12-letter words containing a, s, u, i
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- lapidicolous — living under stones
- lapis lazuli — a deep-blue mineral composed mainly of lazurite with smaller quantities of other minerals, used mainly as a gem or as a pigment.
- lasciviously — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- laser-guided — (of a missile, etc) guided with the use of a laser beam
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- latifundista — the owner of a latifundio in Latin America or Spain.
- 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.
- latitudinous — having latitude, scope, range, breadth, etc., especially of ideas, interests, interpretations, or the like: a Renaissance man of latitudinous outlook.
- laughing gas — nitrous oxide.
- laundry list — a lengthy, especially random list of items: a laundry list of hoped-for presents; a laundry list of someone's crimes.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- legislatures — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- 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.
- leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
- levi strauss — David Friedrich [dah-veet free-drikh] /ˈdɑ vit ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1808–74, German theologian, philosopher, and author.
- levi-strauss — Claude, 1908–2009, French anthropologist and educator, born in Belgium: founder of structural anthropology.
- ligurian sea — a part of the Mediterranean between Corsica and the NW coast of Italy.
- lilliputians — Plural form of lilliputian.
- linguistical — (not in technical use) linguistic.
- liquid glass — any of several clear, white, or greenish water-soluble compounds of formulas varying in ratio from Na 2 O⋅3.75SiO 2 to 2Na 2 O⋅SiO 2 : used chiefly in dyeing, printing, and fireproofing textiles and in the manufacture of paper products and cement.
- liquidambars — Plural form of liquidambar.
- liquidations — Plural form of liquidation.
- litholatrous — of or relating to the worship of stones
- lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- litterateurs — Plural form of litterateur.
- lobeliaceous — belonging to the plant family Lobeliaceae.
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- loquaciously — In a loquacious manner.
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- 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.
- 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.
- mains supply — electricity, water, or gas supplied to a building through wires or pipes
- maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- 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.
- maneuverings — Plural form of maneuvering.
- manicure set — a set of small tools designed for trimming and caring for the nails
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- manu-service — denoting a business that involves both the manufacture of goods and the provision of after-sales services