12-letter words containing o, n, s, l, a, u
- inclusionary — (of zoning, housing programs, etc.) stipulating that a certain percentage of new housing will be priced within the reach of middle-income buyers or renters.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- inoculations — the act or process of inoculating.
- inosculating — Present participle of inosculate.
- inosculation — The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; intercommunication.
- insalubrious — unfavorable to health; unwholesome.
- insouciantly — free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.
- insufflation — to blow or breathe (something) in.
- insupposable — Incapable of being supposed; inconceivable.
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- junior class — the penultimate class in high school or college
- kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
- labour pains — the pains felt during the contractions of childbirth
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- lane closure — the closing of a lane on a motorway
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- languorously — characterized by languor; languid.
- last but one — next to last
- last honours — observances of respect at a funeral
- latitudinous — having latitude, scope, range, breadth, etc., especially of ideas, interests, interpretations, or the like: a Renaissance man of latitudinous outlook.
- lemon squash — lemon soda; a soft drink of lemon juice and soda water.
- leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
- liquidations — Plural form of liquidation.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- 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.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- malocclusion — faulty occlusion; irregular contact of opposing teeth in the upper and lower jaws.
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monogamously — In a monogamous manner.
- monopetalous — gamopetalous.
- monosepalous — gamosepalous.
- mucilaginous — of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.
- multinomials — Plural form of multinomial.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.