12-letter words containing p, e, a, r, s
- land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- laparoscopes — Plural form of laparoscope.
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- 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.
- laser weapon — weapons which make use of lasers or lasers used as weapons
- lateral lisp — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- lateral pass — a short pass thrown or tossed parallel to the line of scrimmage or slightly backward from the position of the passer.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- leapfroggers — Plural form of leapfrogger.
- leopard seal — a yellowish-gray, spotted seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, of the Antarctic.
- leopardesses — Plural form of leopardess.
- leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
- lesser panda — panda (def 2).
- lesser scaup — a diving duck, Aythya marila, of Europe and America, having a black-and-white plumage in the male
- letters page — the page in a newspaper or magazine containing letters sent to the editor by readers
- linear space — vector space.
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- lover's leap — a high area, as on a cliff, from which frustrated or grieving lovers jump or are reputed to have jumped to their death.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.
- manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
- marine corps — a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.
- marketplaces — Plural form of marketplace.
- marlinespike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- massotherapy — treatment by massage.
- master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.
- master print — an original copy of a cinema film that can be used to produce other copies
- masterpieces — Plural form of masterpiece.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melanophores — Plural form of melanophore.
- melrose park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- metamorphism — Geology. a change in the structure or constitution of a rock due to natural agencies, as pressure and heat, especially when the rock becomes harder and more completely crystalline.
- metamorphist — a member of a group of 16th century Christians who believed that the humanly body of Jesus Christ metamorphosed into God during the Ascension
- metamorphose — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- metaphrastic — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- metric space — a space with a metric defined on it.
- microamperes — Plural form of microampere.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.