12-letter words containing l, a, d, y, s
- industrially — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- lady's-smock — a N temperate plant, Cardamine pratensis, with white or rose-pink flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- lady's-thumb — a smartweed, Polygonum persicaria, of the buckwheat family, having pink or purplish flowers and lance-shaped leaves with a spot resembling a thumbprint.
- lady-slipper — cypripedium
- ladylikeness — Ladylike behaviour.
- laundry list — a lengthy, especially random list of items: a laundry list of hoped-for presents; a laundry list of someone's crimes.
- lay hands on — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- lead crystal — cut glass containing lead oxide
- 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.
- malodorously — With a bad smell.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- misadvisedly — ill-advisedly
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide
- plain as day — obvious
- prosodically — in a prosodic manner
- regardlessly — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
- saccadically — in a saccadical manner
- sadistically — pertaining to or characterized by sadism; deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from extreme cruelty: a sadistic psychopath.
- safety blade — a blade, as on a knife, razor, etc, with a guard to reduce the risk of accidental cutting
- salicylamide — a compound of ammonia and gualtheria oil
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- sardonically — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- scandalously — disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
- sell-by date — the last date on which perishable food should be sold, usually established with some allowance for home storage under refrigeration. Compare shelf life.
- shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
- shovel-ready — of or relating to a construction project that is ready to start immediately
- sidereal day — the interval between two successive passages of the vernal equinox over the meridian, being about four minutes shorter than a mean solar day.
- sinusoidally — Mathematics. of or relating to a sinusoid.
- six-year-old — being six years in age
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- south hadley — a city in W Massachusetts.
- spiny lizard — any of numerous iguanid lizards of the genus Sceloporus, common in North and Central America, usually having keeled scales that may end in a sharp point.
- sporadically — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- subsidiarily — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- syndactylism — having certain digits joined together.
- syndactylous — having fingers, or toes, united
- the old days — the past
- thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
- to hold sway — If someone or something holds sway, they have great power or influence over a particular place or activity.
- unassistedly — in an unassisted manner
- unhandsomely — unattractively
- vasodilatory — of or relating to the dilation of blood vessels