13-letter words containing d, a, r, t, e
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- landed gentry — land-owning class
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- lantern slide — a slide or transparency for projection by a slide projector or magic lantern.
- lantern-jawed — having a lantern jaw.
- larder beetle — a black beetle, Dermestes lardarius, the larvae of which feed on dried meats, hides, furs, etc.
- large-hearted — having or showing generosity; charitable; understanding.
- lateen-rigged — having lateen sails.
- latent period — Also, latency period. Pathology. the interval between exposure to a carcinogen, toxin, or disease-causing organism and development of a consequent disease.
- lead arsenate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, highly poisonous powder, PbHAsO 4 , used as an insecticide.
- lead chromate — a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO 4 , toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
- leaded petrol — petrol containing tetraethyl lead in order to improve combustion
- leather goods — products made of animal skin
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- letter head's — a printed heading on stationery, especially one giving the name and address of a business concern, an institution, etc.
- levant dollar — a silver coin, either a Maria Theresa thaler or an imitation of one, formerly used for trade with Abyssinia, Eritrea, Aden, etc. Imitations bear the date 1780 regardless of the year of minting.
- libyan desert — a desert in N Africa, in E Libya, W Egypt, and NW Sudan, W of the Nile: part of the Sahara. About 650,000 sq. mi. (1,683,500 sq. km).
- life-or-death — life-and-death.
- light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
- light-hearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- lord advocate — (in Scotland) the chief law officer of the Crown who acts as public prosecutor and is in charge of the administration of criminal justice
- lord temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
- loss adjuster — A loss adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money should be paid to a person making a claim.
- made to order — made in accordance with an individual's specifications or requirements: a made-to-order suit. Compare ready-to-wear.
- made-to-order — made in accordance with an individual's specifications or requirements: a made-to-order suit. Compare ready-to-wear.
- madeira topaz — citrine (def 2).
- madras states — a former agency of British India, including the Native States of Cochin, Travancore, and Pudukottai.
- magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- 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.
- malted barley — barley that has been kiln-dried after it has germinated by soaking in water
- managed trade — a system whereby the government sets and specifies trade targets and policies
- mandatoriness — The quality or state of being mandatory.
- mar del plata — a city in E Argentina: seaside resort.
- marbled white — any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings, but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
- market demand — demand for a particular product or commodity
- market garden — Chiefly British. truck farm.
- market leader — most commercially successful company
- market trader — a person who sells goods from a stall in a market
- market trends — changes and developments in buying and selling in the market
- market-driven — controlled and guided by commercial considerations
- marmalade cat — a cat that is streaked orange or yellow and brown in colour
- married print — composite print.
- masterminding — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
- matched order — an order placed with a broker to buy a specified stock at a price above the market price with the intention of immediately selling the stock through another broker at the same price. It is designed to give the appearance of active trading in the stock.
- 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
- mean-spirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
- mediterranean — Mediterranean Sea.
- medium quarto — a size of book, about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: medium 4to.