12-letter words containing l, a, s, p, e
- isoprenaline — a compound that is a derivative of adrenaline and that is used to treat asthma and bronchial conditions. Formula: C11H17NO3
- james k polk — James Knox, 1795–1849, the 11th president of the U.S. 1845–49.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- 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.
- 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.
- knee-slapper — a joke evoking boisterous hilarity.
- lady-slipper — cypripedium
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
- land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- lap dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
- laparoscopes — Plural form of laparoscope.
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- lapidescence — a lapidescent quality or condition
- 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.
- laser weapon — weapons which make use of lasers or lasers used as weapons
- lateral lisp — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- lateral pass — a short pass thrown or tossed parallel to the line of scrimmage or slightly backward from the position of the passer.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- leapfroggers — Plural form of leapfrogger.
- leopard seal — a yellowish-gray, spotted seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, of the Antarctic.
- leopardesses — Plural form of leopardess.
- leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
- leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
- lesser panda — panda (def 2).
- lesser scaup — a diving duck, Aythya marila, of Europe and America, having a black-and-white plumage in the male
- letters page — the page in a newspaper or magazine containing letters sent to the editor by readers
- line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- linear space — vector space.
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- lisp machine — 1. (architecture) Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2. (hardware, operating system) A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- lopez mateos — Adolfo [ah-th awl-faw] /ɑˈðɔl fɔ/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Mexican lawyer and politician: president of Mexico 1958–64.
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- lover's leap — a high area, as on a cliff, from which frustrated or grieving lovers jump or are reputed to have jumped to their death.
- luteal phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, lasting about two weeks, from ovulation to the beginning of the next menstrual flow.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.
- mantelpieces — Plural form of mantelpiece.
- marketplaces — Plural form of marketplace.
- marlinespike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- melanophores — Plural form of melanophore.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- melrose park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
- mesoplankton — plankton that live at middle depths.