12-letter words containing lan
- shrimp plant — a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- slant height — (of a right circular cone) the distance from the vertex to any point on the circumference of the base.
- smith island — a group of islands in S Maryland and N Virginia, in Chesapeake Bay.
- soft landing — space vehicle
- somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
- sov language — a type of language that has basic subject-object-verb order, as Turkish, Japanese, or Tamil.
- spider plant — Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- svo language — a type of language that has basic subject-verb-object word order, as English, Chinese, or Spanish.
- sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- tenochtitlan — the capital of the Aztec empire: founded in 1325; destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; now the site of Mexico City.
- the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
- the mainland — a particular landmass as viewed from a nearby island with which it has close links, such as Great Britain as viewed from Northern Ireland or continental Australia as viewed from Tasmania
- the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
- thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
- transplantee — a person who is undergoing or has undergone an organ transplant.
- truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
- trying plane — a plane with a long body for planing the edges of long boards
- umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
- underblanket — a blanket placed under a bottom sheet
- vacationland — an area having recreational facilities, historic or picturesque sights, etc., that attract vacationists.
- valle-inclán — Rámon María del (raˈmɔn maˈria del). 1866–1936, Spanish novelist and dramatist. His works include the novel Tirano Banderas (1926) and the satirical play Don Friolera's Horns (1925)
- velvet plant — a composite plant, Gynura aurantiaca, native to the Old World tropics, having leaves and stems covered with dense, velvety, purple hairs and often cultivated as a houseplant. Compare purple passion.
- villanelle's — a rustic Italian part song without accompaniment.
- vso language — a type of language that has basic verb-subject-object word order, as Welsh, classical Arabic, or Tagalog.
- well-planned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- westmoreland — William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.
- zuid-holland — South Holland