12-letter words containing a, s, i, c
- lasciviously — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- latin school — a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.
- laxadaisical — Misspelling of lackadaisical.
- leading case — a case that is regarded as having settled a particular point of law; a case that is used as guidance for legal decisions
- lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- 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.
- leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
- liberalistic — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- limacologist — a person who specialises in the study of slugs
- line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- linear space — vector space.
- linguistical — (not in technical use) linguistic.
- linseed cake — a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.
- lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
- liposarcomas — Plural form of liposarcoma.
- 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.
- literalistic — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- lobeliaceous — belonging to the plant family Lobeliaceae.
- localisation — Alternative spelling of localization.
- loco disease — locoism.
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- logistically — of or relating to logistics.
- loquaciously — In a loquacious manner.
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- macassar oil — an oil derived from materials said to be obtained from Macassar, formerly used as a hairdressing.
- macclesfield — a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)
- machinations — an act or instance of machinating.
- machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
- macintosh ii — (computer) (Mac II) A version of Apple's Macintosh personal computer, released in March 1987, using the Motorola 68020 CPU, which runs at a higher clock rate than the Motorola 68000 used in the original Mac. The Mac II has a full 32-bit data bus instead of a 16-bit bus. Mac II models have built-in 40 to 160 megabyte hard disks and can take up to eight megabytes of RAM (and more as denser memory chips arive). The Mac II was the first Macintosh to provide a colour graphics option, with up to 256 colours on screen at a 640x480 resolution. Mac II models are designed for expandability with three (Macintosh IIcx) or six (II & IIx) built-in NuBus expansion slots for additional peripheral and coprocessor boards.
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- macro-cosmic — the great world or universe; the universe considered as a whole (opposed to microcosm).
- macrobiotics — a philosophically oriented program incorporating elements from several ancient cultures and emphasizing harmony with nature, especially through adherence to a diet consisting primarily of whole grains, beans, vegetables, and moderate amounts of seafood and fruit.
- macrocytosis — The presence of macrocytes in the blood.
- macrofossils — Plural form of macrofossil.
- macroglossia — Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
- macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
- magic square — a square containing integers arranged in an equal number of rows and columns so that the sum of the integers in any row, column, or diagonal is the same.
- magistracies — Plural form of magistracy.
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- maid service — cleaner, cleaning business
- maintenances — the act of maintaining: the maintenance of proper oral hygiene.
- majestically — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
- majesticness — The quality of being majestic.