12-letter words containing s, i, l, c, a
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lacrimal sac — the dilated upper portion of the nasolacrimal duct that receives tears from the lacrimal ducts.
- lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.
- landscapists — Plural form of landscapist.
- 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.
- lapidescence — a lapidescent quality or condition
- lapidicolous — living under stones
- lasciviously — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- latin school — a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.
- laxadaisical — Misspelling of lackadaisical.
- 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
- lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- 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.
- liberalistic — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- limacologist — a person who specialises in the study of slugs
- line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- linear space — vector space.
- linguistical — (not in technical use) linguistic.
- linseed cake — a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.
- lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
- liposarcomas — Plural form of liposarcoma.
- 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.
- localisation — Alternative spelling of localization.
- loco disease — locoism.
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- logistically — of or relating to logistics.
- loquaciously — In a loquacious manner.
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- macassar oil — an oil derived from materials said to be obtained from Macassar, formerly used as a hairdressing.
- macclesfield — a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)
- macrofossils — Plural form of macrofossil.
- macroglossia — Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
- majestically — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.
- malacologist — A person who studies molluscs, who specializes in malacology.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- malignancies — Plural form of malignancy.
- malocclusion — faulty occlusion; irregular contact of opposing teeth in the upper and lower jaws.