12-letter words containing l, e, a, n, t
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- irrelevantly — not relevant; not applicable or pertinent: His lectures often stray to interesting but irrelevant subjects.
- jet airplane — jet plane.
- jettisonable — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
- judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- jus naturale — the rules and principles of law derived from the customs and legislation of Rome, as opposed to those derived from the customs of all nations (jus gentium) or from fundamental ideas of right and wrong implicit in the human mind (jus naturale)
- keratohyalin — (biology) A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
- ketoconazole — a synthetic substance, C 26 H 28 Cl 2 N 4 O 4 , used to treat a variety of fungal infections.
- kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- kite balloon — a barrage balloon intended for use in information-gathering and observation; it is usually tethered to the ground and has lobes to keep it stable and pointing into the wind
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- labyrinthine — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- lace-curtain — characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- lake balaton — a large shallow lake in W Hungary. Area: 689 sq km (266 sq miles)
- lake ontario — a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- lake station — a town in NW Indiana.
- lake torrens — a shallow salt lake in E central South Australia, about 8 m (25 ft) below sea level. Area: 5776 sq km (2230 sq miles)
- lake turkana — a long narrow lake in E Africa, in the Great Rift Valley. Area: 7104 sq km (2743 sq miles)
- lake vättern — a lake in S central Sweden: the second largest lake in Sweden; linked to Lake Vänern by the Göta Canal; drains into the Baltic. Area: 1912 sq km (738 sq miles)
- lamentations — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- laminotomies — Plural form of laminotomy.
- lanceolately — in a lanceolate way or form
- lancet clock — a mantel clock having a case formed like an acutely pointed arch.
- land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- landgraviate — the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- lantern gear — a gear mechanism including a lantern wheel.
- lantern ring — gland2 (def 1).
- lantern tree — a Chilean tree (Crinodendron hookerianum) of a family (Elaeocarpaceae, order Malvales) of tropical dicotyledonous trees and shrubs having leathery, elliptical leaves and hanging, red flowers, sometimes grown in the far S U.S. as an ornamental
- lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
- lappeenranta — a city in SE Finland.
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- last but one — next to last
- latch needle — a part of a knitting machine consisting of a thin shaft with a hook on one end and a pivoting latch that closes over the hook so that yarn can be drawn through the developing knitting to make a stitch.
- late trading — trading carried out after the standard national exchanges have closed, and which is usually illegal
- lateenrigged — having lateen sails.
- latent image — an invisible image, produced on a sensitized emulsion by exposure to light, that will emerge in development.
- lateral line — the line, or system of lines, of sensory structures along the head and sides of fishes and amphibians, by which the animal is believed to detect water current and pressure changes and vibrations.
- laterization — the weathering process by which rock is changed to laterite.
- latin square — a square array of numbers, letters, etc., in which each item appears exactly once in each row and column: used in statistical analysis.
- launderettes — Plural form of launderette.
- law merchant — the principles and rules, drawn chiefly from custom, determining the rights and obligations of commercial transactions; commercial law.
- laxativeness — the condition or quality of being laxative
- leading note — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
- leading tone — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.