12-letter words containing l, a, p
- irreciprocal — not reciprocal
- irrepairable — not able to be repaired, or beyond repair
- irrepealable — incapable of being repealed or revoked.
- irreplacable — Misspelling of irreplaceable.
- irreplicable — Incapable of being replicated.
- irreprovable — Not reprovable; irreproachable.
- irreprovably — in an irreprovable manner
- irrespirable — not respirable; unfit for breathing.
- isapi filter — (web) A replaceable DLL which the server calls whenever there is an HTTP request. When the filter is first loaded, it communicates to the server what sort of notifications will be accepted. After that, whenever a selected event occurs, the filter is called to process the event. Example applications of ISAPI filters include custom authentication schemes, compression, encryption, logging, traffic analysis or other request analyses.
- islamophobia — Alternative capitalization of Islamophobia.
- ismail pasha — 1830–95, viceroy and khedive of Egypt 1863–79.
- isoprenaline — a compound that is a derivative of adrenaline and that is used to treat asthma and bronchial conditions. Formula: C11H17NO3
- isotopically — With regard to isotopes.
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- james k polk — James Knox, 1795–1849, the 11th president of the U.S. 1845–49.
- japan clover — a drought-resistant bush clover, Lespedeza striata, of the legume family, introduced to the southern Atlantic states from Asia, having numerous tiny trifoliate leaves valued for pasturage and hay.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- jet airplane — jet plane.
- john paul ii — (Karol Wojtyla) 1920–2005, Polish ecclesiastic: pope 1978–2005.
- jump a claim — to seize mining rights or land claimed by someone else
- kaleidophone — an instrument, invented by Professor Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), consisting of a light on a vibrating rod with a reflecting knob for exhibiting the effect of sound waves
- kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
- keep it real — avoid affectation
- kepler's law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- keratoplasty — plastic surgery performed upon the cornea, especially a corneal transplantation.
- kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
- kleptocratic — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- knee-slapper — a joke evoking boisterous hilarity.
- kuala lumpur — a constitutional monarchy in SE Asia: a federation, comprising the former British territories of Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak: member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 126,310 sq. mi. (327,143 sq. km). Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
- labour pains — the pains felt during the contractions of childbirth
- labour party — a political party in Great Britain, formed in 1900 from various socialist and labor groups and taking its present name in 1906.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- lady-slipper — cypripedium
- lahore party — a modern sect, divided into an older group (Qadianis) and a newer group (Lahore party)
- lake nipigon — a lake in central Canada, in NW Ontario, draining into Lake Superior via the Nipigon River. Area: 4843 sq km (1870 sq miles)
- lallapalooza — an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
- lambda point — the temperature of approximately 2.186 K, at which the transition from helium I to superfluid helium II occurs.
- lamellaphone — Alt form lamellophone.
- lamellophone — (musical instruments) Any of several musical instruments in which the sound is produced by plucking a series of thin lamellaa attached to a sounding board.
- lamp bracket — a bracket for holding a lamp
- lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
- lamp trimmer — a sailor responsible for keeping the oil lamps of a ship burning brightly, especially the deck and navigation lamps.
- lampadedromy — (in ancient Greece) a relay race in which the runners or riders carried a lighted torch
- lampadomancy — a method of divination by studying the carbon deposits left by a burning lamp or candle
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
- lamprophyric — belonging or relating to a lamprophyre
- land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- landed price — the price when delivered