12-letter words containing a, r, s, e, n, o
- jan gossaert — Jan [Flemish yahn] /Flemish yɑn/ (Show IPA), (Jan Gossaert or Gossart) 1478?–1533? Flemish painter.
- japonaiserie — stylistic characteristics, as in art, decor, or film, influenced by or reflective of Japanese culture and tradition.
- jeffersonian — pertaining to or advocating the political principles and doctrines of Thomas Jefferson, especially those stressing minimum control by the central government, the inalienable rights of the individual, and the superiority of an agrarian economy and rural society.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
- karyokinesis — mitosis.
- keratogenous — producing horn or a horny substance.
- lake torrens — a shallow salt lake in E central South Australia, about 8 m (25 ft) below sea level. Area: 5776 sq km (2230 sq miles)
- landlordless — Without a landlord.
- lane closure — the closing of a lane on a motorway
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- laser weapon — weapons which make use of lasers or lasers used as weapons
- lean towards — If you lean towards or lean toward a particular idea, belief, or type of behaviour, you have a tendency to think or act in a particular way.
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- legionnaires — Plural form of legionnaire.
- leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
- lion's share — the largest part or share, especially a disproportionate portion: The eldest son received the lion's share of the estate.
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- 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.
- longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- 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.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
- macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- mare nostrum — our sea, especially the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans.
- marine corps — a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.
- marionettist — A puppeteer who controls a marionette.
- master mason — (often initial capital letters) a Freemason who has reached the third degree.
- master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- melanophores — Plural form of melanophore.
- memorisation — Alternative spelling of memorization.
- menstruation — the periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus, occurring approximately monthly from puberty to menopause in nonpregnant women and females of other primate species.
- mesoamerican — Alternative form of Mesoamerican.
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- millionaires — Plural form of millionaire.
- mineralogies — Plural form of mineralogy.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.