12-letter words containing s, c, a, l, e
- lay a course — to sail on a planned course without tacking
- lead a chase — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- lead crystal — cut glass containing lead oxide
- leading case — a case that is regarded as having settled a particular point of law; a case that is used as guidance for legal decisions
- leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
- leathernecks — Plural form of leatherneck.
- lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- leeds castle — a castle near Maidstone in Kent: the home of several medieval queens of England
- 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.
- lesser scaup — a diving duck, Aythya marila, of Europe and America, having a black-and-white plumage in the male
- liberalistic — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- linear space — vector space.
- linseed cake — a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.
- lisp machine — 1. (architecture) Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2. (hardware, operating system) A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
- literalistic — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- lobeliaceous — belonging to the plant family Lobeliaceae.
- loco disease — locoism.
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- look askance — glance sidelong or with suspicion
- loose cannon — a person whose reckless behavior endangers the efforts or welfare of others.
- loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- macclesfield — a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)
- mackerel sky — an extensive group of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds, especially when well-marked in their arrangement: so called because of a resemblance to the scales on a mackerel.
- 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.
- majestically — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malefactress — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
- malefeasance — Obsolete form of malfeasance.
- malfeasances — Plural form of malfeasance.
- malignancies — Plural form of malignancy.
- malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.
- mantelpieces — Plural form of mantelpiece.
- marcellus ii — (Marcello Cervini) 1501–55, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1555.
- mare clausum — a body of navigable water under the sole jurisdiction of a nation.
- marketplaces — Plural form of marketplace.
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- mass balance — Mass balance is a consideration of the input, output, and distribution of a substance between streams in a process or stage.
- master class — a small class for advanced students, especially a class in performance skills conducted by a distinguished musician.
- matriculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of matriculate.
- mecca balsam — balm-of-Gilead (def 2).
- melancholics — Plural form of melancholic.
- melancholies — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.