12-letter words containing a, s, l, o
- 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.
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- love handles — fat midriff
- lover's leap — a high area, as on a cliff, from which frustrated or grieving lovers jump or are reputed to have jumped to their death.
- 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.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
- macassar oil — an oil derived from materials said to be obtained from Macassar, formerly used as a hairdressing.
- macrofossils — Plural form of macrofossil.
- macroglossia — Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
- 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.
- mademoiselle — (often initial capital letter) a French title of respect equivalent to “Miss”, used in speaking to or of a girl or unmarried woman: Mademoiselle Lafitte. Abbreviation: Mlle.
- madisonville — a city in W Kentucky.
- magnetotails — Plural form of magnetotail.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- main-topsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- malacologist — A person who studies molluscs, who specializes in malacology.
- malapropisms — Plural form of malapropism.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- mallophagous — of or relating to any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- malocclusion — faulty occlusion; irregular contact of opposing teeth in the upper and lower jaws.
- malodorously — With a bad smell.
- malpositions — Plural form of malposition.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- marie louise — 1791–1847, 2nd wife of Napoleon I: empress of France; duchess of Parma 1816–31 (daughter of Francis II of Austria; mother of Napoleon II).
- marsh mallow — an Old World mallow, Althaea officinalis, having pink flowers, found in marshy places.
- marshalltown — a city in central Iowa.
- marshmallows — Plural form of marshmallow.
- marshmallowy — Similar to a marshmallow.
- marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
- master alloy — an alloy rich in certain elements, used in small quantities as an additive to melts of alloyed metal.
- matopo hills — the granite hills south of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, where Cecil Rhodes chose to be buried
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matrimonials — Plural form of matrimonial.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- megamillions — Plural form of megamillion.
- melancholics — Plural form of melancholic.
- melancholies — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- melanoblasts — Plural form of melanoblast.