12-letter words containing n, o, a, l, i
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- junior class — the penultimate class in high school or college
- kachina doll — a Hopi Indian doll carved from cottonwood root in representation of a kachina and given as a gift to a child or used as a household decoration.
- kaleidophone — an instrument, invented by Professor Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), consisting of a light on a vibrating rod with a reflecting knob for exhibiting the effect of sound waves
- 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.
- kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
- kingdom hall — a meeting place of Jehovah's Witnesses for religious services.
- 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.
- labanotation — a system for recording ballet movements invented by Rudolph Laban
- labia minora — female genitals: inner folds of skin
- labilization — to cause to become labile.
- labor-saving — A labor-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- laboratorian — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
- labour pains — the pains felt during the contractions of childbirth
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- lagging load — A lagging load is one where the phase of the current lags behind the phase of the voltage when supplied with an alternating voltage.
- lake nipigon — a lake in central Canada, in NW Ontario, draining into Lake Superior via the Nipigon River. Area: 4843 sq km (1870 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.
- lambda point — the temperature of approximately 2.186 K, at which the transition from helium I to superfluid helium II occurs.
- lamentations — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- laminar flow — the flow of a viscous fluid in which particles of the fluid move in parallel layers, each of which has a constant velocity but is in motion relative to its neighboring layers.
- laminotomies — Plural form of laminotomy.
- land-holding — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
- lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
- laterization — the weathering process by which rock is changed to laterite.
- latin school — a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.
- latinization — to cause to conform to the customs, traditions, beliefs, etc., of the Latins or the Latin Church.
- latitudinous — having latitude, scope, range, breadth, etc., especially of ideas, interests, interpretations, or the like: a Renaissance man of latitudinous outlook.
- law of sines — a law stating that the ratio of a side of a plane triangle to the sine of the opposite angle is the same for all three sides.
- lawn bowling — a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green. Also called bowls, bowling on the green. Compare bowl2 (def 2), bowling green, jack1 (def 7), rink (def 5).
- leading note — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
- leading role — prominent acting part
- leading tone — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- legalisation — Alternative spelling of legalization.
- legalization — to make legal; authorize.
- legionnaires — Plural form of legionnaire.
- legislations — the act of making or enacting laws.
- legitimation — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- lepidomelane — (mineralogy) A black iron-potash mica, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales.
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.