12-letter words containing l, a, r, y, s
- impersonally — In an impersonal manner.
- 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.
- increasingly — growing larger or greater; enlarging; augmenting.
- industrially — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- insufferably — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- insurability — capable of being or proper to be insured, as against loss or harm.
- intranasally — occurring within or administered through the nose.
- irascibility — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- irresistably — Misspelling of irresistibly.
- irresolvably — In an irresolvable manner.
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- juristically — of or relating to a jurist or to jurisprudence; juridical.
- keratoplasty — plastic surgery performed upon the cornea, especially a corneal transplantation.
- labouriously — Alternative form of laboriously.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lady-slipper — cypripedium
- lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
- languorously — characterized by languor; languid.
- larch sawfly — a red and black sawfly, Pristiphora erichsonii, the larvae of which infest and feed on the leaves of larch.
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- laryngoscopy — an examination by means of a laryngoscope.
- laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
- laundry list — a lengthy, especially random list of items: a laundry list of hoped-for presents; a laundry list of someone's crimes.
- lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
- lawyerliness — Quality of being lawyerly.
- lay a course — to sail on a planned course without tacking
- lay sth bare — If you lay bare something or someone, you reveal or expose them.
- lay store by — to value or reckon as important
- lead crystal — cut glass containing lead oxide
- lower saxony — a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- mackerel sky — an extensive group of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds, especially when well-marked in their arrangement: so called because of a resemblance to the scales on a mackerel.
- malodorously — With a bad smell.
- marshmallowy — Similar to a marshmallow.
- marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
- master alloy — an alloy rich in certain elements, used in small quantities as an additive to melts of alloyed metal.
- meristically — in a meristic manner
- mesmerically — In a mesmeric manner; by, or as if by, hypnotism.
- meta-crystal — (language) A language for transformations of Crystal programs. Implemented in T.
- microanalyst — One who carries out microanalysis.
- microcrystal — a microscopic crystal.
- milk parsley — a wetland plant belonging to the family Apiaceae
- miraculously — In a miraculous manner.
- misportrayal — the act of portraying.
- murphy's law — the facetious proposition that if something can go wrong, it will.
- mystery play — a medieval dramatic form based on a Biblical story, usually dealing with the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
- nanocrystals — Plural form of nanocrystal.
- nasolacrymal — relating to the tear duct
- oral history — information of historical or sociological importance obtained usually by tape-recorded interviews with persons whose experiences and memories are representative or whose lives have been of special significance.