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13-letter words containing d, e, g, l

  • language code — (human language, standard)   A set of standard names and abbreviations maintained by ISO for identifying human languages, natural and invented, past and present. Each language has a list of English and French names and an ISO 639-2 three-letter code. Some also have an ISO 639-1 two-letter code. The list even includes the Klingon language from the Star Trek science fiction series. There are also country codes.
  • large-hearted — having or showing generosity; charitable; understanding.
  • last judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • lateen-rigged — having lateen sails.
  • leading block — lead block.
  • leading light — an important or influential person: a leading light of the community.
  • leading reins — straps or a harness and strap used to assist and control a child who is learning to walk
  • leather goods — products made of animal skin
  • legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
  • legal holiday — a public holiday established by law, during which certain work, government business, etc., is restricted.
  • legal redress — money that someone pays you because they have caused you harm or loss
  • legitimatized — Simple past tense and past participle of legitimatize.
  • lending limit — the maximum amount of money a bank can lend to a single person or business
  • levelling rod — a graduated rod that is used to determine differences in elevation
  • light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
  • light-hearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
  • lighter fluid — a combustible fluid used in cigarette, cigar, and pipe lighters.
  • lightheadedly — In a lightheaded manner.
  • line breeding — a form of inbreeding directed toward keeping the offspring closely related to a superior ancestor.
  • liquid oxygen — a clear, pale blue liquid obtained by compressing oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point: used chiefly as an oxidizer in liquid rocket propellants.
  • load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
  • london bridge — a bridge over the Thames between the City of London on the north side, and Southwark on the south side.
  • long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
  • loose-tongued — unrestrained or irresponsible in speech; given to gossiping.
  • lounge around — to pass time idly and indolently.
  • lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
  • lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
  • magdalena bay — a bay in NW Mexico, on the SW coast of Baja California. 17 miles (27 km) long; 12 miles (19 km) wide.
  • mannheim gold — a brass alloy used to imitate gold; red brass.
  • methodologies — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
  • methodologist — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
  • middle finger — the finger between the forefinger and the third finger.
  • middle ground — an intermediate position, area, or recourse between two opposites or extremes; a halfway or neutral standpoint.
  • middleborough — a town in SE Massachusetts.
  • middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
  • middleweights — Plural form of middleweight.
  • midnight blue — Something that is midnight blue is a very dark blue colour, almost black.
  • midriff bulge — a roll of fat around your midriff
  • millau bridge — a road bridge, the highest in the world, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central in SW France; designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004
  • milledgeville — a city in central Georgia: state capital 1807–68.
  • mills grenade — a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg).
  • mind-altering — causing marked changes in patterns of mood and behavior, as a hallucinogenic drug.
  • moderate gale — a wind of 32–38 miles per hour (14–17 m/sec).
  • molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
  • monoglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of one hydroxyl group with a fatty acid.
  • mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
  • much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
  • mud wrestling — sport: physical combat in mud
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