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13-letter words containing a, d, l, e, s

  • leopard shark — a small, inshore shark, Triakis semifasciata, having distinctive black markings across the back, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters from Oregon through California.
  • lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
  • less and less — to a progressively smaller degree
  • letter head's — a printed heading on stationery, especially one giving the name and address of a business concern, an institution, etc.
  • libyan desert — a desert in N Africa, in E Libya, W Egypt, and NW Sudan, W of the Nile: part of the Sahara. About 650,000 sq. mi. (1,683,500 sq. km).
  • like sardines — very closely crowded together
  • liquid assets — assets in the form of money or easily convertible into money
  • list enhanced — (operating system, tool)   An MS-DOS file browsing utility written by Vern Buerg in 1983. A former mainframe systems programmer, Buerg wrote DOS utilities when he began using an IBM PC and missed the file-scanning ability he had on mainframes. The software became an instant success, and his list utility was in use on an estimated 5 million PCs.
  • load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
  • lonsdale belt — (in Britain) a belt conferred as a trophy on professional boxing champions, in various weight categories: if a champion wins it three times it becomes his personal property
  • loose forward — one of a number of forwards who play at the back or sides of the scrum and who are not bound wholly into it
  • lord's prayer — the, the prayer given by Jesus to His disciples, and beginning with the words Our Father. Matt. 6:9–13; Luke 11:2–4.
  • loss adjuster — A loss adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money should be paid to a person making a claim.
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
  • maiden castle — an ancient fortification in Dorsetshire, England, first erected c250 b.c. over the remains of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements of c2000–c1500 b.c.
  • maladjustment — bad or unsatisfactory adjustment.
  • maladminister — to administer or manage badly or inefficiently: The mayor was a bungler who maladministered the city budget.
  • maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
  • melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
  • melodramatist — A writer of melodramas.
  • mendel's laws — law of segregation.
  • mercer island — a city in W central Washington, on Mercer Island in Lake Washington, east of Seattle.
  • methodistical — Methodistic.
  • middle states — those eastern states between the New England states and the South; New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland
  • milky disease — a bacterial disease of scarab beetle larvae and grubs, especially the Japanese beetle, which turns the larvae white.
  • mills grenade — a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg).
  • milne-edwards — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1800–85, French zoologist.
  • mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
  • mis-explained — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • miscalculated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalculate.
  • miscalibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalibrate.
  • misclassified — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
  • mistranslated — Simple past tense and past participle of mistranslate.
  • mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
  • modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
  • moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
  • monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
  • multistranded — having several strands
  • muzzleloaders — Plural form of muzzleloader.
  • nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
  • niçoise salad — salade niçoise
  • niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
  • nits-and-lice — a yellow-flowered plant, Hypericum drummondii, of the central U.S.
  • nonadolescent — Not adolescent.
  • nonclassified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
  • nondisposable — Not disposable.
  • novated lease — Australian system of employer-aided car purchase
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