12-letter words containing l, a, n, d, s
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- endonuclease — An enzyme that cleaves a polynucleotide chain by separating nucleotides other than the two end ones.
- endoskeletal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- enlargedness — the state of being enlarged
- enlisted man — military: male soldier
- externalised — Simple past tense and past participle of externalise.
- false friend — a word or expression in one language that, because it resembles one in another language, is often wrongly taken to have the same meaning, for example, the French agenda which means diary, not agenda
- false indigo — any of several North American shrubs belonging to the genus Amorpha, of the legume family, especially A. fruticosa, having compound leaves with pinnate leaflets and long, dense clusters of purplish flowers.
- fascinatedly — In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
- flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
- flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
- flying squad — a trained, mobile group of police officers, business executives, labor officials, or the like, capable of performing specialized tasks whenever or wherever sent, often for use in emergencies.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- gangliosides — Plural form of ganglioside.
- gangsterland — an area controlled by gangsters
- garden snail — Zoology
- gas cylinder — container for storing gas
- glad tidings — Glad tidings means good news.
- gladsomeness — (archaic) gladness.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- godwin's law — (humour) "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups. However there is also a widely recognised codicil that any intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful.
- golden aster — any North American, asterlike, composite plant of the genus Chrysopsis, having bright, golden-yellow flower heads, as C. mariana, of the eastern U.S.
- golden share — a share in a company that controls at least 51% of the voting rights, esp one retained by the UK government in some privatization issues
- golden stars — a plant, Bloomeria crocea, of the amaryllis family, native to southern California, having clusters of golden-orange, starlike flowers.
- golden state — California (used as a nickname).
- golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
- grand island — a city in S Nebraska.
- grand siècle — the 17th century in French art and literature, esp the classical period of Louis XIV
- ground glass — Optics. glass that has had its polished surface removed by fine grinding and that is used to diffuse light.
- halcyon days — period regarded with nostalgia
- hand-selling — a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- headlessness — The state of being headless.
- headlongness — Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.
- idealisation — Alternative spelling of idealization.
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- inadmissible — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
- inadmissibly — In an inadmissible way.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- indefeasible — not defeasible; not to be annulled or made void; not forfeitable.
- indefeasibly — In an indefeasible manner.