14-letter words containing a, t, s, n, i, l
- isolation ward — a ward where people with a contagious disease are kept separate from people who are not infected
- isolationistic — Exhibiting isolationism.
- italian sonnet — Petrarchan sonnet.
- jingoistically — (manner) In a jingoistic manner.
- judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
- jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- kaiserslautern — a city in S Rhineland-Palatinate, in SW Germany.
- kitchen scales — a set of scales used in cooking
- labor unionist — unionist (def 2).
- labyrinth fish — any of several freshwater fishes of the order Labyrinthi, found in southeastern Asia and Africa, having a labyrinthine structure above each gill chamber enabling them to breathe air while out of water.
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- 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)
- landing lights — aircraft lights used when landing
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- last knockings — the final stage of a period or activity
- lateralisation — Alternative spelling of lateralization.
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- laurent series — a power series in which the negative as well as the positive powers appear.
- law of nations — international law.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- leamington spa — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
- legitimateness — The quality of being legitimate.
- legitimisation — (British) alternative spelling of legitimization.
- leibnitz's law — the principle that two expressions satisfy exactly the same predicates if and only if they both refer to the same subject
- lepontine alps — a range of the S central Alps, in S Switzerland and N Italy. Highest peak: Monte Leone, 3553 m (11 657 ft)
- lexicalisation — Alternative spelling of lexicalization.
- liberalisation — (British) alternative spelling of liberalization.
- libertarianism — a person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
- linguistically — of or belonging to language: linguistic change.
- lipstick plant — any of several trailing, epiphytic vines of the genus Aeschynanthus, of the gesneria family, especially A. pulcher or A. radicans, native to southeast Asia, having tubular red or orange flowers.
- liquidationist — pertaining to or promoting a theory of economics which holds that governments should not interfere in a recession
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- little russian — former name for one of the Ruthenian people or their dialect of Ukrainian.
- logical syntax — syntactics.
- love-in-a-mist — a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.
- luminous paint — paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- lunatic asylum — psychiatric hospital
- lyophilisation — Alternative spelling of lyophilization.
- lysogenization — the process of a bacterium becoming lysogenic
- machicolations — Plural form of machicolation.
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.