, proposed by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards, containing a vocabulary of approximately 850 of the commonest English words, intended as an international language
- basso rilievo — bas-relief
- basso-relievo — bas-relief