12-letter words containing s, l, r
- alluringness — The state or quality of being alluring.
- alphabetiser — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of alphabetizer.
- alphaviruses — Plural form of alphavirus.
- alstroemeria — any plant of the tuberous perennial liliaceous genus Alstroemeria, originally S American, grown for their brightly coloured orchid-like flowers
- altar server — server (def 5).
- altercations — Plural form of altercation.
- alternations — Plural form of alternation.
- alternatives — a choice limited to one of two or more possibilities, as of things, propositions, or courses of action, the selection of which precludes any other possibility: You have the alternative of riding or walking.
- alto-stratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a generally uniform gray sheet or layer, lighter in color than nimbostratus and darker than cirrostratus: of medium altitude, about 8000–20,000 feet (2450–6100 meters).
- alton towers — a 19th-century Gothic Revival mansion with extensive gardens in NW central England, in Staffordshire: site of a large amusement park
- amateurishly — In an amateurish or nonprofessional manner.
- ambulatories — Plural form of ambulatory.
- ampere's law — the law that a magnetic field induced by an electric current is, at any point, directly proportional to the product of the current intensity and the length of the current conductor, inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the point and the conductor, and perpendicular to the plane joining the point and the conductor.
- angel's hair — Also called capelli d’angelo. Italian Cookery. a type of very thin pasta.
- angularities — Plural form of angularity.
- anisothermal — (thermodynamics) Of or pertaining to a system that is not in thermal equilibrium, that does not have a single fixed temperature.
- anklewarmers — Plural form of anklewarmer.
- ankylosaurus — a plant-eating dinosaur of the Cretaceous period that had a tail resembling a club and a body covering of thick scales
- anorthoclase — a variety of microcline, rich in sodium and sometimes having a play of color: sometimes considered a variety of orthoclase.
- anthologiser — Alternative spelling of anthologizer.
- anti-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- antifebriles — Plural form of antifebrile.
- antigropelos — waterproof leggings used to protect against mud
- antipleasure — opposed to pleasure
- antiroyalism — Opposition to royals or royalism.
- antiroyalist — opposed to the monarchy
- anton sailer — Anton [ahn-tohn] /ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), ("Toni") 1935–2009, Austrian skier.
- apfelstrudel — apple strudel
- aphoristical — Alternative form of aphoristic.
- apiculturist — beekeeping, especially on a commercial scale for the sale of honey.
- apostle bird — a gregarious grey-and-brown Australian nest-building bird, Struthidea cinerea
- apple sucker — a small homopterous insect, Psyllia mali, originally of Europe, that is a serious pest of apple crops.
- applied arts — arts that are put to practical use
- appraisingly — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- araeosystyle — (of columned buildings) having an alternately very wide and very narrow intercolumniation
- aran islands — a group of three islands in the Atlantic, off the W coast of the Republic of Ireland: Aranmore or Inishmore (the largest), Inishmaan, and Inisheer. Pop: 1280 (2002). Area: 46 sq km (18 sq miles)
- archeologist — archaeology.
- archesporial — the primitive cell, or group of cells, that give rise to the cells from which spores are derived.
- archiblastic — of, relating to, or derived from an archiblast.
- archipelagos — Plural form of archipelago.
- arctophilist — a collector of teddy bears
- argillaceous — (of sedimentary rocks and deposits) composed of very fine-grained material, such as clay, shale, etc
- ariel sharon — Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- aristolochia — any of various plants of the genus Aristolochia of the family Aristolochiaceae
- aristotelian — of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy
- arm's-length — lacking intimacy or friendliness, esp when possessing some special connection, such as previous closeness
- arms control — an agreement between two or more countries to reduce the number of weapons owned, with the aim of preventing war
- army surplus — used or unused articles of military clothing, equipment, etc previously allocated to or intended for the use of army personnel but now sold off to members of the public
- arousability — to stimulate sexually.
- arthroplasty — surgical repair of a diseased joint