12-letter words containing d, e, l, a, n
- light-handed — short-handed.
- line dancing — to participate in a line dance.
- line drawing — a drawing done exclusively in line, providing gradations in tone entirely through variations in width and density.
- line islands — a group of islands in the central Pacific Ocean, S of the Hawaiian Islands: eight belong to the Republic of Kiribati, three are U.S. dependencies. 193 sq. mi. (500 sq. km).
- linen draper — a dry-goods merchant.
- linseed cake — a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.
- linseed meal — ground linseed cake.
- linux loader — (operating system) (LILO) A boot loader for Linux. LILO does not depend on a specific file system, it can boot Linux kernel images from floppy disks and hard disks and can even boot other operating systems. One of up to sixteen differernt images can be selected at boot time. Various parameters, such as the root device, can be set independently for each kernel. LILO can even be used as the master boot record.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- living death — a completely miserable, joyless existence, experience, situation, etc.; ordeal: He found the steaming jungle a living death.
- load-bearing — bearing the weight that is carried by a structure
- london plane — a tall, hardy, widely spreading plane tree, Platanus acerifolia, of North America, having clusters of round, bristly fruit.
- long-awaited — A long-awaited event or thing is one that someone has been waiting for for a long time.
- long-handles — long underwear.
- long-waisted — of more than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a low waistline.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- love handles — fat midriff
- lower canada — former name of Quebec province 1791–1841.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- lunar module — the portion of the Apollo spacecraft in which two astronauts landed on the moon's surface and then returned to the orbiting command module. Abbreviation: LM.
- lundy's lane — a road near Niagara Falls, in Ontario, Canada: battle between the British and Americans in 1814.
- lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
- madisonville — a city in W Kentucky.
- maidenliness — The state or condition of being maidenly.
- malcontented — Malcontent.
- male bonding — the process by which two or more men or boys become emotionally attached to each another
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malimprinted — (of an animal or person) suffering from a defect in the behavioural process of imprinting, resulting in attraction to members of other species, fetishism, etc
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- maltodextrin — a compound of dextrin and maltose, used as a food additive and in some health and beauty products.
- man-tailored — (of women's clothing) tailored in the general style and with the details of men's clothing. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- marginalised — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalized — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- matabeleland — a region in Zimbabwe, formerly a province of Rhodesia, home to the Ndebele (Matabele).
- matinee idol — a male actor, usually a leading man, idolized especially by female audiences.
- meander line — a zigzag traverse made to define the approximate margin of a natural body of water.
- meanderingly — In a meandering or winding manner.
- medal-winner — a person who has won a medal or medals
- median plane — a vertical plane that divides an organism into symmetrical halves.
- medical unit — a group of doctors and nurses working as part of a larger organization, such as the armed forces or a prison
- medicalizing — Present participle of medicalize.
- meditational — Of, or pertaining to, meditation.
- mekong delta — the delta of the Mekong River in Vietnam.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- mendel's law — law of segregation.