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12-letter words containing a, p, l, u

  • quindecaplet — a group of 15
  • raphaelesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of the style of the painter Raphael.
  • recapitulate — to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
  • receptacular — having the nature of, or serving as, a receptacle
  • receptaculum — a vessel, receptacle or container
  • red larkspur — a plant, Delphinium nudicaule, of the buttercup family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having orange-red or sometimes yellow flowers.
  • repopularize — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
  • repopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
  • repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • reputability — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
  • reputational — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
  • reputatively — according to reckoning; by repute; putatively
  • retail group — a group of companies under single ownership, which sell goods to individual customers
  • royal purple — a deep bluish purple.
  • rubber plant — a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant.
  • rugby player — a person who plays rugby
  • run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • saint paul's — a cathedral in London, England: designed by Sir Christopher Wren.
  • scapulimancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
  • scapulomancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
  • schuman plan — the plan for establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, proposed by Robert Schuman, French political leader, in 1950.
  • scolopaceous — (of birds or other animals) like a snipe, a shore bird with a straight beak
  • scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
  • scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
  • sea purslane — a small chenopodiaceous shrub, Halimione portulacoides, of salt marshes in Eurasia and parts of Africa, having oval leaves and inconspicuous flowers
  • seed capsule — the part of a fruit enclosing the seeds; pericarp
  • semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
  • septuplicate — a group, series, or set of seven identical copies (usually preceded by in).
  • sextuplicate — a group, series, or set of six identical copies: The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.
  • sexual spore — a spore formed after the fusion of gametes and an asexual spore is the result of asexual reproduction
  • sheep laurel — a small E North American plant (Kalmia angustifolia) of the heath family, with pinkish flowers and evergreen leaves poisonous to sheep and other animals
  • shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
  • shuffle play — a facility on a compact disc player that randomly selects a track from one of a number of compact discs
  • simple sugar — monosaccharide.
  • sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
  • slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
  • solar plexus — Also called celiac plexus. Anatomy. a network of nerves situated at the upper part of the abdomen, behind the stomach and in front of the aorta.
  • somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
  • south platte — a river flowing NE from central Colorado to the Platte River in W Nebraska. 424 miles (683 km) long.
  • special jury — struck jury.
  • special rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
  • speculatrice — a female speculator
  • spinal fluid — cerebrospinal fluid
  • spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
  • spiritualism — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
  • spiritualist — an adherent of spiritualism.
  • spirituality — the quality or fact of being spiritual.
  • spiritualize — to make spiritual.
  • splash guard — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
  • splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
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