12-letter words containing l, a, s
- afforestable — having the capacity to be turned into forest
- after-school — After-school activities are those that are organized for children in the afternoon or evening after they have finished school.
- agesilaus ii — 444?–c360 b.c, king of Sparta c400–c360.
- agglomerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agglomerate.
- agglutinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agglutinate.
- aggressively — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- agnostically — a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience. Synonyms: disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever; doubter, skeptic, secularist, empiricist; heathen, heretic, infidel, pagan.
- aids-related — caused by or associated with the AIDS virus
- aiguillettes — Plural form of aiguillette.
- ailurophiles — Plural form of ailurophile.
- ailurophobes — Plural form of ailurophobe.
- air embolism — the presence in the tissues and blood of a gas, such as air or nitrogen bubbles, caused by an injection of air or, in the case of nitrogen, by an abrupt and substantial reduction in the ambient pressure
- airpocalypse — (informal) The presence of dense smog in many parts of China.
- alalcomeneus — the first man: he reared Athena and reconciled Zeus and Hera.
- alan shugart — Alan F. Shugart
- alant starch — inulin.
- alarm signal — a signal warning of danger
- alarm system — a set of electronic devices that trigger an alarm
- alaska range — a mountain range in S central Alaska. Highest peak: Mount McKinley, 6194 m (20 320 ft)
- albert speer — Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- alberti bass — a reiterated broken-chord figure used as an accompaniment, especially in 18th-century rococo keyboard music.
- alexanderson — Ernst F. W [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1878–1975, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- alexandrines — Plural form of alexandrine.
- alexandrinus — the Greek uncial codex, dating from the early 5th century a.d., originally containing the complete text of the Greek Old and New Testaments.
- alfonso xiii — 1886–1941, king of Spain (1886–1931), who was forced to abdicate on the establishment of the republic in 1931
- algesiometer — an instrument for determining the sensitiveness of the skin to a painful stimulus.
- alhambresque — like the Alhambra, especially in richness of ornamentation
- alias dictus — otherwise called; alias.
- aliasing bug — stale pointer bug
- alice's fern — Hartford fern.
- alieni juris — under the control of another, as a lunatic or infant.
- alkalescence — the process of developing alkaline qualities
- alkalescency — the tendency to develop alkaline qualities
- alkali grass — a plant, Zigadenus elegans, of central and western North America, having tough, wiry, bluish-green leaves and greenish flowers.
- alkalimeters — Plural form of alkalimeter.
- all kinds of — You can use all kinds of to emphasize that there are a great number and variety of particular things or people.
- all shook up — shaken, upset
- all the best — You can say 'All the best' when you are saying goodbye to someone, or at the end of a letter.
- all the same — nevertheless; yet
- allegoristic — writing or using allegory; interpreting in an allegorical sense.
- allegrissimo — (music) A direction in musical notation indicating that the musical piece should be played very fast and lively.
- allelomorphs — Plural form of allelomorph.
- allhallowmas — All Saints' Day.
- allman style — indent style
- allomorphism — variation in the crystalline form of a chemical compound
- allosauruses — Plural form of allosaurus.
- alloy wheels — wheels made from an steel alloy, usually of aluminium or magnesium, for improved properties such as reduced weight, better heat conductance and a shiny appearance
- alluringness — The state or quality of being alluring.
- allusiveness — having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by allusions.
- almightiness — The state or quality of being almighty.