12-letter words containing r, a, s, p
- impersonally — In an impersonal manner.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- impersonates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impersonate.
- impersonator — a person who pretends to be another.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- importancies — Plural form of importancy.
- importations — Plural form of importation.
- imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
- impressional — a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, conscience, etc.
- imprisonable — capable of being imprisoned or incarcerated
- improvisator — a person who improvises; improviser.
- incorporates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incorporate.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- insect spray — a substance which can be sprayed in the home to kill insects
- inspectorate — the office or function of an inspector.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- inspirations — Plural form of inspiration.
- interpolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interpolate.
- interspacing — Present participle of interspace.
- interspatial — a space between things.
- interspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- interspersal — Interspersion.
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- intrapsychic — Within the psyche or mind.
- intraspecies — existing or occurring within a species.
- ipecac syrup — a preparation containing ipecac in a syrupy medium, used as an emetic.
- irish potato — potato (def 1).
- 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.
- isoprenaline — a compound that is a derivative of adrenaline and that is used to treat asthma and bronchial conditions. Formula: C11H17NO3
- james harper — James, 1795–1869, and his brothers John, 1797–1875, (Joseph) Wesley, 1801–70, and Fletcher, 1806–77, U.S. printers and publishers.
- japonaiserie — stylistic characteristics, as in art, decor, or film, influenced by or reflective of Japanese culture and tradition.
- java sparrow — a small grey-and-pink finchlike Indonesian weaverbird, Padda oryzivora: a popular cage bird
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- katamorphism — metamorphism at or near the earth's surface: breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones.
- 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.
- khaibar pass — Khyber Pass.
- 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.
- 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.