12-letter words containing c, l, e, s
- intravesical — Within the urinary bladder.
- iridescently — In an iridescent manner.
- irish gaelic — Irish (def 4).
- ironicalness — The quality of being ironical.
- irrelevances — Plural form of irrelevance.
- ischiorectal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and the ischial tuberosity.
- jack russell — a small short-legged terrier having a white coat with tan, black, or lemon markings: there are rough- and smooth-haired varieties
- jackson hole — a valley in NW Wyoming, near the Teton Range: wildlife preserve.
- jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
- jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
- kelvin scale — William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, English physicist and mathematician.
- kick oneself — regret sth
- kilocalories — Plural form of kilocalorie.
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- kletterschuh — a lightweight climbing boot with a canvas or suede upper and Vibram (originally felt or cord) sole
- knuckleballs — Plural form of knuckleball.
- knucklebones — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- lake charles — a city in SW Louisiana.
- lake jackson — a town in S Texas.
- lake success — a town on Long Island, in SE New York: temporary United Nations headquarters 1946–51.
- lane closure — the closing of a lane on a motorway
- laparoscopes — Plural form of laparoscope.
- lapidescence — a lapidescent quality or condition
- 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.
- lascaux cave — a cave in Lascaux, France, discovered in 1940 and containing exceptionally fine Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings thought to date to Magdalenian times (c13,000–8500 b.c.).
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- latus rectum — the chord perpendicular to the principal axis and passing through a focus of an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola.
- lay a course — to sail on a planned course without tacking
- le corbusier — (Charles Édouard Jeanneret) 1887–1965, Swiss architect in France.
- lead a chase — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- lead crystal — cut glass containing lead oxide
- 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
- leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
- leathernecks — Plural form of leatherneck.
- lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- leeds castle — a castle near Maidstone in Kent: the home of several medieval queens of England
- legitimistic — inclined towards, or relating to, the opinions of legitimists
- leif ericson — Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- lemon cheese — a soft paste made from lemons, sugar, eggs, and butter, used as a spread or filling
- 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.
- lesser ionic — Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- lesser scaup — a diving duck, Aythya marila, of Europe and America, having a black-and-white plumage in the male
- letter stock — unregistered stock sold privately by a company so as not to have a negative effect on the price of its publicly traded stock.