12-letter words containing a, l, d, r
- landgraviate — the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.
- landgravines — Plural form of landgravine.
- landing card — an identification card issued to a traveler for presentation to the immigration authorities.
- landing gear — the wheels, floats, etc., of an aircraft, upon which it lands and moves on ground or water.
- landlordless — Without a landlord.
- landlubberly — Like a landlubber.
- large-handed — generous; profuse
- large-minded — having tolerant views or liberal ideas; broad-minded.
- largehearted — having or showing generosity; charitable; understanding.
- laser-guided — (of a missile, etc) guided with the use of a laser beam
- late trading — trading carried out after the standard national exchanges have closed, and which is usually illegal
- lateenrigged — having lateen sails.
- laue diagram — a diffraction pattern used to study crystal structure, consisting of symmetrically arranged spots obtained when a beam of x-rays, electrons, or neutrons is passed through a thin crystal and exposes a photographic plate.
- launderettes — Plural form of launderette.
- laundry list — a lengthy, especially random list of items: a laundry list of hoped-for presents; a laundry list of someone's crimes.
- laundry mark — a symbol on a label on an article of clothing, bed-linen, etc, which specifies how the item should be washed and cared for, for example, at which temperature it should be washed at, whether it should be ironed, dry-cleaned, etc
- laundry room — utility room
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lauraldehyde — lauric aldehyde.
- lavender bag — a small fabric bag filled with dried lavender flowers and placed amongst clothes or linen to scent them
- lead crystal — cut glass containing lead oxide
- leader block — Nautical. lead block.
- leader board — a board on which the scores of the leading competitors are displayed, as in a golf tournament.
- leader cable — a submarine cable laid along a channel and emitting signals that a vessel can follow when visibility is poor.
- leaderboards — Plural form of leaderboard.
- leading mark — either of two conspicuous objects regarded as points on a line (leading line) upon which a vessel can sail a safe course.
- leading rein — a rein used to lead a horse
- leading role — prominent acting part
- 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.
- lean towards — If you lean towards or lean toward a particular idea, belief, or type of behaviour, you have a tendency to think or act in a particular way.
- leather-hard — (of ceramic clay) moist but not sufficiently so to be plastic.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
- ledger board — a horizontal board, as in a fence.
- ledger paper — a foldable paper with a smooth finish.
- ledger plate — a strip of wood laid flat across the tops of studding as a support for joists.
- left-brained — having the left brain dominant, therefore being more adept at logic, calculation, language, and other thought processes or skills usually associated with the left brain.
- legal tender — currency that may be lawfully tendered in payment of a debt, such as paper money, Federal Reserve notes, or coins.
- lending rate — The lending rate is the rate of interest that you have to pay when you are repaying a loan.
- leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
- leopard frog — a common North American green frog, Rana pipiens, having white-edged, dark oval spots on its back.
- leopard lily — a tall lily, Lilium pardalinum, of California, having drooping, orange-red flowers with purple speckles, a yellow base, and recurved petal tips.
- leopard moth — a moth, Zeuzera pyrina, having white wings spotted with black and larvae that bore into the wood of various trees and shrubs.
- leopard seal — a yellowish-gray, spotted seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, of the Antarctic.
- leopardesses — Plural form of leopardess.
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lesser panda — panda (def 2).
- liar paradox — a logical paradox that results from consideration of statements of the form “This statement is false.” If the statement is true, then it is false, whereas if it is false, then it is true.
- library card — a card issued by a library to individuals or organizations entitling them or their representatives to borrow materials.