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12-letter words containing l, a, r, o, u, s

  • harbour seal — a common earless seal, Phoca vitulina, that is greyish-black with paler markings: found off the coasts of North America, N Europe, and NE Asia
  • harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
  • hazel grouse — a European woodland grouse, Tetrastes bonasia, somewhat resembling the North American ruffed grouse.
  • heterosexual — of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality.
  • holothurians — Plural form of holothurian.
  • housecleaner — Someone employed to clean a house.
  • hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
  • hyperarousal — A state of heightened psychological and physiological tension resulting in reduced pain tolerance, anxiety, excessive response to sensory stimulation, insomnia, and fatigue.
  • idolatrously — In an idolatrous manner.
  • illuminators — Plural form of illuminator.
  • illustration — something that illustrates, as a picture in a book or magazine.
  • illustrators — Plural form of illustrator.
  • illustratory — Serving to illustrate.
  • 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.
  • insalubrious — unfavorable to health; unwholesome.
  • interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
  • iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
  • iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
  • jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
  • jeopardously — with risk or peril
  • 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
  • kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
  • labour costs — the charges incurred when employing labour; the wages, etc, paid to workers, esp those employed to do physical work
  • labour pains — the pains felt during the contractions of childbirth
  • labouriously — Alternative form of laboriously.
  • laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
  • lane closure — the closing of a lane on a motorway
  • languorously — characterized by languor; languid.
  • last honours — observances of respect at a funeral
  • laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
  • lay a course — to sail on a planned course without tacking
  • leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
  • leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
  • litholatrous — of or relating to the worship of stones
  • long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
  • loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
  • lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
  • lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
  • lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
  • 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.
  • malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
  • malodorously — With a bad smell.
  • manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
  • marie louise — 1791–1847, 2nd wife of Napoleon I: empress of France; duchess of Parma 1816–31 (daughter of Francis II of Austria; mother of Napoleon II).
  • marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
  • 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).
  • metro-sexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
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