13-letter words containing c, l, a, s, e, t
- ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
- lake district — a mountainous region in NW England containing many lakes: tourist center.
- laminectomies — Plural form of laminectomy.
- 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.
- leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
- let's face it — You use the expression 'let's face it' when you are stating a fact or making a comment about something which you think the person you are talking to may find unpleasant or be unwilling to admit.
- letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
- license plate — a plate or tag, usually of metal, bearing evidence of official registration and permission, as for the use of a motor vehicle.
- liquefacients — Plural form of liquefacient.
- liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
- list enhanced — (operating system, tool) An MS-DOS file browsing utility written by Vern Buerg in 1983. A former mainframe systems programmer, Buerg wrote DOS utilities when he began using an IBM PC and missed the file-scanning ability he had on mainframes. The software became an instant success, and his list utility was in use on an estimated 5 million PCs.
- literacy test — an examination to determine whether a person meets the literacy requirements for voting, serving in the armed forces, etc.; a test of one's ability to read and write.
- little casino — the two of spades.
- long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
- lose track of — to fail to follow the passage, course, or progress of
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
- machine-steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
- macroclimates — Plural form of macroclimate.
- magnet school — a public school with special programs and instruction that are not available elsewhere in a school district and that are specially designed to draw students from throughout a district, especially to aid in desegregation.
- magnetic lens — Physics. an electron lens using magnetic fields for focusing an electron beam.
- maiden castle — an ancient fortification in Dorsetshire, England, first erected c250 b.c. over the remains of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements of c2000–c1500 b.c.
- maltese cross — a cross having four equal arms that expand in width outward.
- manon lescaut — a novel (1731) by Antoine François Prévost.
- masculinities — Plural form of masculinity.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- masterclasses — Plural form of masterclass.
- matchlessness — The state or condition of being matchless.
- materialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- maternalistic — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- megaloblastic — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- mesaticephaly — the state or condition of being mesaticephalic or mesocephalic
- mescal button — one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.
- metallic lens — an arrangement of louvres used to direct and focus electromagnetic or sound waves
- metallic soap — any usually water-insoluble salt formed by the interaction of a fatty acid and a metal, especially lead or aluminum: used chiefly as a drier in paints and varnishes and for waterproofing textiles.
- methodistical — Methodistic.
- michelin star — a mark of distinction awarded by the Michelin travel guides to a restaurant in recognition of the high quality of its cooking. A restaurant may receive one, two, or three stars, representing very good, exceptional, or exquisite cuisine, respectively
- microclimates — Plural form of microclimate.
- misarticulate — to articulate incorrectly or inaccurately
- miscalculated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalculate.
- miscalculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miscalculate.
- miscalibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalibrate.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- montes claros — a city in E Brazil.
- multisectoral — Involving multiple sectors.
- multispectral — (of an airborne camera or scanner) capable of sensing and recording radiation from invisible as well as visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- nanoparticles — Plural form of nanoparticle.
- nature's call — call of nature.
- neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism