12-letter words containing l, a, c, u, s, o
- false colour — colour used in a computer or photographic display to help in interpreting the image, as in the use of red to show high temperatures and blue to show low temperatures in an infrared image converter
- fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- gallinaceous — pertaining to or resembling the domestic fowls.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- glaucomatous — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
- glaucousness — Quality of being glaucous.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- hallucinosis — a mental state characterized by repeated hallucinations.
- hellaciously — In a hellacious manner.
- housecleaner — Someone employed to clean a house.
- incautiously — In an incautious manner; with a lack of caution.
- inclusionary — (of zoning, housing programs, etc.) stipulating that a certain percentage of new housing will be priced within the reach of middle-income buyers or renters.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- inoculations — the act or process of inoculating.
- inosculating — Present participle of inosculate.
- inosculation — The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; intercommunication.
- insouciantly — free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- junior class — the penultimate class in high school or college
- labour costs — the charges incurred when employing labour; the wages, etc, paid to workers, esp those employed to do physical work
- lane closure — the closing of a lane on a motorway
- lapidicolous — living under stones
- lasciviously — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- lay a course — to sail on a planned course without tacking
- 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.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- malocclusion — faulty occlusion; irregular contact of opposing teeth in the upper and lower jaws.
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- miraculously — In a miraculous manner.
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- mucilaginous — of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.
- multicostate — having several costae or ribs
- museological — Pertaining to museology.