13-letter words containing a, c, r, i, l, n
- intratropical — Within the tropics.
- intravascular — within the blood vessels.
- intrinsically — belonging to a thing by its very nature: the intrinsic value of a gold ring.
- invalid chair — a chair specially designed for an invalid to sit in
- irascibleness — The state of being irascible; irascibility.
- irrelevancies — irrelevance.
- juan carlos i — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
- kerb-crawling — Kerb-crawling is the activity of driving slowly along the side of a road in order to find and hire a prostitute.
- killiecrankie — a mountain pass in central Scotland, in the Grampians.
- king mackerel — a game fish, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
- kristallnacht — a Nazi pogrom throughout Germany and Austria on the night of November 9–10, 1938, during which Jews were killed and their property destroyed.
- labyrinthical — Labyrinthine; like or relating to a labyrinth.
- lacrimal bone — a small, thin, membrane bone forming the front part of the inner wall of each orbit.
- lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- lamellibranch — bivalve.
- landing clerk — a representative of a shipping line who boards its incoming passenger ships to give passengers information and advice.
- landing craft — any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
- lateral chain — an open chain of atoms attached to an atom of a larger chain, or to a ring.
- latin america — the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
- lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
- lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lunar caustic — silver nitrate, AgNO 3 , especially in a sticklike mold, used to cauterize tissues.
- lunar eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- macro-mineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
- macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
- macroglobulin — A plasma globulin of high molecular weight.
- magic lantern — a device having an enclosed lamp and a lenslike opening, formerly used for projecting and magnifying images mounted on slides or films.
- marching girl — one of a team of girls dressed in fancy uniform who perform marching formations
- marginal cost — the cost of one additional unit of any item produced or bought in quantity.
- mariage blanc — unconsummated marriage
- maternalistic — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- matriculating — Present participle of matriculate.
- matriculation — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
- mercer island — a city in W central Washington, on Mercer Island in Lake Washington, east of Seattle.
- mercurialness — Quality of being mercurial; mercuriality.
- metalcrafting — metalworking.
- michelin star — a mark of distinction awarded by the Michelin travel guides to a restaurant in recognition of the high quality of its cooking. A restaurant may receive one, two, or three stars, representing very good, exceptional, or exquisite cuisine, respectively
- microanalyses — Plural form of microanalysis.
- microanalysis — Chemistry. the analysis of very small samples of substances.
- microbalances — Plural form of microbalance.
- microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
- micronucleate — having a micronucleus.