12-letter words containing a, l, e, s, n
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- legalisation — Alternative spelling of legalization.
- legionnaires — Plural form of legionnaire.
- legislations — the act of making or enacting laws.
- lemnian seal — the earth of the Greek island of Lemnos, which is famous for its medicinal properties
- lemon squash — lemon soda; a soft drink of lemon juice and soda water.
- 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.
- leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
- lesser panda — panda (def 2).
- levalloisian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a distinctive late Lower and Middle Paleolithic method of preparing a stone core so that preformed thin, oval or triangular flakes with sharp edges could be struck from it.
- lex talionis — the principle or law of retaliation that a punishment inflicted should correspond in degree and kind to the offense of the wrongdoer, as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; retributive justice.
- liberalising — Present participle of liberalise.
- libertarians — Plural form of libertarian.
- lie in state — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- life savings — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- ligurian sea — a part of the Mediterranean between Corsica and the NW coast of Italy.
- likeableness — Likeability.
- line islands — a group of islands in the central Pacific Ocean, S of the Hawaiian Islands: eight belong to the Republic of Kiribati, three are U.S. dependencies. 193 sq. mi. (500 sq. km).
- line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- linear space — vector space.
- linen basket — a basket or container with a lid in which you put your dirty clothes before washing them
- linseed cake — a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.
- linseed meal — ground linseed cake.
- lion's share — the largest part or share, especially a disproportionate portion: The eldest son received the lion's share of the estate.
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- lisp machine — 1. (architecture) Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2. (hardware, operating system) A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
- literariness — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
- literateness — the ability to read and write
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
- long-handles — long underwear.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- look askance — glance sidelong or with suspicion
- loose cannon — a person whose reckless behavior endangers the efforts or welfare of others.
- loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- los angeleno — Angeleno (def 1).
- loss on sale — A loss on sale is the amount of money that is lost by a company when selling a non-inventory asset for more than its value.
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- love handles — fat midriff
- lovers' lane — a secluded lane, road, or parking area sought out by lovers for its privacy.
- lower saxony — a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- lukewarmness — The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
- lundy's lane — a road near Niagara Falls, in Ontario, Canada: battle between the British and Americans in 1814.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.