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14-letter words containing a, l, t, e

  • laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
  • lake athabaska — a lake in W Canada, in NW Saskatchewan and NE Alberta. Area: about 7770 sq km (3000 sq miles)
  • lake constance — a lake in W Europe, bounded by S Germany, W Austria, and N Switzerland, through which the Rhine flows. Area: 536 sq km. (207 sq miles)
  • lake neuchâtel — a lake in W Switzerland: the largest lake wholly in Switzerland. Area: 216 sq km (83 sq miles)
  • lake trasimene — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria: the largest lake in central Italy; scene of Hannibal's victory over the Romans in 217 bc. Area: 128 sq km (49 sq miles)
  • lake whitefish — a whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska, used for food.
  • lamb's lettuce — corn salad.
  • lambeth degree — an honorary degree conferred by the archbishop of Canterbury in divinity, arts, law, medicine, or music.
  • lambeth palace — the official residence of the archbishop of Canterbury, in Lambeth.
  • lamellirostral — having a beak equipped with thin plates or lamellae for straining water and mud from food, as the ducks, geese, swans, and flamingos.
  • lamentableness — The state or characteristic of being lamentable.
  • lance sergeant — a sergeant of the lowest rank.
  • landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
  • landing-waiter — landwaiter.
  • language death — the complete displacement of one language by another in a population of speakers.
  • langue de chat — a flat sweet finger-shaped biscuit
  • lantern pinion — a wheel, used like a pinion, consisting essentially of two parallel disks or heads whose peripheries are connected by a series of bars that engage with the teeth of another wheel.
  • lanterne rouge — a notional award given to the competitor who finishes last in a cycle race
  • lappet weaving — weaving into which an embroidered pattern produced by additional warp threads has been introduced with the aid of a lappet.
  • larmor theorem — the theorem that an electron subjected only to the force exerted by the nucleus about which it is moving will undergo Larmor precession but no other change in motion when placed in a magnetic field.
  • larval therapy — the use of maggots that feed on dead tissue to assist in the healing of serious wounds. An ancient practice, it has been revived in rare cases in which healing is hampered by the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics
  • laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
  • last judgement — In the Christian religion, the Last Judgement is the last day of the world when God will judge everyone who has died and decide whether they will go to Heaven or Hell.
  • latchkey child — a child who must spend at least part of the day alone and unsupervised, as when the parents are away at work.
  • late check-out — A late check-out at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check out later than the normal time.
  • late developer — someone, esp a teenager, who matures physically or emotionally at an older age than considered usual
  • late-type star — any star with a surface temperature below that of the sun, of spectral type K, M, C, or S
  • latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
  • latent content — the hidden meaning of a fantasy or dream, discoverable by analysis of the content of the dream.
  • lateral system — a system of coding navigational aids by shape, color, and number, according to the side of a channel they occupy and their relative position along that side.
  • lateralisation — Alternative spelling of lateralization.
  • lateralization — functional specialization of the brain, with some skills, as language, occurring primarily in the left hemisphere and others, as the perception of visual and spatial relationships, occurring primarily in the right hemisphere.
  • lateran palace — a palace in Rome used as the papal residence from the 4th century a.d. to the removal of the papal court to Avignon, rebuilt in 1586, and now a museum for classical and Christian antiques.
  • laterotemporal — (anatomy) Relating to the lateral part of the temporal region of the skull.
  • lathing hammer — a hatchet having a small hammer face for trimming and nailing wooden lath.
  • latin alphabet — the alphabetical script derived from the Greek alphabet through Etruscan, used from about the 6th century b.c. for the writing of Latin, and since adopted, with modifications and additions of letters such as w, by the languages of Western Europe, including English, as well as many other languages.
  • latin american — the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.
  • lattice defect — defect (def 3).
  • lattice energy — chemistry: strength of bonds holding ionic solid together
  • lattice girder — a trusslike girder having the upper and lower chords connected by latticing.
  • lattice window — a window formed of an open framework of wood, metal, etc, arranged to form an ornamental pattern
  • laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
  • laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
  • laurent series — a power series in which the negative as well as the positive powers appear.
  • lavatory paper — Lavatory paper is paper that you use to clean yourself after you have got rid of urine or faeces from your body.
  • lavender water — a pale bluish purple.
  • lay sb to rest — If you say that someone who has died is laid to rest, you mean that they are buried.
  • lay waste (to) — to destroy; devastate; make desolate
  • le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
  • lead carbonate — a white crystalline compound, PbCO 3 , toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.
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