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12-letter words containing p, l, a, s

  • interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
  • irrespirable — not respirable; unfit for breathing.
  • isapi filter — (web)   A replaceable DLL which the server calls whenever there is an HTTP request. When the filter is first loaded, it communicates to the server what sort of notifications will be accepted. After that, whenever a selected event occurs, the filter is called to process the event. Example applications of ISAPI filters include custom authentication schemes, compression, encryption, logging, traffic analysis or other request analyses.
  • islamophobia — Alternative capitalization of Islamophobia.
  • ismail pasha — 1830–95, viceroy and khedive of Egypt 1863–79.
  • isoprenaline — a compound that is a derivative of adrenaline and that is used to treat asthma and bronchial conditions. Formula: C11H17NO3
  • isotopically — With regard to isotopes.
  • james k polk — James Knox, 1795–1849, the 11th president of the U.S. 1845–49.
  • jeopardously — with risk or peril
  • kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
  • kepler's law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
  • keratoplasty — plastic surgery performed upon the cornea, especially a corneal transplantation.
  • kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
  • knee-slapper — a joke evoking boisterous hilarity.
  • labour pains — the pains felt during the contractions of childbirth
  • lady-slipper — cypripedium
  • lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
  • lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
  • land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
  • landing ship — any of various ships designed for transporting troops and heavy equipment in amphibious warfare, capable of making assault landings directly onto a beach.
  • landscapists — Plural form of landscapist.
  • lap dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
  • laparoscopes — Plural form of laparoscope.
  • laparoscopic — a flexible fiberoptic instrument, passed through a small incision in the abdominal wall and equipped with biopsy forceps, an obturator, scissors or the like, with which to examine the abdominal cavity or perform minor surgery.
  • laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
  • lapidescence — a lapidescent quality or condition
  • lapidicolous — living under stones
  • lapis lazuli — a deep-blue mineral composed mainly of lazurite with smaller quantities of other minerals, used mainly as a gem or as a pigment.
  • lark sparrow — a North American sparrow, Chondestes grammacus, having a distinctive brown-and-white facial pattern.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
  • 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
  • lilliputians — Plural form of lilliputian.
  • line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
  • linear space — vector space.
  • lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
  • liposarcomas — Plural form of liposarcoma.
  • lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
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