12-letter words containing l, a, f, e, s
- fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- fused silica — glass made entirely from silica, having a very low rate of thermal expansion.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- gesellschaft — an association of individuals for common goals, as for entertainment, intellectual, or cultural purposes or for business reasons.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
- gracefullest — Superlative form of graceful.
- gracefulness — The state of being graceful.
- gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- half measure — If someone refers to policies or actions as half measures, they are critical of them because they think that they are not forceful enough and are therefore of little value.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-dressed — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- half-glasses — a pair of eyeglasses, often shaped like the lower half of regular eyeglasses, containing lenses to aid in reading and not suitable for distance vision.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- helium flash — the explosive burning of helium in the case of a star of low mass that occurs when the core is so dense that the matter has become degenerate. The burning causes a rapid rise in temperature until it is so high that the gas ceases to be degenerate, after which there is a rapid expansion
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- indefeasible — not defeasible; not to be annulled or made void; not forfeitable.
- indefeasibly — In an indefeasible manner.
- indefinables — Plural form of indefinable.
- inflamedness — The state or quality of being inflamed.
- inflammasome — (biochemistry) A multi-protein complex that is responsible for inflammatory rheumatic diseases via activation of caspases.
- influentials — Plural form of influential.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- infraclasses — Plural form of infraclass.
- insufferable — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- insufferably — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- isapi filter — (web) A replaceable DLL which the server calls whenever there is an HTTP request. When the filter is first loaded, it communicates to the server what sort of notifications will be accepted. After that, whenever a selected event occurs, the filter is called to process the event. Example applications of ISAPI filters include custom authentication schemes, compression, encryption, logging, traffic analysis or other request analyses.
- jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
- javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
- jawless fish — cyclostome.
- jaws of life — powerful shears used for cutting a vehicle open after a collision
- 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.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- law of areas — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- law of moses — the Pentateuch, containing the Mosaic dispensations, or system of rules and ordinances, and forming the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
- law of sines — a law stating that the ratio of a side of a plane triangle to the sine of the opposite angle is the same for all three sides.
- leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- leapfroggers — Plural form of leapfrogger.
- least of all — You can use least of all after a negative statement to emphasize that it applies especially to the person or thing mentioned.
- life savings — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifestreamer — a person who provides an online record of his or her life, either by means of live video footage or via an online collection of social network updates, blogs, and photos
- little falls — a township in NE New Jersey.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.