12-letter words containing n, o, p, a, l, s
- explications — Plural form of explication.
- explorations — Plural form of exploration.
- expositional — Explained in clear terms, as in writing.
- expressional — Of or pertaining to expression, either in language, the face or the arts.
- exspoliation — (obsolete) spoliation.
- fortran-plus — Fortran for the DAP parallel machine, implements many Fortran 90 features.
- galvanoscope — an instrument for detecting the existence of an electric current and determining its direction.
- general shop — a shop that sells various types of goods
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- hispaniolize — to make someone Spanish in their cultural attitudes, values, speech, etc
- hispanophile — an admirer of Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypoplastron — the third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles
- impersonally — In an impersonal manner.
- implications — something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.
- impositional — Of or relating to imposition; intrusive.
- impressional — a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, conscience, etc.
- imprisonable — capable of being imprisoned or incarcerated
- indianapolis — Robert (Robert Clarke) born 1928, U.S. painter of pop art.
- indisposable — Not disposable.
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inspectional — Of or pertaining to an inspection.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- insupposable — Incapable of being supposed; inconceivable.
- interpolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interpolate.
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- isoprenaline — a compound that is a derivative of adrenaline and that is used to treat asthma and bronchial conditions. Formula: C11H17NO3
- kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
- labour pains — the pains felt during the contractions of childbirth
- 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.
- laryngoscopy — an examination by means of a laryngoscope.
- laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
- laser weapon — weapons which make use of lasers or lasers used as weapons
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- main-topsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- malpositions — Plural form of malposition.
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- melanophores — Plural form of melanophore.
- mesoplankton — plankton that live at middle depths.
- millilampson — /mil'*-lamp"sn/ A unit of talking speed, abbreviated mL. Most people run about 200 milliLampsons. The eponymous Butler Lampson (a CS theorist and systems implementor highly regarded among hackers) goes at 1000. A few people speak faster. This unit is sometimes used to compare the (sometimes widely disparate) rates at which people can generate ideas and actually emit them in speech. For example, noted computer architect C. Gordon Bell (designer of the PDP-11) is said, with some awe, to think at about 1200 mL but only talk at about 300; he is frequently reduced to fragments of sentences as his mouth tries to keep up with his speeding brain.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monopetalous — gamopetalous.
- monosepalous — gamosepalous.
- neoplatonism — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.