12-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| relationship | 17 | (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption | - |
| unbelievable | 19 | having a probability too low to inspire belief | - |
| intelligence | 15 | secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy) | we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage |
| particularly | 19 | to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common | he was particularly fussy about spelling |
| surveillance | 17 | close observation of a person or group (usually by the police) | - |
| specifically | 24 | in distinction from others | a program specifically for teenagers |
| civilization | 26 | a particular society at a particular time and place | early Mayan civilization |
| nevertheless | 18 | despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession) | while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed |
| accomplished | 24 | highly skilled | an accomplished pianist |
| accidentally | 20 | without intention; in an unintentional manner | - |
| congratulate | 15 | express congratulations | - |
| occasionally | 19 | sporadically and infrequently | he was arrogant and occasionally callous |
| psychologist | 23 | a scientist trained in psychology | - |
| deliberately | 18 | in a deliberate unhurried manner | she was working deliberately |
| difficulties | 21 | - | - |
| unacceptable | 20 | not conforming to standard usage | the following use of `access' was judged unacceptable by a panel of linguists; `You can access your cash at any of 300 automatic tellers' |
| overwhelming | 24 | very strong; urgently felt | overwhelming joy |
| mademoiselle | 17 | small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico | - |
| successfully | 22 | with success; in a successful manner | she performed the surgery successfully |
| unemployment | 21 | the state of being unemployed or not having a job | unemployment is a serious social evil |
| increasingly | 18 | advancing in amount or intensity | she became increasingly depressed |
| surprisingly | 18 | in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise | - |
| indistinctly | 18 | in a dim indistinct manner | - |
| unreasonable | 14 | beyond normal limits | unreasonable demands |
| considerable | 17 | large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree | a considerable quantity |
| continuously | 17 | with unflagging resolve | - |
| irresistible | 14 | impossible to resist; overpowering | irresistible (or resistless) impulses |
| cheerleading | 19 | - | - |
| unexpectedly | 27 | without advance planning | - |
| bullshitting | 18 | - | - |
| hospitalized | 27 | - | - |
| incidentally | 18 | of a minor or subordinate nature | these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models |
| metropolitan | 16 | a person who lives in a metropolis | - |
| civilisation | 17 | a particular society at a particular time and place | - |
| unbelievably | 22 | not easy to believe | - |
| evolutionary | 18 | of or relating to or produced by evolution | evolutionary biology |
| dramatically | 20 | in a dramatic manner | he confessed dramatically |
| unimaginable | 17 | totally unlikely | - |
| disqualified | 26 | barred from competition for violation of rules | a disqualified player |
| unforgivable | 21 | not excusable | - |
| manipulation | 16 | exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage | his manipulation of his friends was scandalous |
| manslaughter | 18 | homicide without malice aforethought | - |
| exploitation | 21 | an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) | capitalistic exploitation of the working class |
| indefinitely | 19 | to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time | this could go on indefinitely |
| illegitimate | 15 | contrary to or forbidden by law | an illegitimate seizure of power |
| commonwealth | 24 | a politically organized body of people under a single government | - |
| manipulating | 17 | - | - |
| disciplinary | 20 | designed to promote discipline | the mother was stern and disciplinary |
| respectfully | 22 | in a respectful manner | might I respectfully suggest to the Town Council that they should adopt a policy of masterly inactivity? |
| passionately | 17 | in a stormy or violent manner | - |
| electrocuted | 17 | - | - |
| sufficiently | 23 | to a sufficient degree | she was sufficiently fluent in Mandarin |
| troublemaker | 20 | someone who deliberately stirs up trouble | - |
| tuberculosis | 16 | infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages) | - |
| questionable | 23 | able to be refuted | - |
| mysteriously | 20 | in a cryptic manner | - |
| acknowledged | 24 | generally accepted | - |
| spirituality | 17 | property or income owned by a church | - |
| installation | 12 | the act of installing something (as equipment) | the telephone installation took only a few minutes |
| consultation | 14 | the act of referring or consulting | - |
| sleepwalking | 22 | walking by a person who is asleep | - |
| tranquilizer | 30 | a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity | - |
| individually | 20 | apart from others | taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square |
| considerably | 20 | to a great extent or degree | painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger |
| restlessness | 12 | a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay | - |
| municipality | 21 | an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government | - |
| encyclopedia | 22 | a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty | - |
| gynecologist | 19 | a specialist in gynecology | - |
| accelerating | 17 | - | - |
| miraculously | 19 | in a miraculous manner | my hand grasped the gun that was, miraculously, lying on the ground beside my finger tips |
| consistently | 17 | in a systematic or consistent manner | - |
| tremendously | 18 | extremely | - |
| irreversible | 17 | incapable of being reversed | irreversible momentum toward revolution |
| consequently | 26 | (sentence connectors) because of the reason given | consequently, he didn't do it |
| manipulative | 19 | skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage | the early manipulative techniques of a three-year-old child |
| historically | 20 | throughout history | historically they have never coexisted peacefully |
| impenetrable | 18 | permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter | impenetrable gloom |
| economically | 21 | with respect to economic science | economically this proposal makes no sense |
| annihilation | 15 | total destruction | bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll |
| aggressively | 20 | in an aggressive manner | - |
| cancellation | 16 | the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement | - |
| collaborator | 16 | someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force | - |
| recollection | 16 | the ability to recall past occurrences | - |
| melodramatic | 19 | characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected | an attitude of melodramatic despair |
| proclamation | 18 | a formal public statement | - |
| inexplicable | 25 | incapable of being explained or accounted for | inexplicable errors |
| invisibility | 20 | the quality of not being perceivable by the eye | - |
| subsequently | 26 | happening at a time subsequent to a reference time | he apologized subsequently |
| exhilarating | 23 | making lively and joyful | - |
| definitively | 22 | - | - |
| acceleration | 16 | the act of accelerating; increasing the speed | - |
| inflammation | 19 | the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up | he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation |
| bloodthirsty | 21 | marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed | bloodthirsty yells |
| collectively | 22 | in conjunction with; combined | - |
| conveniently | 20 | in a convenient manner | the switch was conveniently located |
| ridiculously | 18 | so as to arouse or deserve laughter | - |
| cardiologist | 16 | a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart | - |
| helplessness | 17 | powerlessness revealed by an inability to act | - |
| unofficially | 23 | without official authorization | - |
| complication | 20 | a development that complicates a situation | - |
| romantically | 19 | in a romantic manner | she fantasized romantically about eloping with her boyfriend |
| sledgehammer | 21 | beat with a sledgehammer | - |
| embezzlement | 36 | the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else | - |
| storytelling | 16 | - | - |
| anthropology | 21 | the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings | - |
| incorrigible | 17 | difficult or impossible to manage or control | an incorrigible mess |
| simultaneous | 14 | occurring or operating at the same time | - |
| bachelorette | 19 | a young unmarried woman who lives alone | - |
| carelessness | 14 | failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances | - |
| enlightening | 17 | enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement | - |
| displacement | 19 | act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics | - |
| cosmopolitan | 18 | a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries | - |
| relentlessly | 15 | in a relentless manner | he worked relentlessly |
| recognizable | 26 | capable of being recognized | - |
| philharmonic | 24 | a large orchestra; can perform symphonies | - |
| illumination | 14 | the luminous flux incident on a unit area | - |
| artificially | 20 | not according to nature; not by natural means | artificially induced conditions |
| malnutrition | 14 | a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods | - |
| illustration | 12 | showing by example | - |
| infiltration | 15 | the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium | the infiltration of seawater through the lava |
| inaccessible | 18 | capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all | - |
| tranquillity | 24 | a state of peace and quiet | - |
| undetectable | 17 | barely able to be perceived | - |
| mobilization | 25 | act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action | mobilization of the country's economic resources |
| formaldehyde | 25 | a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol | - |
| hysterically | 23 | in a hysterical manner | she screamed hysterically when she heard the news |
| interstellar | 12 | between or among stars | the density of hydrogen in interplanetary and interstellar space |
| archeologist | 18 | an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture | - |
| horizontally | 27 | in a horizontal direction | a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally |
| paramilitary | 19 | a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops) | - |
| biologically | 20 | with respect to biology | biologically related |
| consolidated | 16 | joined together into a whole | a consolidated school |
| suspiciously | 19 | with suspicion | she regarded the food suspiciously |
| fundamentals | 18 | principles from which other truths can be derived | first you must learn the fundamentals |
| incompatible | 20 | used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect | - |
| periodically | 20 | in a sporadic manner | - |
| incomparable | 20 | such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared | an incomparable week of rest and pleasure |
| insufferable | 20 | too extreme to bear | the insufferable heat of August in a New York apartment with no air conditioning |
| invulnerable | 17 | immune to attack; impregnable | gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs |
| conglomerate | 17 | a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization | - |
| childishness | 21 | a property characteristic of a child | - |
| disagreeable | 16 | not agreeing with your tastes or expectations | found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it |
| specializing | 26 | - | - |
| unscrupulous | 16 | without scruples or principles | unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power |
| unparalleled | 15 | radically distinctive and without equal | unparalleled athletic ability |
| collaborated | 17 | - | - |
| debilitating | 16 | impairing the strength and vitality | - |
| untranslated | 13 | - | - |
| inflammatory | 22 | arousing to action or rebellion | - |
| unmistakable | 20 | clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | - |
| moonlighting | 19 | - | - |
| technicality | 22 | a specific detail in a set of rules or terms belonging to a particular field | the resolution died on a technicality |
| meticulously | 19 | in a meticulous manner | the set was meticulously authentic |
| illuminating | 15 | tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance | an illuminating lecture |
| unattainable | 14 | impossible to achieve | an unattainable goal |
| uncontrolled | 15 | not being under control; out of control | the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS |
| kaleidoscope | 21 | a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes | - |
| figuratively | 22 | in a figurative sense | figuratively speaking,... |
| inconclusive | 19 | not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question | an inconclusive reply |
| electroshock | 23 | the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma | - |
| rehabilitate | 17 | help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute | The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated |
| flamethrower | 23 | a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards | - |
| commercially | 23 | in a commercial manner | the product is commercially available |
| unfathomable | 22 | resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable | - |
| inhospitable | 19 | not hospitable | they are extremely inhospitable these days |
| bullfighting | 22 | the activity at a bullfight | - |
| delightfully | 23 | in a delightful manner | the farm house, though in itself a small one, is delightfully situated |
| teleprompter | 18 | a prompter for television performers | - |
| totalitarian | 12 | of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life | totalitarian theory and practice |
| colonization | 23 | the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies | the British colonization of America |
| contemplated | 19 | - | - |
| faithfulness | 21 | the quality of being faithful | - |
| inadmissible | 17 | not deserving to be admitted | inadmissible evidence |
| infiltrating | 16 | - | - |
| selflessness | 15 | acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity | - |
| dishonorable | 18 | deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive | - |
| accumulating | 19 | - | - |
| resettlement | 14 | the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) | - |
| middleweight | 23 | an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds | - |
| pathetically | 22 | in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion | the sick child cried pathetically |
| hopelessness | 17 | the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success | - |
| availability | 20 | the quality of being at hand when needed | - |
| accumulation | 18 | several things grouped together or considered as a whole | - |
| additionally | 17 | in addition, by way of addition; furthermore | he serves additionally as the CEO |
| schoolmaster | 19 | food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters | - |
| solicitation | 14 | request for a sum of money | - |
| structurally | 17 | with respect to structure | structurally, the organization is healthy |
| symbolically | 24 | in a symbolic manner | symbolically accepted goals |
| inexplicably | 28 | in a manner differing from the usual or expected | - |
| effortlessly | 21 | without effort or apparent effort | she danced gracefully and effortlessly |
| convincingly | 23 | in a convincing manner | he argued convincingly |
| artistically | 17 | in an artistic manner | it was artistically decorated |
| inconsolable | 16 | sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled | inconsolable when her son died |
| interminable | 16 | tiresomely long; seemingly without end | an interminable sermon |
| conclusively | 22 | in a conclusive way | we settled the problem conclusively |
| courageously | 18 | in a courageous manner | - |
| deliberation | 15 | planning something carefully and intentionally | it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting |
| disgustingly | 18 | in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree | the beggar was disgustingly filthy |
| anaphylactic | 24 | related to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxis | anaphylactic shock |
| spiritualism | 16 | concern with things of the spirit | - |
| personalized | 24 | made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual | personalized luggage |
| materialized | 24 | - | - |
| entomologist | 15 | a zoologist who studies insects | - |
| fiddlesticks | 23 | - | - |
| fearlessness | 15 | feeling no fear | - |
| battleground | 16 | a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought | - |
| complicating | 21 | - | - |
| crystallized | 27 | having both internal structure and external form of a crystal | quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized |
| rhythmically | 28 | in a rhythmic manner | the chair rocked rhythmically back and forth |
| recklessness | 18 | the trait of giving little thought to danger | - |
| multimillion | 16 | - | - |
| hypothalamus | 25 | a basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system | - |
| incalculable | 18 | too much to be measured | incalculable riches |
| mechanically | 24 | in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism | this door opens mechanically |
| identifiable | 18 | capable of being identified | - |
| journalistic | 21 | of or relating to or having the characteristics of journalism | journalistic writing |
| electrifying | 21 | causing a surge of emotion or excitement | she gave an electrifying performance |
| anatomically | 19 | with respect to anatomy | anatomically correct |
| respectively | 22 | in the order given | the brothers were called Felix and Max, respectively |
| gratefulness | 16 | warm friendly feelings of gratitude | - |
| hieroglyphic | 26 | resembling hieroglyphic writing | - |
| capitalistic | 18 | favoring or practicing capitalism | - |
| contemptible | 20 | deserving of contempt or scorn | - |
| academically | 22 | in regard to academic matters | academically, this is a good school |
| spiritualist | 14 | someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead | - |
| unchallenged | 19 | generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute | - |
| nationalized | 22 | - | - |
| proctologist | 17 | a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus | - |
| incoherently | 20 | in an incoherent manner | he talked incoherently when he drank too much |
| immeasurable | 18 | impossible to measure | immeasurable suffering |
| doppelganger | 19 | a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart | - |
| domestically | 20 | with respect to the internal affairs of a government | domestically, the president proposes a more moderate economic policy |
| electrically | 19 | by electricity | electrically controlled |
| blabbermouth | 23 | someone who gossips indiscreetly | - |
| indisputable | 17 | impossible to doubt or dispute | indisputable (or sure) proof |
| stranglehold | 17 | complete power over a person or situation | corporations have a stranglehold on the media |
| triumphantly | 22 | in a triumphant manner | she shouted triumphantly |
| persistently | 17 | in a persistent manner | he was asking questions, unavoidable questions, persistently... |
| malnourished | 18 | not being provided with adequate nourishment | - |
| episcopalian | 18 | of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church | - |
| exhilaration | 22 | the feeling of lively and cheerful joy | - |
| horticulture | 17 | the cultivation of plants | - |
| delicatessen | 15 | ready-to-eat food products | - |
| demoralizing | 25 | destructive of morale and self-reliance | - |
| refreshingly | 22 | in a manner that relieves fatigue and restores vitality | the air was refreshingly cool |
| purposefully | 22 | in a purposeful manner | he caught the motorcycles in the full glare of his headlights, braked and slipped purposefully out of the car |
| unmanageable | 17 | difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape | - |
| unilaterally | 15 | in a unilateral manner; by means of one part or party | they worked out an agreement unilaterally |
| unremarkable | 20 | found in the ordinary course of events | - |
| philosophize | 31 | reason philosophically | - |
| fibrillation | 17 | act or process of forming fibrils | - |
| friendliness | 16 | a feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company | - |
| hydrochloric | 26 | - | - |
| kleptomaniac | 22 | someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive | - |
| disreputable | 17 | lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance | - |
| emphatically | 24 | without question and beyond doubt | - |
| deliberating | 16 | - | - |
| sacrilegious | 15 | grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred | it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on |
| underclothes | 18 | undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments | - |
| otherworldly | 22 | existing outside of or not in accordance with nature | - |
| philanthropy | 25 | voluntary promotion of human welfare | - |
| harmoniously | 20 | in a harmonious manner | the problem of absorbing immigrants harmoniously into British society is as important to the immigrants as to the British |
| bloodstained | 16 | covered with blood | a bloodstained shirt |
| clairvoyance | 22 | apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses | - |
| constabulary | 19 | the force of policemen and officers | - |
| convalescent | 19 | returning to health after illness or debility | convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed |
| terrifically | 20 | (used as an intensifier) extremely well | - |
| truthfulness | 18 | the quality of being truthful | - |
| psychobabble | 28 | using language loaded with psychological terminology | - |
| unemployable | 21 | not acceptable for employment as a worker | his illiteracy made him unemployable |
| unpardonable | 17 | not admitting of pardon | unpardonable behavior |
| neutralizing | 22 | - | - |
| outrageously | 16 | to an extravagant or immoderate degree | - |
| pharmacology | 25 | the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects | - |
| marriageable | 17 | of girls or women who are eligible to marry | - |
| encephalitis | 19 | inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use) | - |
| flagellation | 16 | beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment | - |
| facilitating | 18 | - | - |
| highlighting | 24 | an area of lightness in a picture | - |
| inextricably | 26 | in an inextricable manner | motives inspired by Mammon were often inextricably blended with things pertaining to Caesar and to God |
| indefensible | 18 | (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified | - |
| interlocking | 19 | the act of interlocking or meshing | an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check |
| calisthenics | 19 | the practice of calisthenic exercises | calisthenics is recommended for general good health |
| calligrapher | 20 | someone skilled in penmanship | - |
| compulsively | 24 | in a compulsive manner | he cleaned his shoes compulsively after every walk |
| deregulation | 14 | the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) | - |
| methodically | 23 | in a methodical manner | she worked methodically |
| megalomaniac | 19 | a pathological egotist | - |
| encapsulated | 17 | - | - |
| immortalized | 26 | - | - |
| disturbingly | 19 | in a disturbing manner | the details of the kidnaper's letter had sounded disturbingly convincing |
| electrolysis | 17 | (chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions | - |
| assimilation | 14 | the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure | - |
| bodybuilding | 22 | exercise that builds muscles through tension | - |
| breathlessly | 20 | in a breathless manner | she spoke breathlessly |
| congeniality | 18 | compatibility between persons | - |
| controllable | 16 | capable of being controlled | - |
| surrealistic | 14 | characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions | - |
| unimaginably | 20 | to an unimaginable extent | - |
| entanglement | 15 | an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim | - |
| inarticulate | 14 | without or deprived of the use of speech or words | inarticulate beasts |
| impartiality | 19 | an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally | - |
| distillation | 13 | a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling | - |
| ecologically | 20 | with respect to ecology | ecologically speaking, this idea is brilliant; economically, it is a disaster |
| bloodsucking | 22 | of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another | bloodsucking blackmailer |
| breathalyzer | 29 | a device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath | - |
| childbearing | 21 | the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child | - |
| declassified | 19 | having had security classification removed | - |
| disciplining | 18 | - | - |
| articulation | 14 | (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) | - |
| adaptability | 20 | the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances | - |
| relinquished | 25 | that has been withdrawn or retreated from | - |
| streetwalker | 19 | a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | - |
| supplication | 18 | a humble request for help from someone in authority | - |
| thoughtfully | 25 | in a thoughtful manner | he stared thoughtfully out the window |
| recognisable | 17 | capable of being recognized | - |
| unprofitable | 19 | producing little or no profit or gain | deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable |
| youthfulness | 21 | the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person | - |
| welterweight | 22 | an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds | - |
| paleontology | 18 | the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains | - |
| phenomenally | 22 | to a phenomenal degree | his reaction was phenomenally quick |
| precariously | 19 | in a precarious manner | being a precariously dominant minority is a difficult position for human nature to cope with |
| predilection | 17 | a strong liking | - |
| exploitative | 24 | tending to exploit or make use of | - |
| capitulation | 16 | the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) | they were protected until the capitulation of the fort |
| cheerfulness | 20 | a feeling of spontaneous good spirits | his cheerfulness made everyone feel better |
| chitterlings | 18 | small intestines of hogs prepared as food | - |
| complemented | 21 | - | - |
| concurrently | 19 | overlapping in duration | concurrently with the conference an exhibition of things associated with Rutherford was held |
| disemboweled | 21 | - | - |
| prophylactic | 26 | capable of preventing conception or impregnation | - |
| forensically | 20 | - | - |
| illustrating | 13 | - | - |
| internalized | 22 | - | - |
| councilwoman | 21 | a woman who is a council member | - |
| amalgamation | 17 | the combination of two or more commercial companies | - |
| alliteration | 12 | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse | - |
| approachable | 23 | capable of being read with comprehension | the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels |
| specialising | 17 | - | - |
| terrifyingly | 22 | - | - |
| triangulated | 14 | - | - |
| unchangeable | 20 | not changeable or subject to change | a fixed and unchangeable part of the germ plasm |
| unflattering | 16 | showing or representing unfavorably | an unflattering portrait |
| unreasonably | 17 | to a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation | his prices are unreasonably high |
| multipurpose | 18 | having multiple uses | a multipurpose tool |
| multicolored | 17 | having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | - |
| familiarized | 27 | having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment | - |
| gobbledygook | 26 | incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists | - |
| hallucinated | 18 | - | - |
| hermetically | 22 | in an airtight manner | this bag is hermetically sealed |
| immeasurably | 21 | without bounds | - |
| intelligible | 15 | capable of being apprehended or understood | - |
| assimilating | 15 | capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution | - |
| bloodletting | 16 | indiscriminate slaughter | ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name |
| conceptually | 21 | in a conceptual manner | he can no longer think conceptually |
| artilleryman | 17 | a serviceman in the artillery | - |
| rescheduling | 19 | - | - |
| stonewalling | 16 | stalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperate | - |
| theatrically | 20 | in a stagy and theatrical manner | `I cannot show my face at her house,' he declared theatrically |
| quadriplegic | 27 | a person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs | - |
| recalcitrant | 16 | stubbornly resistant to authority or control | - |
| motorcyclist | 21 | a traveler who rides a motorcycle | - |
| nomenclature | 16 | a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline | biological nomenclature |
| peacefulness | 19 | a state that is calm and tranquil | - |
| malformation | 19 | an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed | - |
| homelessness | 17 | the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets) | - |
| hypoglycemic | 30 | of or relating to hypoglycemia | hypoglycemic agents |
| impressively | 22 | in an impressive manner | the students progressed impressively fast |
| indigestible | 16 | digested with difficulty | - |
| irritability | 17 | excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part | - |
| isolationist | 12 | of or relating to isolationism | - |
| irrationally | 15 | in an irrational manner | they acted irrationally |
| echolocation | 19 | determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it | - |
| bewilderment | 20 | confusion resulting from failure to understand | - |
| businesslike | 18 | not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal | - |
| collectivity | 22 | - | - |
| annihilating | 16 | making light of | afire with annihilating invective |
| antediluvian | 16 | of or relating to the period before the biblical flood | antediluvian man |
| revitalizing | 25 | tending to impart new life and vigor to | - |
| subliminally | 19 | - | - |
| unprincipled | 19 | having little or no integrity | - |
| unmistakably | 23 | in a signal manner | - |
| microbiology | 22 | the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans | - |
| mobilisation | 16 | act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action | - |
| monumentally | 19 | - | - |
| obsolescence | 18 | the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date | a policy of planned obsolescence |
| obliteration | 14 | destruction by annihilating something | - |
| practicality | 21 | concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities | - |
| materialised | 15 | - | - |
| gracefulness | 18 | beautiful carriage | - |
| hallucinogen | 18 | a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences | - |
| implantation | 16 | (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals | - |
| infrequently | 27 | not many times | in your 1850 church you not infrequently find a dramatic contrast between the sumptuous appointments of the building itself and the inhuman barrack-like living conditions in the church room |
| irredeemable | 17 | insusceptible of reform | irredeemable sinners |
| irregularity | 16 | an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern | - |
| emasculating | 17 | - | - |
| bespectacled | 21 | wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass | a bespectacled grandmother |
| completeness | 18 | (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that a contradiction arises if any proposition is introduced that cannot be derived from the axioms of the system | - |
| coincidently | 20 | happening at the same time | - |
| conciliation | 16 | the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity | - |
| deceleration | 15 | a decrease in rate of change | the deceleration of the arms race |
| sarsaparilla | 14 | any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves | - |
| staggeringly | 18 | extremely | - |
| streamlining | 15 | - | - |
| transferable | 17 | capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another | - |
| quantifiable | 26 | capable of being quantified | - |
| unreservedly | 19 | - | - |
| unquenchable | 28 | impossible to quench | unquenchable thirst |
| militaristic | 16 | imbued with militarism | - |
| physiologist | 21 | a biologist specializing in physiology | - |
| polyurethane | 20 | any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber | - |
| posthumously | 22 | after death | these piano pieces were published posthumously |
| folliculitis | 17 | inflammation of a hair follicle | - |
| generalizing | 23 | - | - |
| indiscipline | 17 | the trait of lacking discipline | - |
| indisputably | 20 | - | - |
| irresistibly | 17 | incapable of being resisted | - |
| attractively | 20 | in a beautiful manner | - |
| bibliography | 25 | a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.) | - |
| capitalizing | 26 | - | - |
| complexioned | 26 | - | - |
| communicable | 22 | (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | - |
| convalescing | 20 | - | - |
| cumulonimbus | 20 | a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms | - |
| disastrously | 16 | in a disastrous manner | the real value of the trust capital may be disastrously less than when the trust began |
| alphabetized | 29 | having been put in alphabetical order | the cards are all alphabetized, as you requested |
| abolitionist | 14 | a reformer who favors abolishing slavery | - |
| ruthlessness | 15 | feelings of extreme heartlessness | - |
| salesmanship | 19 | skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy | he read a book on salesmanship but it didn't help |
| shuffleboard | 24 | a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface | - |
| subjectively | 29 | in a subjective way | you cannot look at these facts subjectively |
| tranquilized | 31 | - | - |
| unassailable | 14 | without flaws or loopholes | - |
| uncultivated | 18 | characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes | - |
| recalculated | 17 | - | - |
| unfavourable | 20 | involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness | - |
| vaudevillian | 19 | a performer who works in vaudeville | - |
| musicologist | 17 | a student of musicology | - |
| nonchalantly | 20 | in a composed and unconcerned manner | - |
| principality | 21 | territory ruled by a prince | - |
| epidemiology | 21 | the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease | - |
| fluorescence | 19 | light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength | - |
| extrapolated | 22 | - | - |
| felicitating | 18 | - | - |
| geologically | 19 | with respect to geology | geologically speaking, this area is extremely interesting |
| illustrative | 15 | serving to demonstrate | - |
| immortalised | 17 | - | - |
| irregardless | 14 | regardless; a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously | - |
| effeminately | 23 | - | - |
| bachelorhood | 23 | the state of being an unmarried man | - |
| auspiciously | 19 | in an auspicious manner | he started his new job auspiciously on his birthday |
| camouflaging | 21 | - | - |
| chesterfield | 21 | suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773) | - |
| defibrillate | 18 | stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks | The patient's heart had to be defibrillated to save his life |
| sporadically | 20 | in a sporadic manner | he only works sporadically |
| spellbinding | 18 | attracting and holding interest as if by a spell | a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome |
| supercilious | 16 | expressive of contempt | curled his lip in a supercilious smile |
| timelessness | 14 | a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife | - |
| toxicologist | 22 | one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment | - |
| rationalized | 22 | - | - |
| reallocation | 14 | a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) | - |
| ungovernable | 18 | incapable of being controlled | - |
| unpleasantly | 17 | in an unpleasant manner | he had been unpleasantly surprised |
| weightlifter | 22 | an athlete who lifts barbells | - |
| monofilament | 19 | - | - |
| miscalculate | 18 | judge incorrectly | - |
| multivitamin | 19 | a pill or tablet containing several vitamins | - |
| naturalistic | 14 | representing what is real; not abstract or ideal | in naturalistic colors |
| oversleeping | 18 | - | - |
| phonetically | 22 | by phonetics | phonetically realized |
| potentiality | 17 | an aptitude that may be developed | - |
| maneuverable | 19 | capable of maneuvering or changing position | a highly maneuverable ship |
| majestically | 26 | in a majestic manner | flamingoes walk majestically through the marshes |
| magnetically | 20 | by the use of magnetism | magnetically contaminated material |
| encyclopedic | 24 | comprehensive in scope or content (as an encyclopedia) | encyclopedic knowledge |
| exhaustively | 28 | in an exhaustive manner | - |
| felicitation | 17 | (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another | - |
| gobbledegook | 23 | - | - |
| glioblastoma | 17 | a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal | - |
| globetrotter | 15 | someone who travels widely and often | - |
| groundlessly | 17 | - | - |
| horrifically | 23 | - | - |
| hygienically | 24 | in a hygienic manner | the body must cared for hygienically |
| incomparably | 23 | in an incomparable manner or to an incomparable degree | she is incomparably gifted |
| immaculately | 21 | in an immaculate manner | gone was the casually dressed Canadian she had thought a backwoodsman--this man was immaculately tailored |
| inflationary | 18 | associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation | inflationary prices |
| interrelated | 13 | reciprocally connected | - |
| interlocutor | 14 | the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk | - |
| knucklebones | 24 | a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball | - |
| irreversibly | 20 | in an irreversible manner | this old tradition is irreversibly disappearing |
| isolationism | 14 | a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations | - |
| doubleheader | 19 | two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) | - |
| ecstatically | 19 | in an ecstatic manner | he reacted ecstatically to my plan to travel to Africa |
| breathalyser | 20 | a device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath | - |
| clapperboard | 21 | photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together | - |
| collectivism | 21 | Soviet communism | - |
| demonstrable | 17 | capable of being demonstrated or proved | a demonstrable lack of concern for the general welfare of people |
| despairingly | 19 | with desperation | `Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly |
| depopulation | 17 | the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all) | - |
| depressingly | 19 | in a depressing manner or to a depressing degree | - |
