11-letter words with L in the middle
Delve into the fascinating world of words where the letter L is nestled in the middle. This section highlights the unique placement of L in various words, illustrating how it contributes to their sound and meaning. From everyday language to more unusual terms, discover how L in the middle shapes the essence of these words.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example | 
|---|---|---|---|
| immediately | 19 | without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening | he answered immediately | 
| responsible | 15 | being the agent or cause | determined who was the responsible party | 
| comfortable | 20 | in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards | 
| complicated | 20 | difficult to analyze or understand | a complicated problem | 
| electricity | 18 | energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor | they built a car that runs on electricity | 
| intelligent | 12 | possessing sound knowledge | - | 
| explanation | 20 | a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. | the explanation was very simple | 
| possibility | 18 | a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena | - | 
| personality | 16 | a person of considerable prominence | she is a Hollywood personality | 
| practically | 20 | (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely | practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god | 
| development | 19 | processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible | the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours | 
| differently | 21 | in another and different manner | very soon you will know differently | 
| necessarily | 16 | in such a manner as could not be otherwise | it is necessarily so | 
| complaining | 18 | expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment | a complaining boss | 
| technically | 21 | with regard to technique | technically lagging behind the Japanese | 
| celebrating | 16 | - | - | 
| celebration | 15 | a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event | - | 
| alternative | 14 | serving or used in place of another | an alternative plan | 
| translation | 11 | a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language | - | 
| established | 17 | settled securely and unconditionally | - | 
| application | 17 | liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin | - | 
| fortunately | 17 | by good fortune | fortunately the weather was good | 
| scholarship | 21 | profound scholarly knowledge | - | 
| spectacular | 17 | sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect | a spectacular display of northern lights | 
| meaningless | 14 | having no meaning or direction or purpose | a meaningless endeavor | 
| importantly | 18 | in an important way or to an important degree | more importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his definition of the concrete event itself | 
| replacement | 17 | a person who follows next in order | - | 
| essentially | 14 | in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature | the argument was essentially a technical one | 
| beautifully | 19 | in a beautiful manner | her face was beautifully made up | 
| desperately | 17 | with great urgency | the soil desperately needed potash | 
| controlling | 14 | able to control or determine policy | a controlling interest in the firm | 
| humiliating | 17 | causing awareness of your shortcomings | - | 
| millionaire | 13 | a person whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars | - | 
| respectable | 17 | large in amount or extent or degree | a respectable sum | 
| challenging | 18 | requiring full use of your abilities or resources | performed the most challenging task without a mistake | 
| emotionally | 16 | in an emotional manner | at the funeral he spoke emotionally | 
| battlefield | 17 | a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought | they made a tour of Civil War battlefields | 
| compliments | 19 | (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare | - | 
| acknowledge | 22 | report the receipt of | The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper | 
| temporarily | 18 | for a limited time only; not permanently | he will work here temporarily | 
| butterflies | 16 | - | - | 
| philosopher | 21 | a specialist in philosophy | - | 
| humiliation | 16 | depriving one of self-esteem | - | 
| cheerleader | 17 | an enthusiastic and vocal supporter | he has become a cheerleader for therapeutic cloning | 
| undoubtedly | 18 | without doubt; certainly | it's undoubtedly very beautiful | 
| hospitality | 19 | kindness in welcoming guests or strangers | - | 
| involvement | 19 | a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | - | 
| politically | 18 | with regard to social relationships involving authority | politically correct clothing | 
| consolation | 13 | the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment | second place was no consolation to him | 
| permanently | 18 | for a long time without essential change | he is permanently disabled | 
| potentially | 16 | with a possibility of becoming actual | he is potentially dangerous | 
| preliminary | 18 | something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows | training is a necessary preliminary to employment | 
| declaration | 14 | a formal public statement | a declaration of independence | 
| troublesome | 15 | causing difficulty or annoyance | a troublesome infection | 
| circulation | 15 | free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant) | ocean circulation is an important part of global climate | 
| predictable | 18 | capable of being foretold | - | 
| credibility | 19 | the quality of being believable or trustworthy | - | 
| apologizing | 24 | - | - | 
| manipulated | 16 | - | - | 
| immortality | 18 | perpetual life after death | - | 
| everlasting | 15 | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | - | 
| foolishness | 17 | the trait of acting stupidly or rashly | - | 
| voluntarily | 17 | out of your own free will | he voluntarily submitted to the fingerprinting | 
| comfortably | 23 | in financial comfort | she has been able to live comfortably since her husband died | 
| agriculture | 14 | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | - | 
| fashionable | 19 | popular and considered appealing or fashionable at the time | - | 
| resemblance | 17 | similarity in appearance or external or superficial details | - | 
| genetically | 17 | by genetic mechanisms | genetically passed down talents | 
| effectively | 25 | in an effective manner | these are real problems that can be dealt with most effectively by rational discussion | 
| probability | 20 | a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible | the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5 | 
| financially | 19 | from a financial point of view | this was financially unattractive | 
| exclusively | 26 | without any others being included or involved | he works for Mr. Smith exclusively | 
| nonetheless | 14 | despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession) | - | 
| wonderfully | 21 | (used as an intensifier) extremely well | - | 
| accordingly | 20 | (sentence connectors) because of the reason given | continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor | 
| electronics | 15 | the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices | - | 
| philippines | 20 | an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands | - | 
| speculation | 15 | an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits | he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it | 
| bulletproof | 18 | without flaws or loopholes | a bulletproof argument | 
| billionaire | 13 | a very rich person whose material wealth is valued at more than a billion dollars | - | 
| convertible | 18 | a sofa that can be converted into a bed | - | 
| electrician | 15 | a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines | - | 
| exploration | 20 | to travel for the purpose of discovery | - | 
| formalities | 16 | a requirement of etiquette or custom | - | 
| unstoppable | 17 | not capable of being stopped | as unstoppable as the wind | 
| overlapping | 19 | covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles) | - | 
| chamberlain | 20 | British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940) | - | 
| specialized | 25 | developed or designed for a special activity or function | a specialized tool | 
| accountable | 17 | liable to account for one's actions | governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves | 
| enlightened | 16 | people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity | - | 
| nightingale | 16 | European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song | - | 
| publication | 17 | the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution | - | 
| ventilation | 14 | a mechanical system in a building that provides fresh air | she was continually adjusting the ventilation | 
| disciplined | 17 | obeying the rules | - | 
| thunderclap | 19 | a shocking surprise | - | 
| unavailable | 16 | not available or accessible or at hand | fresh milk was unavailable during the emergency | 
| elimination | 13 | the act of removing or getting rid of something | - | 
| credentials | 14 | a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | - | 
| malfunction | 18 | fail to function or function improperly | the coffee maker malfunctioned | 
| continually | 16 | seemingly without interruption | complained continually that there wasn't enough money | 
| problematic | 19 | making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | a problematic situation at home | 
| inseparable | 15 | not capable of being separated | inseparable pieces of rock | 
| calculating | 16 | acting with a specific goal | the most calculating and selfish men in the community | 
| calculation | 15 | the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods | - | 
| accelerator | 15 | (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected | - | 
| defenseless | 15 | having no protecting or concealing cover | - | 
| stimulation | 13 | mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | - | 
| unthinkable | 20 | incapable of being conceived or considered | - | 
| caterpillar | 15 | a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work | - | 
| contemplate | 17 | think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes | - | 
| nationality | 14 | people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation | immigrants of the same nationality often seek each other out | 
| untouchable | 18 | belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India | - | 
| dangerously | 16 | in a dangerous manner | he came dangerously close to falling off the ledge | 
| retaliation | 11 | action taken in return for an injury or offense | - | 
| stimulating | 14 | that stimulates | - | 
| adolescence | 16 | in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood | - | 
| bloodstream | 16 | the blood flowing through the circulatory system | - | 
| accumulated | 18 | periodically accumulated over time | - | 
| marketplace | 21 | an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up | - | 
| blindfolded | 19 | wearing a blindfold | - | 
| momentarily | 18 | at any moment | - | 
| installment | 13 | a part of a broadcast serial | - | 
| intolerable | 13 | incapable of being tolerated or endured | an intolerable degree of sentimentality | 
| thunderbolt | 17 | a shocking surprise | - | 
| calligraphy | 22 | beautiful handwriting | - | 
| unrealistic | 13 | not realistic | unrealistic expectations | 
| collaborate | 15 | work together on a common enterprise of project | - | 
| nationalist | 11 | devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others | nationalist aspirations | 
| accelerated | 16 | speeded up, as of an academic course | in an accelerated program in school | 
| selfishness | 17 | stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others | - | 
| overflowing | 21 | covered with water | an overflowing tub | 
| illustrious | 11 | widely known and esteemed | an illustrious judge | 
| flexibility | 26 | the quality of being adaptable or variable | he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement | 
| infiltrated | 15 | - | - | 
| candlelight | 18 | the light provided by a burning candle | - | 
| circulating | 16 | passing from one to another | circulating bills and coins | 
| willingness | 15 | cheerful compliance | he expressed his willingness to help | 
| spiritually | 16 | in a spiritual manner | the ninth century was the spiritually freest period | 
| implemented | 18 | forced or compelled or put in force | - | 
| sustainable | 13 | capable of being sustained | - | 
| tranquility | 23 | a state of peace and quiet | - | 
| imperialism | 17 | any instance of aggressive extension of authority | - | 
| archaeology | 20 | the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures | - | 
| brilliantly | 16 | with brightness | the stars shone brilliantly | 
| clandestine | 14 | conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | clandestine intelligence operations | 
| consciously | 18 | with awareness | she consciously played with the idea of inviting them | 
| equilibrium | 24 | a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head | - | 
| shoplifting | 20 | the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store | shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting | 
| deliverance | 17 | recovery or preservation from loss or danger | work is the deliverance of mankind | 
| susceptible | 17 | easily impressed emotionally | - | 
| cleanliness | 13 | diligence in keeping clean | - | 
| realization | 20 | something that is made real or concrete | the victory was the realization of a whole year's work | 
| presentable | 15 | fit to be seen | presentable clothes | 
| annihilated | 15 | destroyed completely | - | 
| pathologist | 17 | a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis | - | 
| involuntary | 17 | not subject to the control of the will | involuntary manslaughter | 
| marshmallow | 21 | spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar | - | 
| unfulfilled | 18 | of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities | unfulfilled and uneasy men | 
| townspeople | 18 | the people living in a municipality smaller than a city | - | 
| withholding | 22 | income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer | - | 
| ejaculation | 20 | an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion | - | 
| illustrated | 12 | - | - | 
| malpractice | 19 | a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct | he charged them with electoral malpractices | 
| unspeakable | 19 | too sacred to be uttered | - | 
| cauliflower | 19 | a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds | - | 
| fulfillment | 19 | the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc) | - | 
| mercilessly | 18 | without pity; in a merciless manner | he was mercilessly trounced by his opponent in the House | 
| prematurely | 18 | too soon; in a premature manner | I spoke prematurely | 
| illuminated | 14 | provided with artificial light | illuminated advertising | 
| knucklehead | 25 | a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | - | 
| overlooking | 19 | used of a height or viewpoint | the balcony overlooking the ballroom | 
| unavoidable | 17 | impossible to avoid or evade | an unavoidable accident | 
| blockbuster | 21 | an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel) | - | 
| altercation | 13 | noisy quarrel | - | 
| eliminating | 14 | - | - | 
| pleasurable | 15 | affording satisfaction or pleasure | full of happiness and pleasurable excitement | 
| thoughtless | 18 | without care or thought for others | the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; `Let them eat cake' | 
| fluorescent | 16 | a lighting fixture that uses a fluorescent lamp | - | 
| storyteller | 14 | someone who tells a story | - | 
| untraceable | 15 | incapable of being traced or tracked down | an untraceable source | 
| anonymously | 19 | without giving a name | she wrote these letters anonymously | 
| drastically | 17 | in a drastic manner | - | 
| neurologist | 12 | a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it | - | 
| regrettable | 14 | deserving regret | regrettable remarks | 
| instability | 16 | the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute | - | 
| unexplained | 21 | having the reason or cause not made clear | an unexplained error | 
| counselling | 14 | something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | - | 
| blackmailer | 21 | a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them | - | 
| exceedingly | 25 | to an extreme degree | - | 
| nationalism | 13 | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | British nationalism was in the air and patriotic sentiments ran high | 
| obliterated | 14 | reduced to nothingness | - | 
| punctuality | 18 | the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time | - | 
| wheelbarrow | 22 | a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels | - | 
| consolidate | 14 | bring together into a single whole or system | The town and county schools are being consolidated | 
| conflicting | 19 | in disagreement | - | 
| excessively | 26 | to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits | - | 
| regrettably | 17 | by bad luck | - | 
| unbreakable | 19 | impossible to break especially under ordinary usage | unbreakable plastic dinnerwear | 
| cannibalism | 17 | the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind | - | 
| clairvoyant | 19 | foreseeing the future | - | 
| conceivable | 20 | capable of being imagined | - | 
| efficiently | 22 | with efficiency; in an efficient manner | he functions efficiently | 
| familiarity | 19 | close or warm friendship | - | 
| psychedelic | 24 | having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states | a psychedelic painting | 
| shareholder | 18 | someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation | - | 
| unwittingly | 18 | without knowledge or intention | he unwittingly deleted the references | 
| alternating | 12 | occurring by turns; first one and then the other | alternating feelings of love and hate | 
| policewoman | 20 | a woman policeman | - | 
| imperialist | 15 | of or relating to imperialism | imperialistic wars | 
| unknowingly | 22 | without knowledge or intention | - | 
| bullfighter | 20 | someone who fights bulls | - | 
| exclamation | 22 | an exclamatory rhetorical device | - | 
| originality | 15 | the ability to think and act independently | - | 
| inclination | 13 | (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis) | - | 
| masculinity | 18 | the properties characteristic of the male sex | - | 
| implication | 17 | a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false | - | 
| culmination | 15 | a final climactic stage | their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development | 
| objectively | 28 | with objectivity | we must look at the facts objectively | 
| ultraviolet | 14 | radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays | - | 
| cataclysmic | 22 | severely destructive | cataclysmic nuclear war | 
| scaffolding | 21 | a system of scaffolds | - | 
| influencing | 17 | - | - | 
| defenceless | 17 | without defense | - | 
| electrified | 17 | - | - | 
| rattlesnake | 15 | pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken | - | 
| quarrelling | 21 | - | - | 
| reluctantly | 16 | with reluctance | - | 
| sensibility | 16 | (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation | - | 
| proletariat | 13 | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | - | 
| unanimously | 16 | of one mind; without dissent | the Senate unanimously approved the bill | 
| catholicism | 20 | the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church | - | 
| melancholic | 20 | characterized by or causing or expressing sadness | her melancholic smile | 
| shamelessly | 19 | without shame | - | 
| stabilizing | 23 | causing to become stable | the family is one of the great stabilizing elements in society | 
| irreparable | 15 | impossible to repair, rectify, or amend | irreparable harm | 
| terminology | 17 | a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline | legal terminology | 
| correlation | 13 | a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation) | what is the correlation between those two variables? | 
| abnormality | 18 | retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence | - | 
| flourishing | 18 | very lively and profitable | flourishing businesses | 
| commendable | 20 | in an admirable manner | - | 
| socializing | 23 | the act of meeting for social purposes | - | 
| superfluous | 16 | serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being | - | 
| unreachable | 18 | inaccessibly located or situated | an unreachable canyon | 
| apocalyptic | 22 | prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom | - | 
| commonplace | 21 | not challenging; dull and lacking excitement | - | 
| demolishing | 18 | complete destruction of a building | - | 
| dismantling | 15 | the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) | Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons | 
| enlargement | 14 | a discussion that provides additional information | - | 
| ratatouille | 11 | a vegetable stew; usually made with tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, peppers, onion, and seasonings | - | 
| inexcusable | 22 | not excusable | - | 
| intolerance | 13 | impatience with annoyances | his intolerance of interruptions | 
| universally | 17 | - | - | 
| apologising | 15 | - | - | 
| displeasure | 14 | the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something | - | 
| speculating | 16 | - | - | 
| disgruntled | 14 | in a state of sulky dissatisfaction | - | 
| foreclosure | 16 | the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default | - | 
| singularity | 15 | the quality of being one of a kind | that singularity distinguished him from all his companions | 
| hallucinate | 16 | perceive what is not there; have illusions | - | 
| unscheduled | 18 | not scheduled or not on a regular schedule | an unscheduled meeting | 
| bellybutton | 18 | a scar where the umbilical cord was attached | she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton | 
| blasphemous | 20 | grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred | blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath | 
| demolitions | 14 | - | - | 
| netherworld | 18 | (religion) the world of the dead | - | 
| sociologist | 14 | a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society | - | 
| highlighted | 23 | - | - | 
| archipelago | 19 | a group of many islands in a large body of water | - | 
| delinquency | 26 | an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor | - | 
| cultivating | 17 | - | - | 
| notoriously | 14 | - | - | 
| incessantly | 16 | without interruption | - | 
| uncivilized | 26 | without civilizing influences | fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient | 
| cultivation | 16 | a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | - | 
| specialised | 16 | developed or designed for a special activity or function | - | 
| innumerable | 15 | too numerous to be counted | innumerable difficulties | 
| materialism | 15 | a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters | - | 
| assemblyman | 20 | someone who is a member of a legislative assembly | - | 
| belligerent | 14 | characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight | a belligerent tone | 
| camouflaged | 20 | made invisible by means of protective coloring | - | 
| confidently | 20 | with confidence; in a confident manner | we have to do what is right confidently | 
| molestation | 13 | the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism | - | 
| neutralized | 21 | made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics | - | 
| poltergeist | 14 | a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder | - | 
| memorabilia | 17 | a record of things worth remembering | - | 
| sleepwalker | 20 | someone who walks about in their sleep | - | 
| inescapable | 17 | impossible to avoid or evade | inescapable conclusion | 
| materialize | 22 | come into being; become reality | Her dream really materialized | 
| celebratory | 18 | used for celebrating | - | 
| extensively | 24 | in a widespread way | oxidation ponds are extensively used for sewage treatment in the Midwest | 
| undesirable | 14 | not wanted | undesirable impurities in steel | 
| bloodsucker | 20 | carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end | - | 
| candlestick | 20 | a holder with sockets for candles | - | 
| religiously | 15 | with extreme conscientiousness | he came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock | 
| salesperson | 13 | a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited) | - | 
| benevolence | 18 | an act intending or showing kindness and good will | - | 
| colonoscopy | 20 | visual examination of the colon (with a colonoscope) from the cecum to the rectum; requires sedation | - | 
| disassemble | 16 | take apart into its constituent pieces | - | 
| foreseeable | 16 | capable of being anticipated | foreseeable costs were well within the budget | 
| multiplying | 19 | - | - | 
| huckleberry | 25 | any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries | - | 
| irrefutable | 16 | impossible to deny or disprove | an irrefutable argument | 
| affiliation | 17 | a social or business relationship | a valuable financial affiliation | 
| flirtatious | 14 | like a coquette | - | 
| frantically | 19 | in an uncontrolled manner | - | 
| planetarium | 15 | a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling | - | 
| methodology | 21 | the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline | - | 
| rationalize | 20 | weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | - | 
| holographic | 22 | written entirely in one's own hand | holographic document | 
| arbitrarily | 16 | in a random manner | - | 
| frightfully | 24 | used as intensifiers | - | 
| responsibly | 18 | in a responsible manner | we must act responsibly | 
| proletarian | 13 | a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) | - | 
| hostilities | 14 | fighting; acts of overt warfare | the outbreak of hostilities | 
| rectangular | 14 | having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles | a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system | 
| reliability | 16 | the quality of being dependable or reliable | - | 
| undisclosed | 15 | not made known | - | 
| colonialism | 15 | exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country | - | 
| combustible | 19 | a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power | - | 
| realisation | 11 | something that is made real or concrete | - | 
| speculative | 18 | showing curiosity | raised a speculative eyebrow | 
| incorrectly | 18 | in an incorrect manner | - | 
| indivisible | 17 | impossible of undergoing division | an indivisible union of states | 
| irrevocable | 18 | incapable of being retracted or revoked | firm and irrevocable is my doom | 
| kalashnikov | 25 | a type of submachine gun made in Russia | - | 
| manipulator | 15 | an agent that operates some apparatus or machine | - | 
| unsolicited | 14 | not requested or sought | unsolicited junk mail | 
| vicariously | 19 | indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute | she enjoyed the wedding vicariously | 
| polytechnic | 23 | a technical school offering instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciences | - | 
| replication | 15 | the act of making copies | - | 
| illustrator | 11 | an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.) | - | 
| submersible | 17 | a warship designed to operate under water | - | 
| unqualified | 24 | legally not qualified or sufficient | a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband | 
| triangulate | 12 | divide into triangles or give a triangular form to | triangulate the piece of cardboard | 
| articulated | 14 | consisting of segments held together by joints | - | 
| fluctuating | 17 | having unpredictable ups and downs | fluctuating prices | 
| rationality | 14 | the quality of being consistent with or based on logic | - | 
| smouldering | 15 | showing scarcely suppressed anger | - | 
| streetlight | 15 | a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street | - | 
| impregnable | 18 | immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with | an impregnable fortress | 
| immobilized | 27 | - | - | 
| tantalizing | 21 | arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach | a tantalizing taste of success | 
| telekinesis | 15 | the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force | - | 
| unrelenting | 12 | never-ceasing | - | 
| attentively | 17 | with attention; in an attentive manner | he listened attentively | 
| dislocation | 14 | the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue | the social dislocations resulting from government policies | 
| dissolution | 12 | the termination of a meeting | - | 
| fashionably | 22 | in a fashionable manner | his voice had no trace of the drawl that you would expect to find in a fashionably dressed young man | 
| permissible | 17 | that may be permitted especially as according to rule | permissible behavior in school | 
| perpetually | 18 | without interruption | - | 
| schoolhouse | 19 | a building where young people receive education | - | 
| stockholder | 21 | someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation | - | 
| impatiently | 18 | with impatience; in an impatient manner | he answered her impatiently | 
| justifiable | 23 | capable of being justified | - | 
| complainant | 17 | a person who brings an action in a court of law | - | 
| philanderer | 17 | a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them | - | 
| reestablish | 16 | bring back into original existence, use, function, or position | reestablish peace in the region | 
| rescheduled | 18 | - | - | 
| assimilated | 14 | - | - | 
| complacency | 24 | the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself | his complacency was absolutely disgusting | 
| enslavement | 16 | the state of being a slave | - | 
| explanatory | 23 | serving or intended to explain or make clear | explanatory notes | 
| regretfully | 18 | with regret (used in polite formulas) | I must regretfully decline your kind invitation | 
| infertility | 17 | the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate | - | 
| gentlemanly | 17 | befitting a man of good breeding | gentlemanly behavior | 
| unpublished | 19 | not published | unpublished letters and diaries | 
| translucent | 13 | allowing light to pass through diffusely | translucent amber | 
| dilapidated | 16 | in deplorable condition | - | 
| culminating | 16 | - | - | 
| criminology | 19 | the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement | - | 
| obsessively | 19 | in a compulsive manner | - | 
| pyroclastic | 20 | - | - | 
| resplendent | 14 | having great beauty and splendor | - | 
| ritualistic | 13 | of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism | a feudal or ritualistic society | 
| streamlined | 14 | designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow | a streamlined convertible | 
| principally | 20 | for the most part | - | 
| inoculation | 13 | taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease | - | 
| unwillingly | 18 | in an unwilling manner | he had sinned against her unwillingly | 
| compilation | 17 | the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list) | - | 
| demoralized | 24 | made less hopeful or enthusiastic | desperate demoralized people looking for work | 
| destabilize | 23 | become unstable | The economy destabilized rapidly | 
| eligibility | 17 | the quality or state of being eligible | eligibility of a candidate for office | 
| eventuality | 17 | a possible event or occurrence or result | - | 
| exquisitely | 30 | in a delicate manner | - | 
| fluctuation | 16 | the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes | he kept a record of price fluctuations | 
| crystalline | 16 | transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity | the cold crystalline water of melted snow | 
| moneylender | 17 | someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest | - | 
| meteorology | 17 | predicting what the weather will be | - | 
| hooliganism | 17 | willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others | - | 
| unfavorable | 19 | involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness | made an unfavorable impression | 
| certifiable | 18 | fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly) | - | 
| ectoplasmic | 19 | - | - | 
| electrocute | 15 | kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair | The serial killer was electrocuted | 
| facilitated | 17 | - | - | 
| preventable | 18 | capable of being prevented | conscious of preventable human suffering | 
| inscrutable | 15 | of an obscure nature | the inscrutable workings of Providence | 
| unregulated | 13 | without regulation or discipline | an unregulated environment | 
| forgettable | 17 | easily forgotten | - | 
| neutralised | 12 | made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics | - | 
| organically | 17 | involving carbon compounds | organically bound iodine | 
| socialistic | 15 | advocating or following the socialist principles | socialistic government | 
| honeysuckle | 23 | columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers | - | 
| illusionist | 11 | someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience | - | 
| mantelpiece | 17 | shelf that projects from wall above fireplace | - | 
| breastplate | 15 | armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass | - | 
| clothesline | 16 | a cord on which clothes are hung to dry | - | 
| conceivably | 23 | within the realm of possibility | the weather may conceivably change | 
| animalistic | 15 | of or pertaining to animalism | - | 
| entitlement | 13 | right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits) | entitlements make up the major part of the federal budget | 
| exploratory | 23 | serving in or intended for exploration or discovery | an exploratory operation | 
| exoskeleton | 22 | the exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs | - | 
| overzealous | 23 | marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea | - | 
| impulsively | 21 | in an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions | he often acts impulsively and later regrets it | 
| switchblade | 22 | a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button | - | 
| centralized | 23 | drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority | centralized control of emergency relief efforts | 
| familiarize | 25 | make familiar or conversant with | We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings | 
| ferociously | 19 | in a physically fierce manner | silence broken by dogs barking ferociously | 
| cunnilingus | 14 | oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris | - | 
| reclamation | 15 | rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course | the reclamation of delinquent children | 
| selectively | 19 | by selection; in a selective manner | we choose our students very selectively | 
| hospitalize | 25 | admit into a hospital | Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high | 
| irrevocably | 21 | in an irrevocable manner | - | 
| marvelously | 19 | (used as an intensifier) extremely well | - | 
| symbolizing | 28 | the act of representing something with a symbol | - | 
| vandalizing | 25 | - | - | 
| tranquilize | 29 | make calm or still | - | 
| ceaselessly | 16 | with unflagging resolve | dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste | 
| circulatory | 18 | of or relating to circulation | - | 
| equivalency | 28 | - | - | 
| criminality | 18 | the state of being a criminal | - | 
| necrophilia | 18 | an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies | - | 
| pollination | 13 | transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant | - | 
| metalworker | 20 | someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable) | - | 
| steamroller | 13 | bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure | The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat | 
| implausible | 17 | having a quality that provokes disbelief | gave the teacher an implausible excuse | 
| tantalising | 12 | arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach | - | 
| unspeakably | 22 | to an inexpressible degree | - | 
| visualizing | 24 | - | - | 
| capitalized | 25 | - | - | 
| calibration | 15 | the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | the thermometer needed calibration | 
| classically | 18 | in the manner of Greek and Roman culture | this exercise develops a classically shaped body | 
| comptroller | 17 | someone who maintains and audits business accounts | - | 
| dereliction | 14 | a tendency to be negligent and uncaring | his derelictions were not really intended as crimes | 
| deliveryman | 20 | someone employed to make deliveries | - | 
| exhilarated | 22 | made joyful | the sun and the wind on his back made him feel exhilarated--happy to be alive | 
| erratically | 16 | in an erratic unpredictable manner | economic changes are proceeding erratically | 
| friendliest | 15 | - | - | 
| narcoleptic | 17 | a person who has narcolepsy | - | 
| palpitation | 15 | a shaky motion | - | 
| melancholia | 18 | extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears | - | 
| intuitively | 17 | in an intuitive manner | inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles | 
| athleticism | 18 | intense energy | his music is characterized by a happy athleticism | 
| chronically | 21 | in a habitual and longstanding manner | smoking chronically | 
| concealment | 17 | the activity of keeping something secret | - | 
| ambivalence | 20 | mixed feelings or emotions | - | 
| deliciously | 17 | in a very pleasurable manner | they were walking along the beach slowly and deliciously | 
| exclusivity | 26 | - | - | 
| facilitator | 16 | someone who makes progress easier | - | 
| formulation | 16 | inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally | - | 
| penultimate | 15 | the next to last syllable in a word | - | 
| polystyrene | 19 | a polymer of styrene; a rigid transparent thermoplastic | expanded polystyrene looks like a rigid white foam and is used as packing or insulation | 
| policewomen | 20 | - | - | 
| millisecond | 16 | one thousandth (10^-3) of a second | - | 
| quicksilver | 29 | liable to sudden unpredictable change | a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next | 
| retaliating | 12 | - | - | 
| implicating | 18 | - | - | 
| indomitable | 16 | impossible to subdue | - | 
| intensively | 17 | in an intensive manner | he studied the snake intensively | 
| unshakeable | 20 | - | - | 
| ventricular | 16 | of or relating to a ventricle (of the heart or brain) | - | 
| tribulation | 13 | an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event | life is full of tribulations | 
| capillaries | 15 | - | - | 
| consultancy | 18 | the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field | a business management consultancy | 
| deceptively | 22 | in a misleading way | the exam looked deceptively easy | 
| excellently | 23 | extremely well | - | 
| extrapolate | 20 | draw from specific cases for more general cases | - | 
| needlepoint | 14 | lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern | - | 
| searchlight | 20 | a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction | - | 
| inalienable | 13 | not subject to forfeiture | - | 
| channelling | 17 | - | - | 
| contentedly | 17 | with equanimity | `I bought it,' she said contentedly | 
| defensively | 21 | in a defensive manner | the general conviction that our side is in the right and acting defensively over what Russians call the German question and Americans the Berlin crisis | 
| discernible | 16 | capable of being seen or noticed | a discernible change in attitude | 
| egalitarian | 12 | favoring social equality | - | 
| naturalized | 21 | planted so as to give an effect of wild growth | drifts of naturalized daffodils | 
| musculature | 15 | the muscular system of an organism | - | 
| personalize | 22 | make personal or more personal | personalized service | 
| salvageable | 17 | capable of being saved from ruin | their marriage was not salvageable | 
| inflammable | 20 | easily ignited | - | 
| malfeasance | 18 | wrongful conduct by a public official | - | 
| appallingly | 19 | to an appalling extent | the prisoners were appallingly thin | 
| bodybuilder | 20 | someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature | - | 
| bioelectric | 17 | - | - | 
| bootlegging | 16 | the act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally | the Prohibition amendment made bootlegging profitable | 
| collectible | 17 | subject to or requiring payment especially as specified | a collectible bill | 
| commonality | 20 | a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank | - | 
| disillusion | 12 | free from enchantment | - | 
| familiarise | 16 | make familiar or conversant with | - | 
| freelancing | 17 | - | - | 
| criminalist | 15 | - | - | 
| oscillating | 14 | having periodic vibrations | - |