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12-letter words containing a, l, u, r

  • 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.
  • liquidambars — Plural form of liquidambar.
  • litholatrous — of or relating to the worship of stones
  • litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
  • litterateurs — Plural form of litterateur.
  • liturgically — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.
  • liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
  • lobular pump — a blower or pump displacing air or liquid by means of rotors having meshing lobes that act as a seal at their place of mesh.
  • local colour — Local colour is used to refer to customs, traditions, dress, and other things which give a place or period of history its own particular character.
  • long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
  • loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
  • lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
  • 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.
  • lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
  • lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
  • lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
  • luggage rack — shelf for baggage on a train
  • lukewarmness — The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
  • lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
  • lumbersexual — a man whose style of dress and appearance is reminiscent of the ruggedly masculine stereotype of the lumberjack, as in wearing plaid shirts and having a beard.
  • 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.
  • macroculture — The dominant culture in a society, its overculture.
  • macronuclear — Of or pertaining to a macronucleus.
  • macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
  • major league — The major leagues are groups of professional sports teams that compete against each other, especially in American baseball.
  • major-league — Sports. of, relating to, or characteristic of the major leagues.
  • majorleaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
  • make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
  • malibu board — a lightweight, fiberglass-covered surfboard, usually about 10 feet (3 meters) long with a rounded nose and tail and a convex bottom for increased maneuverability.
  • malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
  • malnutrition — lack of proper nutrition; inadequate or unbalanced nutrition.
  • malodorously — With a bad smell.
  • mamallapuram — Mahabalipuram.
  • maneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
  • mangelwurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
  • manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
  • manipulatory — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
  • manoeuvrable — Alternative spelling of maneuverable.
  • manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
  • manufactural — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • manuscriptal — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to manuscript.
  • maple butter — thickened maple syrup
  • marcellus ii — (Marcello Cervini) 1501–55, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1555.
  • mare clausum — a body of navigable water under the sole jurisdiction of a nation.
  • mare liberum — a body of navigable water to which all nations have unrestricted access.
  • marie louise — 1791–1847, 2nd wife of Napoleon I: empress of France; duchess of Parma 1816–31 (daughter of Francis II of Austria; mother of Napoleon II).
  • market value — the value of a business, property, etc., in terms of what it can be sold for on the open market; current value (distinguished from book value).
  • marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
  • mass funeral — a funeral held for several dead people at the same time
  • matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
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