13-letter words containing las
- neoclassicist — (sometimes initial capital letter) belonging or pertaining to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles, as in art, literature, music, or architecture.
- neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- neuroblastoma — a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.
- nicholasville — a town in central Kentucky.
- nonclassified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- odontoblastic — Relating to odontoblasts.
- opera glasses — small binoculars
- optical glass — any of several types of high-quality, homogeneous, color-free glass, as flint or crown glass, having specified refractive properties, used in lenses and other components of optical systems.
- orlando lasso — Orlando di [dee] /di/ (Show IPA), (Orlandus Lassus) 1532–94, Flemish composer.
- osteoblastoma — (oncology) an uncommon osteoid tissue-forming primary neoplasm of the bone.
- osteoplasties — Plural form of osteoplasty.
- overlay glass — case glass.
- pallas athena — Also, Athene [uh-thee-nee] /əˈθi ni/ (Show IPA). Also called Pallas, Pallas Athena. the virgin deity of the ancient Greeks worshiped as the goddess of wisdom, fertility, the useful arts, and prudent warfare. At her birth she sprang forth fully armed from the head of her father, Zeus. Compare Minerva.
- phelloplastic — an image or a representation that has been fashioned from cork
- phosphorylase — any enzyme, occurring widely in animal and plant tissue, that in the presence of an inorganic phosphate catalyzes the conversion of glycogen into sugar phosphate.
- pilaster mass — an engaged pier, usually plain, used as a buttress.
- pilsner-glass — a pale, light lager beer.
- pinellas park — a city in W central Florida.
- piroplasmosis — babesiosis.
- plasma engine — an engine that generates thrust by reaction to the emission of a jet of plasma
- plasma screen — A plasma screen is a type of thin television screen or computer screen that produces high-quality images.
- plasmodesmata — any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
- plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- plastic paddy — a person who, although not born in Ireland, is of Irish descent and places great importance on Irishness
- plastoquinone — a quinone that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and functions as an electron carrier during photosynthesis.
- postclassical — of or relating to a time after the classical period, especially in art, culture, or literature.
- pre-classical — of, relating to, or characteristic of Greek and Roman antiquity: classical literature; classical languages.
- pressed glass — molded glass that has been shaped or given its pattern, while molten, by the action of a plunger thrust into the mold.
- proteoclastic — of, related to, or initiating proteolysis
- pseudoclassic — falsely or spuriously classic.
- reading glass — a magnifying glass that people use to enlarge text to make it easier to read
- scholasticate — a course of study for seminarians, taken prior to their theological studies.
- scholasticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) the system of theological and philosophical teaching predominant in the Middle Ages, based chiefly upon the authority of the church fathers and of Aristotle and his commentators.
- semiclassical — of or relating to music by classical composers that is familiar or appealing to the general public.
- service clasp — clasp (def 4).
- shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
- slash fiction — a type or piece of fan fiction involving usually same-sex romantic relationships between fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romances actually exist: Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson slash fiction. Also called slash.
- slasher movie — a film in which victims, often women, are slashed with knives, razors, etc
- soluble glass — sodium silicate.
- sound blaster — (hardware) The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
- spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
- stained glass — glass that has been colored, enameled, painted, or stained, especially by having pigments baked onto its surface or by having various metallic oxides fused into it, as used in church windows, decorative lampshades, etc.
- stomatoplasty — plastic surgery of the mouth or the cervix.
- thalassocracy — dominion over the seas, as in exploration, trade, or colonization.
- the last word — final retort
- thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thoracoplasty — the operation removing selected portions of the ribs to collapse part of the underlying lung or an abnormal pleural space, usually in the treatment of tuberculosis.