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12-letter words containing s, e, t, n, a

  • jan gossaert — Jan [Flemish yahn] /Flemish yɑn/ (Show IPA), (Jan Gossaert or Gossart) 1478?–1533? Flemish painter.
  • jersey giant — one of a breed of large domestic chickens raised primarily for their meat, originally black but now with a white variety, developed in New Jersey by interbreeding Langshans and large Asiatic fowl.
  • jettisonable — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
  • joint estate — an estate owned by two or more people with the same rights of possession
  • joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
  • jus naturale — the rules and principles of law derived from the customs and legislation of Rome, as opposed to those derived from the customs of all nations (jus gentium) or from fundamental ideas of right and wrong implicit in the human mind (jus naturale)
  • just in case — if it should happen that
  • juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
  • keep tabs on — a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
  • keratogenous — producing horn or a horny substance.
  • kinaesthesia — kinesthesia.
  • kinaesthesis — kinesthesia.
  • kinaesthetic — Alternative form of kinesthetic.
  • kinesiatrics — the treatment of disease by the use of gymnastics or muscle exercises
  • kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
  • kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
  • kissing gate — a gate hung in a narrow enclosure having the shape of a U or a V , allowing only one person to pass at a time.
  • kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
  • kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
  • kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
  • lake station — a town in NW Indiana.
  • lake torrens — a shallow salt lake in E central South Australia, about 8 m (25 ft) below sea level. Area: 5776 sq km (2230 sq miles)
  • lamentations — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
  • laminotomies — Plural form of laminotomy.
  • land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
  • 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.
  • laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
  • last but one — next to last
  • 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.
  • launderettes — Plural form of launderette.
  • laxativeness — the condition or quality of being laxative
  • lean towards — If you lean towards or lean toward a particular idea, belief, or type of behaviour, you have a tendency to think or act in a particular way.
  • leathernecks — Plural form of leatherneck.
  • lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
  • lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
  • legalisation — Alternative spelling of legalization.
  • legislations — the act of making or enacting laws.
  • 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.
  • lex talionis — the principle or law of retaliation that a punishment inflicted should correspond in degree and kind to the offense of the wrongdoer, as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; retributive justice.
  • libertarians — Plural form of libertarian.
  • lie in state — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
  • linen basket — a basket or container with a lid in which you put your dirty clothes before washing them
  • literariness — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
  • literateness — the ability to read and write
  • loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
  • long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
  • lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
  • mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
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