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12-letter words containing s, a, t, i, l

  • 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.
  • ischiorectal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and the ischial tuberosity.
  • isobilateral — (esp of a leaf) capable of being divided into symmetrical halves along two different planes
  • isolated set — Mathematics. a set containing none of its accumulation points, consisting, therefore, of only isolated points.
  • isolationism — the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements, etc., seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities.
  • isolationist — a person who favors or works for isolationism.
  • isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
  • isotonically — In an isotonic way.
  • isotopically — With regard to isotopes.
  • jettisonable — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
  • jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
  • journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
  • juristically — of or relating to a jurist or to jurisprudence; juridical.
  • justicialism — the political doctrine of Juan Domingo Perón, formerly President of Argentina
  • kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
  • kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
  • laboratories — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
  • lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
  • lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.
  • lake station — a town in NW Indiana.
  • lamb's tails — burro's tail.
  • lamentations — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
  • laminotomies — Plural form of laminotomy.
  • lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
  • landscapists — Plural form of landscapist.
  • langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
  • languishment — the act or state of languishing.
  • lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
  • laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
  • laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
  • latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
  • lateral lisp — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
  • laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
  • latifundista — the owner of a latifundio in Latin America or Spain.
  • latin school — a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.
  • latin square — a square array of numbers, letters, etc., in which each item appears exactly once in each row and column: used in statistical analysis.
  • latitudinous — having latitude, scope, range, breadth, etc., especially of ideas, interests, interpretations, or the like: a Renaissance man of latitudinous outlook.
  • laundry list — a lengthy, especially random list of items: a laundry list of hoped-for presents; a laundry list of someone's crimes.
  • laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
  • laxativeness — the condition or quality of being laxative
  • lay siege to — attack
  • lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
  • lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
  • legalisation — Alternative spelling of legalization.
  • legislations — the act of making or enacting laws.
  • legislatures — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
  • lenticularis — (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains. Associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.
  • leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
  • levi strauss — David Friedrich [dah-veet free-drikh] /ˈdɑ vit ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1808–74, German theologian, philosopher, and author.
  • levi-strauss — Claude, 1908–2009, French anthropologist and educator, born in Belgium: founder of structural anthropology.
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