12-letter words containing a, n, u, l, r
- internuptial — Of, or related to intermarriage.
- interpleural — situated between the pleurae
- interpluvial — designating a drier period occurring between two periods of persistently heavy rainfall
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- intertextual — the interrelationship between texts, especially works of literature; the way that similar or related texts influence, reflect, or differ from each other: the intertextuality between two novels with the same setting.
- intertubular — Between tubes or tubules.
- intralingual — within a given language; of or pertaining to a single language.
- intraluminal — Within a lumen.
- intramurally — In an intramural manner.
- intranuclear — existing or taking place within a nucleus.
- invulnerable — incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
- invulnerably — In an invulnerable manner.
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- jugular vein — vein that carries blood from head to heart
- julian bream — Julian (Alexander) born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist.
- junior class — the penultimate class in high school or college
- jus naturale — the rules and principles of law derived from the customs and legislation of Rome, as opposed to those derived from the customs of all nations (jus gentium) or from fundamental ideas of right and wrong implicit in the human mind (jus naturale)
- kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- labour pains — the pains felt during the contractions of childbirth
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- lace-curtain — characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.
- lake lucerne — a lake in central Switzerland: fed and drained chiefly by the River Reuss. Area: 115 sq km (44 sq miles)
- lake turkana — a long narrow lake in E Africa, in the Great Rift Valley. Area: 7104 sq km (2743 sq miles)
- land measure — any system of measurement for measuring land.
- landlubberly — Like a landlubber.
- lane closure — the closing of a lane on a motorway
- languorously — characterized by languor; languid.
- lark bunting — a finch, Calamospiza melanocorys, of the western U.S., the male of which is black with a large, white patch on each wing.
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- last honours — observances of respect at a funeral
- latin church — the Roman Catholic Church.
- latin square — a square array of numbers, letters, etc., in which each item appears exactly once in each row and column: used in statistical analysis.
- launch party — a party that celebrates the launch of a new magazine, product, etc
- launderettes — Plural form of launderette.
- laundry list — a lengthy, especially random list of items: a laundry list of hoped-for presents; a laundry list of someone's crimes.
- laundry mark — a symbol on a label on an article of clothing, bed-linen, etc, which specifies how the item should be washed and cared for, for example, at which temperature it should be washed at, whether it should be ironed, dry-cleaned, etc
- laundry room — utility room
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lawrenceburg — a town in S Tennessee.
- lean mixture — A lean mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing a relatively low proportion of fuel.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- lenticularis — (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains. Associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.
- lenticularly — in a lenticular manner
- leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
- lieutenantry — the post or commission of a lieutenant
- ligurian sea — a part of the Mediterranean between Corsica and the NW coast of Italy.