12-letter words containing i, s, r, a
- levi-strauss — Claude, 1908–2009, French anthropologist and educator, born in Belgium: founder of structural anthropology.
- liberal arts — humanities and social sciences
- liberalising — Present participle of liberalise.
- liberalistic — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- liberalities — Plural form of liberality.
- libertarians — Plural form of libertarian.
- lifestreamer — a person who provides an online record of his or her life, either by means of live video footage or via an online collection of social network updates, blogs, and photos
- ligurian sea — a part of the Mediterranean between Corsica and the NW coast of Italy.
- linear space — vector space.
- lion's share — the largest part or share, especially a disproportionate portion: The eldest son received the lion's share of the estate.
- liposarcomas — Plural form of liposarcoma.
- liquidambars — Plural form of liquidambar.
- lisle thread — a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.
- literalistic — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- literariness — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
- literateness — the ability to read and write
- litholatrous — of or relating to the worship of stones
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- litterateurs — Plural form of litterateur.
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- lobster tail — the flesh of the tail of any of various crustaceans, esp. the Cape crawfish, prepared as food, often by broiling in the shell
- loganberries — Plural form of loganberry.
- longirostral — (of birds) having a long beak
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- macassar oil — an oil derived from materials said to be obtained from Macassar, formerly used as a hairdressing.
- macro-cosmic — the great world or universe; the universe considered as a whole (opposed to microcosm).
- macrobiotics — a philosophically oriented program incorporating elements from several ancient cultures and emphasizing harmony with nature, especially through adherence to a diet consisting primarily of whole grains, beans, vegetables, and moderate amounts of seafood and fruit.
- macrocytosis — The presence of macrocytes in the blood.
- macrofossils — Plural form of macrofossil.
- macroglossia — Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
- macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- 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.
- magistracies — Plural form of magistracy.
- magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
- maid service — cleaner, cleaning business
- maidservants — Plural form of maidservant.
- mainstreamed — Simple past tense and past participle of mainstream.
- mainstreamer — a member of the mainstream.
- makarios iii — (Michael Christodoulos Mouskos) 1913–77, Cypriot statesman and Greek Orthodox prelate: archbishop and patriarch of Cyprus 1950–77; president 1960–77 (in exile 1974).
- make friends — get to know people
- make history — do sth of great significance
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- malapropisms — Plural form of malapropism.
- male-sterile — producing no pollen or infertile pollen.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.