13-letter words containing a, t, e, l, i, r
- louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- lower austria — a province in NE Austria. 7092 sq. mi. (18,370 sq. km).
- lucifer match — friction match.
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lucretia mott — John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- lunar orbiter — one of a series of space probes that orbited and photographed the moon in 1966 and 1967.
- macroclimates — Plural form of macroclimate.
- macrolecithal — megalecithal.
- magic lantern — a device having an enclosed lamp and a lenslike opening, formerly used for projecting and magnifying images mounted on slides or films.
- magisterially — In a magisterial manner; authoritatively.
- mainz psalter — a book printed by Johannes Gutenberg: thought by some to be the first book printed from movable type.
- majority rule — the principle that decisions supported by more than half the people in a group have effect upon all the people in that group
- maladminister — to administer or manage badly or inefficiently: The mayor was a bungler who maladministered the city budget.
- maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- marbled white — any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings, but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
- marbleization — The process of marbleizing.
- marginal note — aside
- marginal seat — a seat in which elections tend to be won by small margins
- marie galante — an island in the E West Indies: a dependency of Guadeloupe. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
- maritime alps — a range of the W Alps in SE France and NW Italy. Highest peak: Argentera, 3297 m (10 817 ft)
- maritime belt — the part of the sea that is within the jurisdiction of the bordering states.
- marketability — readily salable.
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- martin luther — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1483–1546, German theologian and author: leader, in Germany, of the Protestant Reformation.
- martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- materfamilias — the mother of a family.
- material girl — materialistic woman
- material mode — the normal use of language that refers to extra-linguistic subjects without explicit mention of the words themselves. Fido is a dog is in the material mode, while "Fido" is a dog's name is in the formal mode
- materialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- materializing — Present participle of materialize.
- maternalistic — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- matrilineally — In matrilineal fashion.
- matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
- measurability — capable of being measured.
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- melodramatist — A writer of melodramas.
- melodramatize — to make melodramatic.
- memorabiliast — a person who collects mementos or souvenirs, as postcards or playbills.
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- mental strain — a state of worry and tension caused by a situation
- mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
- meridionality — the quality or state of being on the meridian
- metacercarial — relating to, involving, or caused by a metacercaria or metacercariae
- metagrobolize — to mystify or puzzle
- metalcrafting — metalworking.
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- metallurgical — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metallurgists — Plural form of metallurgist.