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12-letter words containing i, o, n, a, s

  • jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
  • jactitations — Plural form of jactitation.
  • 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
  • japonaiserie — stylistic characteristics, as in art, decor, or film, influenced by or reflective of Japanese culture and tradition.
  • jeffersonian — pertaining to or advocating the political principles and doctrines of Thomas Jefferson, especially those stressing minimum control by the central government, the inalienable rights of the individual, and the superiority of an agrarian economy and rural society.
  • jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
  • jettisonable — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
  • job analysis — a detailed study of the requirements necessary to complete a job, taking into consideration chiefly the order of operation, material and machinery needed, and the necessary qualifications of workers.
  • joint estate — an estate owned by two or more people with the same rights of possession
  • journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
  • jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
  • junior class — the penultimate class in high school or college
  • karyokinesis — mitosis.
  • kinesophobia — Fear of movement.
  • kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
  • king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
  • kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
  • korsakoffian — relating to or suffering from Korsakoff's psychosis
  • labor-saving — A labor-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
  • labour pains — the pains felt during the contractions of childbirth
  • laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
  • lake station — a town in NW Indiana.
  • lamentations — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
  • laminotomies — Plural form of laminotomy.
  • landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
  • langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
  • latin school — a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.
  • latitudinous — having latitude, scope, range, breadth, etc., especially of ideas, interests, interpretations, or the like: a Renaissance man of latitudinous outlook.
  • law of sines — a law stating that the ratio of a side of a plane triangle to the sine of the opposite angle is the same for all three sides.
  • lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
  • legalisation — Alternative spelling of legalization.
  • legionnaires — Plural form of legionnaire.
  • legislations — the act of making or enacting laws.
  • levalloisian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a distinctive late Lower and Middle Paleolithic method of preparing a stone core so that preformed thin, oval or triangular flakes with sharp edges could be struck from it.
  • lex talionis — the principle or law of retaliation that a punishment inflicted should correspond in degree and kind to the offense of the wrongdoer, as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; retributive justice.
  • lion's share — the largest part or share, especially a disproportionate portion: The eldest son received the lion's share of the estate.
  • lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
  • liquidations — Plural form of liquidation.
  • loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
  • localisation — Alternative spelling of localization.
  • locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
  • loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
  • loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
  • long-lasting — enduring or existing for a long period of time: a long-lasting friendship.
  • long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
  • longirostral — (of birds) having a long beak
  • longstanding — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
  • loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
  • louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
  • lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
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