12-letter words containing l, a, r, o, u, s
- corallaceous — having the nature of coral
- corollaceous — of, relating to, resembling, or having a corolla
- counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
- counterpleas — Plural form of counterplea.
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- courageously — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- cryosurgical — of or relating to cryosurgery
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- disastrously — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- dissimulator — One who dissimulates.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- douglas hurd — a third-class university degree
- dual-purpose — serving two functions.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- extraneously — In an extraneous manner.
- 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
- flammiferous — flame-producing
- flatterously — in a flatterous manner
- flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- forepleasure — the aggregate of pleasurable sensations that lead to a heightened physical or emotional response, as of those aroused in sexual intercourse that lead to an orgasm.
- 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?
- formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
- fortran-plus — Fortran for the DAP parallel machine, implements many Fortran 90 features.
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- galusha grow — Galusha Aaron [guh-loo-shuh] /gəˈlu ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1822–1907, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1861–63.
- gastrulation — the formation of a gastrula.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- glabrousness — The quality of being glabrous.
- glamour puss — a person with an unusually attractive face.
- glamour-puss — a person with an unusually attractive face.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- granulations — Plural form of granulation.
- granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- gratuitously — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
- gratulations — a feeling of joy.
- gregariously — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- ground glass — Optics. glass that has had its polished surface removed by fine grinding and that is used to diffuse light.
- gutturonasal — articulated in the back of the mouth and given resonance in the nasal cavity, as the sound represented by (ng) in (ring).
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.