12-letter words containing d, e, s, a
- jameson raid — an expedition into the Transvaal in 1895 led by Sir Leander Starr Jameson (1853–1917) in an unsuccessful attempt to topple its Boer regime
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- 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.
- kavir desert — Dasht-e-Kavir.
- ketoacidosis — (pathology) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
- keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- ladies' room — a public lavatory for women.
- lady-slipper — cypripedium
- ladylikeness — Ladylike behaviour.
- land measure — any system of measurement for measuring land.
- land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- landgrabbers — Plural form of landgrabber.
- landgravines — Plural form of landgravine.
- landlessness — without landed property; not owning land: a landless noble.
- landlordless — Without a landlord.
- lap dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
- lapidescence — a lapidescent quality or condition
- laser-guided — (of a missile, etc) guided with the use of a laser beam
- laudableness — The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness.
- launderettes — Plural form of launderette.
- 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
- leaderboards — Plural form of leaderboard.
- 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
- leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- 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.
- leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
- leeds castle — a castle near Maidstone in Kent: the home of several medieval queens of England
- leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
- leopard seal — a yellowish-gray, spotted seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, of the Antarctic.
- leopardesses — Plural form of leopardess.
- lesser panda — panda (def 2).
- line islands — a group of islands in the central Pacific Ocean, S of the Hawaiian Islands: eight belong to the Republic of Kiribati, three are U.S. dependencies. 193 sq. mi. (500 sq. km).
- linseed cake — a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.
- linseed meal — ground linseed cake.
- lisle thread — a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.
- loco disease — locoism.
- logodaedalus — a person who uses words with skill or cunning
- long-handles — long underwear.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- look daggers — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- lord's table — the, communion table.
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- love handles — fat midriff
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- lundy's lane — a road near Niagara Falls, in Ontario, Canada: battle between the British and Americans in 1814.
- lyme disease — an acute inflammatory disease caused by a tick-borne spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi , characterized by recurrent episodes of decreasing severity in which joint swelling, fever, and rash occur, sometimes with cardiac or nervous system complications.