12-letter words containing lar
- electropolar — having, or relating to, electrical polarity
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- enlargedness — the state of being enlarged
- enlargements — Plural form of enlargement.
- epicuticular — Relating to the epicuticle.
- epistolarian — A writer of epistles.
- equigranular — (petrology) Composed chiefly of grains of similar size.
- exhilarating — Making one feel very happy, animated, or elated; thrilling.
- exhilaration — A feeling of excitement, happiness, or elation.
- fascicularly — in a fascicular manner
- float collar — A float collar is a part near the bottom of the casing string which catches the bottom plug and top plug, and which prevents mud from entering the casing.
- formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
- formularizer — One who formularizes.
- formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
- fort laramie — a city in SE Wyoming.
- fritillaries — Plural form of fritillary.
- gaillard cut — an artificial cutting in the Panama Canal Zone, NW of the city of Panama: excavated for the Panama Canal. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- gjallar-horn — Heimdall's horn, used to warn the gods of Ragnarok.
- green-collar — noting or pertaining to workers, jobs, or businesses that are involved in protecting the environment or solving environmental problems.
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- gubernacular — relating to a gubernaculum
- horse-collar — (especially in baseball) a score of zero.
- hyperosmolar — Of, pertaining to, or as a result of hyperosmolarity.
- ian maclaren — James Dewey, born 1928, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.
- imparticular — (proscribed) in particular.
- infundibular — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
- interlarding — Present participle of interlard.
- interlobular — (anatomy) Between lobules.
- interlocular — having one or more locules.
- interstellar — Astronomy. situated or occurring between the stars: interstellar dust.
- intertubular — Between tubes or tubules.
- irregularity — the quality or state of being irregular.
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- jugular vein — vein that carries blood from head to heart
- lake mälaren — a lake in S Sweden, extending 121 km (75 miles) west from Stockholm, where it joins with an inlet of the Baltic Sea (the Saltsjön). Area: 1140 sq km (440 sq miles)
- larch sawfly — a red and black sawfly, Pristiphora erichsonii, the larvae of which infest and feed on the leaves of larch.
- large-format — of or relating to a camera with an image area of 5 inches by 4 inches or more
- large-handed — generous; profuse
- large-minded — having tolerant views or liberal ideas; broad-minded.
- largehearted — having or showing generosity; charitable; understanding.
- lark bunting — a finch, Calamospiza melanocorys, of the western U.S., the male of which is black with a large, white patch on each wing.
- lark sparrow — a North American sparrow, Chondestes grammacus, having a distinctive brown-and-white facial pattern.
- larval stage — Describes a period of monomaniacal concentration on coding apparently passed through by all fledgling hackers. Common symptoms include the perpetration of more than one 36-hour hacking run in a given week; neglect of all other activities including usual basics like food, sleep, and personal hygiene; and a chronic case of advanced bleary-eye. Can last from 6 months to 2 years, the apparent median being around 18 months. A few so afflicted never resume a more "normal" life, but the ordeal seems to be necessary to produce really wizardly (as opposed to merely competent) programmers. See also wannabee. A less protracted and intense version of larval stage (typically lasting about a month) may recur when one is learning a new OS or programming language.
- laryngealize — to pronounce with accompanying constriction of the larynx.
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
- laryngophony — the sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope placed on the throat directly over the larynx
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- laryngoscopy — an examination by means of a laryngoscope.
- laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.