12-letter words containing l, p, s
- blood sample — an amount of a person's blood taken from their body for use in medical tests
- blood spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- blood supply — the flow of blood to different parts of the body
- blue springs — a town in W Missouri.
- bog asphodel — either of two liliaceous plants, Narthecium ossifragum of Europe or N. americanum of North America, that grow in boggy places and have small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves
- boskop skull — a portion of a human skull found in South Africa, of undetermined relationship and geological age: formerly associated with a hypothetical Boskop race
- brass plaque — a brass plate screwed to a wall or other structure and engraved with a name or other information, esp to commemorate an important event
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- bus topology — bus
- caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
- camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
- capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
- cape agulhas — a headland in South Africa, the southernmost point of the African continent
- capillaceous — having numerous filaments resembling hairs or threads
- capital cost — a cost incurred on the purchase of land, buildings, construction and equipment to be used in the production of goods or the rendering of services
- capital loss — A capital loss is a loss on investment property.
- capital ship — one of the largest and most heavily armed ships in a naval fleet
- capitalising — Present participle of capitalise.
- capitalistic — Capitalistic means supporting or based on the principles of capitalism.
- capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
- capriciously — subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
- cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
- carisoprodol — a crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 12 H 24 N 2 O 4 , used as a muscle relaxant.
- carpet tiles — small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor
- cashew apple — the soft, swollen, pear-shaped stalk of the cashew tree, to which a cashew nut is attached: used in preserves and wine.
- castile soap — a hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide
- cataphysical — perverse; contrary to nature
- catastrophal — (rare) Catastrophic.
- caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
- caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
- chalk stripe — (on a fabric) a pattern of thin white lines on a dark ground.
- chalk-stripe — a stripe, as in the fabric of some suits, that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe
- chaplinesque — characteristic of or resembling the comedy or filmmaking style of Charlie Chaplin.
- charles epee — Charles Michel, Abbé de l', 1712–89, French priest and teacher of the deaf: pioneer in the development of sign language.
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- child's play — something that is easy to do
- chisel point — a nail or spike with the point formed by two flat inclined sides meeting at a sharp angle.
- chlorophylls — Plural form of chlorophyll.
- chlorophytes — Plural form of chlorophyte.
- chloroplasts — Plural form of chloroplast.
- chlorospinel — a variety of spinel used as a gem, colored grass-green by the presence of copper.
- chlorpyrifos — a broad-spectrum insecticide, C 9 H 11 Cl 3 NO 3 PS, used on lawns and ornamental plants.
- chorus pedal — an electronic device that creates the effect of more than one sound from a single source by combining a short delay with slight deviations in pitch
- chromoplasts — Plural form of chromoplast.
- chrysophanol — (organic compound) A chemical compound found in rhubarb.
- cladocarpous — pleurocarpous.
- cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
- clap eyes on — to catch sight of