0%

13-letter words containing a, s, m, l

  • james gosling — (person)   The software engineer who wrote GOSMACS, and served as Sun Microsystems, Inc. project leader for both NeWS, and Java. He is currently (1997) a Vice President and "Distinguished Engineer" at Sun.
  • japanese plum — a small tree, Prunus salicina, native to China, bearing edible yellowish fruit.
  • jerusalem oak — feather geranium.
  • john marshall — Alfred, 1842–1924, English economist.
  • judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
  • jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
  • kalambo falls — an archaeological site at the southeastern end of Lake Tanganyika, on the Zambia-Tanzania border, that has yielded one of the longest continuous cultural sequences in sub-Saharan Africa, beginning more than 100,000 years b.p. and characterized in the earliest levels by evidence of fire use and some simple wooden implements of Lower Paleolithic, or Acheulean, humans.
  • kapellmeister — a choirmaster.
  • kerosene lamp — light fuelled by paraffin
  • kingsley amis — Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
  • klamath falls — a city in SW Oregon.
  • kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
  • lady mayoress — the wife of a lord mayor
  • lady's mantle — any of various rosaceous plants of the N temperate genus Alchemilla, having small green flowers
  • lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
  • lambeosaurine — Any crested hadrosaurid dinosaur of the subfamily Lambeosaurinae.
  • lambert's law — the law that the luminous intensity of a perfectly diffusing surface in any direction is proportional to the cosine of the angle between that direction and the normal to the surface, for which reason the surface will appear equally bright from all directions.
  • lamellaphones — Plural form of lamellaphone.
  • laminectomies — Plural form of laminectomy.
  • lamp standard — a tall metal or concrete post supporting a street lamp
  • landsmanshaft — a fraternal organization made up of immigrants from the same region.
  • lane markings — white lines on the road that mark lanes
  • lapsus calami — a slip of the pen.
  • laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
  • last judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • legacy system — (jargon)   A computer system or application program which continues to be used because of the cost of replacing or redesigning it and often despite its poor competitiveness and compatibility with modern equivalents. The implication is that the system is large, monolithic and difficult to modify. If legacy software only runs on antiquated hardware the cost of maintaining this may eventually outweigh the cost of replacing both the software and hardware unless some form of emulation or backward compatibility allows the software to run on new hardware.
  • leiomyomatous — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
  • leishmaniasis — any infection caused by a protozoan of the genus Leishmania.
  • leishmaniosis — Alt form leishmaniasis.
  • let off steam — a blast of air or wind: to clean machinery with a blow.
  • let us assume — You can use let us assume or let's assume when you are considering a possible situation or event, so that you can think about the consequences.
  • levy en masse — the conscription of the civilian population in large numbers in the face of impending invasion
  • liberationism — the principles of liberationists
  • lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
  • loathsomeness — The property or nature that gives rise to revulsion, that inspires loathing.
  • lowerclassman — underclassman.
  • lowerclassmen — underclassman.
  • lumbar plexus — a network of nerves originating in the spinal nerves of the midback region and innervating the pelvic area, the front of the legs, and part of the feet.
  • lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
  • lump of sugar — lump1 (def 4).
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • lymphangiomas — Plural form of lymphangioma.
  • lymphatolysis — destruction of lymphatic vessels or of lymphoid tissue.
  • lymphoblastic — (US, cytology, immunology) Of or pertaining to a lymphoblast.
  • lymphomatosis — lymphoma spread throughout the body.
  • lymphosarcoma — a malignant tumor in lymphatic tissue, caused by the growth of abnormal lymphocytes.
  • machiavellism — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
  • machine-steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
  • macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
  • macroclimates — Plural form of macroclimate.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?