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12-letter words containing a, d, r, e

  • like a dream — If you say that someone does something like a dream, you think that they do it very well. If you say that something happens like a dream, you mean that it happens successfully without any problems.
  • lime cordial — a drink made from sweetened lime juice and plain or carbonated water
  • line drawing — a drawing done exclusively in line, providing gradations in tone entirely through variations in width and density.
  • linen draper — a dry-goods merchant.
  • linux loader — (operating system)   (LILO) A boot loader for Linux. LILO does not depend on a specific file system, it can boot Linux kernel images from floppy disks and hard disks and can even boot other operating systems. One of up to sixteen differernt images can be selected at boot time. Various parameters, such as the root device, can be set independently for each kernel. LILO can even be used as the master boot record.
  • lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
  • lisle thread — a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.
  • lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
  • liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
  • load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
  • loggerheaded — Dull; stupid.
  • look daggers — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
  • looked-after — (of children) brought up by the state in institutions because their parents are dead or not able to care for them properly
  • lord's table — the, communion table.
  • loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
  • louver board — one of a series of overlapping, sloping boards used as louvers in an opening, so arranged as to admit air but to exclude rain or cut off visibility from the outside.
  • lower canada — former name of Quebec province 1791–1841.
  • lunar module — the portion of the Apollo spacecraft in which two astronauts landed on the moon's surface and then returned to the orbiting command module. Abbreviation: LM.
  • machine word — word (def 10).
  • machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • madeira cake — a kind of rich sponge cake
  • madeira vine — a herbaceous tropical vine, Anredera cordifolia, having shiny leaves and small, fragrant, white flowers.
  • maderization — the process whereby wine is heated and oxidized, resulting in a darker colour and an altered taste
  • madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
  • maid service — cleaner, cleaning business
  • maidservants — Plural form of maidservant.
  • mainstreamed — Simple past tense and past participle of mainstream.
  • major orders — the degree or grade of priesthood, diaconate, or subdiaconate.
  • make friends — get to know people
  • make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
  • malimprinted — (of an animal or person) suffering from a defect in the behavioural process of imprinting, resulting in attraction to members of other species, fetishism, etc
  • malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
  • maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
  • man-tailored — (of women's clothing) tailored in the general style and with the details of men's clothing. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
  • managed care — a healthcare plan or system that seeks to control medical costs by contracting with a network of providers.
  • manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
  • mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
  • manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • māori warden — a person appointed to exercise advisory and minor disciplinary powers in Māori communities
  • mare undarum — (Sea of Waves) a dark plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 4800 sq. mi. (12,000 sq. km).
  • marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
  • marginalized — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
  • mark reading — the function performed by an optical mark reader
  • market order — an order to buy or sell a specified amount of a security at the best price available.
  • markov model — (probability, simulation)   A model or simulation based on Markov chains.
  • marriage bed — the bed in which a married couple sleep together
  • married life — living as sb's spouse
  • married name — woman's surname after marriage
  • masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
  • mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
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