12-letter words containing n, e, c, s, a
- irrelevances — Plural form of irrelevance.
- irresistance — (archaic) passive submission; lack of resistance.
- isaac newton — Sir Isaac, 1642–1727, English philosopher and mathematician: formulator of the law of gravitation.
- isoantigenic — relating to an isoantigen or isoantigens
- isoenzymatic — isoenzymic
- jackson hole — a valley in NW Wyoming, near the Teton Range: wildlife preserve.
- jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
- jasmine rice — an aromatic, flavorful long-grain rice of Asia, especially Thailand.
- just in case — if it should happen that
- kelvin scale — William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, English physicist and mathematician.
- kinaesthetic — Alternative form of kinesthetic.
- kinesiatrics — the treatment of disease by the use of gymnastics or muscle exercises
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- king's peace — (in early medieval England) the protection secured by the king for particular people or places
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- knuckleballs — Plural form of knuckleball.
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- lake jackson — a town in S Texas.
- lane closure — the closing of a lane on a motorway
- 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.
- leading case — a case that is regarded as having settled a particular point of law; a case that is used as guidance for legal decisions
- leathernecks — Plural form of leatherneck.
- lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- lenticularis — (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains. Associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.
- line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- linear space — vector space.
- linseed cake — a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.
- 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.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- look askance — glance sidelong or with suspicion
- loose cannon — a person whose reckless behavior endangers the efforts or welfare of others.
- loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
- macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- maintenances — the act of maintaining: the maintenance of proper oral hygiene.
- majesticness — The quality of being majestic.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malefeasance — Obsolete form of malfeasance.
- malfeasances — Plural form of malfeasance.
- malignancies — Plural form of malignancy.